How Snapchat Can Help Retailers Kill 'Showrooming'
Posted in: UncategorizedShowrooming — a term known to every retailer as the death sentence to his or her business. A consumer walks into a store, falls in love with a product, whips out her phone, finds a lower price online, and leaves the store, interested but empty-handed.
Amazon and other apps have made showrooming substantially easier for the consumer, and with this comes an increasing number of businesses closing their stores for good, or forced to move online to compete with online-only stores.
How can a retailer that requires foot traffic and in-store browsing compete with its lower-priced online counterparts?