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American in-store shoppers would rather consult their phones than ask for assistance

As companies like Amazon experiment with unmanned stores, a new survey conducted by Kelton Global on behalf of discount platform RetailMeNot reveals the majority of Americans (69 percent) would rather search for product reviews on their phones while visiting a physical store than interact with a sales clerk. Similarly, over half (53 percent) of...

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RetailMeNot SVP Kim Read on the past, present and future of affiliate marketing

Some don’t even notice it, but savvy shoppers can’t help but open another tab in their browser when they go checkout an online purchase and see a box saying “insert coupon code here”. If you’ve ever typed “shop name + coupon code” on your search engine of choice, chances are you ended up at RetailMeNot.com, one of the leaders of the online...

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Brits to spend 14.95 billion pounds via mobile devices in 2015

British consumers are set to spend 14.95 billion pounds via mobile devices this year, according to new research by RetailMeNot. The research reveals that m-commerce transactions will increase by 77.8 percent in 2015, up from 8.41 billion pounds in 2014, meaning that more than a quarter of all online transactions will be completed through mobile...

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Brits to spend 52.25 billion pounds online in 2015

The average UK shopper is expected to spend 1,174 pounds online in 2015, which totals to 52.25 billion pounds across the year, according to figures released by digital consumer offers firm RetailMeNot. The report revealed that online retail sales are expected to grow by 16.2 percent in the UK from 44.97 billion pounds in 2014, while sales across...