Stores
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Modi: 80% of First-Time Beauty Purchases Happen in Offline Stores
“Consumers today still buy 80% of beauty for the first time in a store, in an offline environment, because the emotional touch, feel factor is still so huge in beauty”
Dickson claims 82% of purchase decisions still happen in physical stores
“82% of customer decisions are still made in stores.”
200% Annual Retail Turnover Drives Minimal Investment in Training
“Many stores have 200% turnover in a year, meaning that each position on average turns over twice in one year. So their ability to get the benefit of training is minimal, which means they put minimal effort into training people.”
M.M.LaFleur's virtual appointments generated as much revenue as its top stores
“We launched virtual appointments and it's now doing, I think as much revenue as one of our best stores.”
Cronin: VR and AR Will Eliminate the Need for Physical Stores
“The idea behind behind VR and also AR, which we'll get to in a second, is that it really eliminates that, that final reason that you actually would ever have to go to a store.”