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BUSINESSES ARE ALWAYS PROMISING THINGS ‘NOW’.

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But none of these actually mean now — they’re merely the beginning of a tedious consumer journey.

FRICTION AFFECTS RETAIL BUSINESSES IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU THINK.

100%

$213 billion is the opportunity cost of friction in the US in 2019

Source: “40 Cart Abandonment Rate Statistics,” Baymard Institute, Jun 2018 and “Retail Ecommerce Sales, US 2018–2022,” eMarketer, Oct 2018.

84%

84% of US shoppers are unlikely to shop with a brand again after one negative experience.

Source: “Last Mile Delivery: What Shoppers Want and How to #SaveRetail” Convey, Nov 2018.

61%

61% of US digital shoppers abandoned a cart because the site had errors.

Source: “Online Consumer Behavior: Optimizing the Journey for Today’s Multi-Tasking Shopper,” Namagoo, May 2018.