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A cashless future? How technology is erasing the need for cash

How much cash do you have in your wallet right now?  If you’re from Sweden, there’s a good chance that answer is, none. It’s not that the Swedes are broke—far from it. Rather, advances in mobile payment technology have spurred speculation that Sweden may become the world’s first cashless society. And as it turns out, the rest of the world may not be too far behind.

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Online reviews are a big part of consumers’ purchasing decisions. Some 20.1% of US internet users said they always check online reviews before making a purchase. And more than a quarter (29.5%) of respondents said they check online reviews most of the time.

Consumers Like Reading Online Reviews, Not Writing Them - eMarketer

Survey after survey keep showing the importance of online consumer reviews but there is an imbalance between the likelihood of reading them and writing them and hence a challenge for etailers.

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Consumer Awareness Grows Over the Internet

Earned media such as Google search, social media and online articles/content are the only growing influencers of consumer product awareness, according to Nielsen. 

No growth in consumer purchase awareness across paid and owned media like TV, newspaper, paid advertising and in-store or brand web content.

Michelle Corsano Pellettier