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Why should you join the many
retailers now using the Internet's 24-hour-a-day
convenience? Because your competitors are already there - and so are your
customers. Selling on the net is in your future.
Consider these statistics:
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Nearly 40% of households will consistently buy on the Internet by
2003, spending as much as $144 billion. 1
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The average US Internet buyer will purchase
$1100 worth of goods
online in 2002, an increase from $200 in 2001. By 2003, that figure will
increase to $1,400. 2
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More than 60 percent of consumers expect their online spending to
increase over the next 12 months. 3
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68% of online buyers say they research products online and then
purchase them at a physical store; 47% say they then buy via phone.
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In 2005, US online consumers will spend in excess of $632 billion in
off-line channels as a direct result of research that they conduct on
the Web. 1 |
Opening an online store not only lets you
take advantage of this growing audience, it also helps you:
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Protect your customer base
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Create and promote special sales and promotions
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Stay "open" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
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Make your 'catalog' available online |
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Save on 'overnight' mail with online forms, contracts and applications.
Also place tech info and manuals online |
Use
your online store to drive traffic to your physical store, by offering
special promotions, providing coupons that can be printed out and redeemed
in your store, and helping customers find you via online mapping and
directions.
To find out how businesses like you have benefited from
Advent Digital online stores,
read
testimonials. Or,
request
info.
1 (Jupiter Communications, Inc., 2000)
2 (eMarketer, 2000)
3 (ActivMedia,
2000)
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