Cost of Acquiring Customers, Small Shops Making Big Marks, Money Isn’t Everything for Job Seekers

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Small shops are improving their physical store experiences as shoppers return. Plus, higher wages aren’t the most important reason for people to seek new employment, and it’s a lot more expensive to acquire new customers than it used to be.

Data:

60%: Share of Homebase clients that closed their businesses at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

61.6%: The U.S. labor participation rate in September 2021, down from 63.4% in January 2020.

36: Number of Target stores with Apple shop-in-shop experiences.

59%: Share of customers who prefer to pay for and receive products in stores.

10X: One tea seller’s cost increase for acquiring a new customer through Facebook and Instagram ads.