Media Release – 24 September 2024: 2024 Christmas Report: Early Sales, Omnichannel Shopping Dominate Holiday Season. CPM Australia announces the release of its annual Christmas Shopping Intentions Research Report for 2024, now in its ninth edition. Conducted in partnership with Swinburne University’s CXI Research Group, the report draws on data collected since 2016 and provides […]
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Unlocking Consumer Trends for CX Success
For Australian consumers, great customer service is about consistently receiving the right information and knowledgeable help. It’s no surprise then that improving customer experience is a top priority for Australian businesses. To better understand Australian consumers’ perceptions of what makes for CX excellence, we partnered with Swinburne University’s CXI Research Group to undertake our annual […]
2022 Christmas Shopping Intentions Outlook
As we approach the 2022 Christmas shopping season, questions around purchasing behaviour changes in a post-COVID world abound. What’s different this year? What are the enduring changes? What’s reverting back to pre-pandemic norms? Findings from our 7th annual Christmas Shopping Intentions survey explore these questions and more. Our annual report: “Christmas Shopping Intentions – What […]
Online Shopping Made Human: Virtual Product Advisors
With COVID-induced limitations around shopping, most Australians have become comfortable with the concept of moving seamlessly between physical and online channels for their shopping experience. Retail has responded by blurring the lines between physical and online stores, so they are not viewed in isolation anymore – the hybridisation of retail. This looks to be a […]
Winning the e-commerce race: Maximising product ‘findability’
A significant change in the retail landscape brought on by pandemic – one that seems here to stay – is the shift in shopper behaviour around their favoured channels for shopping. The proportion of shoppers using only a single channel for their shopping – either physical stores or online – has decreased, with a corresponding […]