Want to hear a surprising statistic? New research by Nielsen (“Mobile Shopping Report” 2013) shows that two-thirds of smartphone shoppers and four out of five shoppers on tablets do their shopping at home. That’s right — they are using their mobile devices to shop right from their couches.
Not only this, but these “mobile at home” shoppers are more likely than not to make their actual purchases from home, too. Ninety-five percent of tablet shoppers and 72% of smartphone shoppers who make a purchase do so from home, according to the study.
This is yet another reason to incorporate QR Codes with back-end shopping content or links into your printed marketing materials.
In fact, in a 2011 MobiLens study that is still reflects consumers’ mobile behavior today, comScore found that 60% of people scanned QR Codes from home. The most popular hours of scanning? Midday and early evening between the hours of 3 p.m and 7 p.m.
So if you think QR Codes are not relevant to your marketing because your customers mostly shop at home (where they might prefer other channels, such as print catalog or laptop), think again. In fact, QR Codes could become one of your most powerful tools for motivating shoppers to do a little retail therapy as they unwind and decompress from a hectic day at work.
Interested more about shopper’s at home, you can read more it at mediapost.com.
