27% of Back to School Shoppers in US Use Social Media to Assist Them in Their Shopping, 2017 | Deloitte
E-Commerce & Retail | USA
Social media sites are good assistants for more than a quarter of back-to-school shoppers in the US. 27% planned to use social media sites to aid them in their back to school (BTS/B2S) shopping.
Three-quarters of them assumed they use social media sites mainly to view ads or promotions. Receiving coupons ranked the second of social media uses with a rate of 64%, followed by browsing products (43%) and reading reviews or recommendations (40%).
Uses of Social Media Sites for B2S Shoppers in the US in 2017 Based on Deloitte
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