In our latest Chart of the Day, we look into why customers abandon at checkout.
Abandonment is a big issue for marketers and ecommerce professionals, but in addition to putting in place techniques to decrease cart abandonment it's important to understand why customers abandon carts in the first place.
Cart abandonment is a global concern, as shown by the chart below.
By Robert Jones
Robert Jones is a specialist in CRO, UX Research, insight and digital Marketing. He is CRO Analyst at Enjoy Digital. He has a Psychology Masters of Research, has run large digital marketing campaigns to build research panels and worked in insight roles for Vision Critical, ASDA and WhatUsersDo. He also managed all of Smart Insights member resources and published several guides including "How to conduct Persona Research" as well as contributing over 100 blog posts to the Smart Insights blog. When he isn’t working on marketing campaigns he is most likely eating authentic Italian food or planning his next short trip. You can connect with Robert on LinkedIn or follow him on Twitter.
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