Bsharah: Online shoppers are fickle and lack platform loyalty
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Al Bsharah of Interlock Capital explains his skepticism about user retention while passing on Locker on The Pitch.
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“I think shoppers, they're fickle. They go to the next shiny object when something comes along. And I haven't seen that thing that makes you that, like, that, that locks these people in in a way that they don't want to leave. And so for that, like, I, this would be a pass right now.”
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