74% of Online Shoppers Rate Product Selection as Important During the Online Search Process

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Nearly Half of U.S. B2B Businesses Offer their Full Product Line Online

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Converting Leads to Customers was the Top Marketing Priority for 70% of Organizations in 2017

40% of US Males Aged 18-34 Say They Would “Ideally Buy Everything Online”

30% of Online Shoppers are Millennials are are Between 18 and 34 Years Old

At the Average Abandonment Rate of 68%, Ecommerce Sites Could be Losing $3 Billion a Year, if not more

48% B2B Buyers Said Webinars Were Valuable to Them in the Mid-Stage of their Buying Journey

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There Will Be More Than 3.7 Billion Email Users by the End of 2017

Generation X Shop More Online Than Baby Boomers and Millennials

88% of Shoppers Characterize Detailed Product Content as Being Extremely Important to their Purchasing Decisions

At the Average Abandonment Rate of 68%, Ecommerce Sites Could be Losing $3 Billion a Year, if not more

There Are More Than 254 Million Active PayPal Accounts in The World

58% of the Top 1000 US Online Retailers Send Welcome Emails

26% of Shoppers are Likely to Share a Product on Social Media after Purchase

Average Open Rate of Newsletter Campaigns from Ecommerce Stores to Customers is 18.45%

It’s 7 Times More Expensive to Acquire a New Customer via Paid Advertisement than Retain an Existing One