From cart to checkout: the challenge of late night shopping for the e-retailer
Remember when shops used to be closed on Sundays? Or closed for a half-day during the week (presumably so staff could have time off)? It seems ridiculous now, as we shop whenever we like, either in the high street or online. In fact, research shows that shopping ‘out of hours’ – late night shopping – is evolving and consumers are increasingly settling down in the evening for a bit of second-screen retail therapy. So how savvy is your brand at providing a first class customer experience for those ‘night owl’ potential purchasers?