Canadians prefer shopping in store compared to online
Is online shopping falling out of favour?
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Is online shopping falling out of favour?
READ: Protect yourself from buying knock-offs onlineIt asked if shoppers would prefer to buy the product online from the retailer’s website, the retailer’s physical location or Amazon.ca, assuming they were the same price. The 1,200 surveyed overwhelmingly preferred to buy items from a physical retail location, as opposed to online in every category. BMO analyst Peter Sklar wrote in a report that the survey highlighted one of a number of factors that he believes insulates Canadian Tire from the impact of Amazon.ca, at least in the near term. BMO noted that the survey included only items priced between $1.25 and $30.
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