Ipsos in SiMa Curiosity Nov/Dec 2017 | Page 14

Are you leveraging your path to Hans Raemdonck purchase as a path to growth? Technology has created an omnichannel world that is bringing together physical and digital shopping experiences and offering a proliferation of touchpoints that influence consumers’ brand opinions and buying behaviors. To help gain an understanding of today’s opportunities, we need to define a clear framework of the path to purchase and identify what needs to be influenced to help marketers and retailers develop a successful path to purchase strategy. Marketers are scrambling with how to deal with this new reality – and often there is a lack of insight on how the paths to purchase are influencing sales and how they can be leveraged to drive business growth. 2