It's no secret that men 'hate' shopping and are known for simply getting what they want rather than browsing. The following are some statistics and facts about men and their shopping habits.
- Men get bored after simply 26 minutes of shopping, whilst it can take up to two hours before women even start to get bored. (Mail Online article)
- 1 in 4 men admit to being so bored they go home alone during a shopping trip. (Mail Online article)
- The study of 2,000 Brits found eight in ten men find clothes shopping with their partner boring, with 45 per cent admitting they avoid shopping with their other-half at all costs. (Mail Online article)
- 1 in 4 only go shopping with their partners if they want something for themselves also (Mail Online article)
- A wife or girlfriend who takes too long to make a decision, or find what they want, is most likely to result in a fed-up guy, along with being dragged from shop-to-shop when they got what they wanted in the first one (Mail Online article)
Being hungry or thirsty, busy stores and missing a television show or sports game also see men reaching boiling point when shopping. (Mail Online article)
But instead of just staying with their partner, 48 per cent of guys who lose interest just wander off to a different area, while a third disappear to a different store altogether. (Mail Online article)
Another one in three sit outside the shop waiting for them, and one in five admitted to admiring other women to pass the time. (Mail Online article)
Almost half have also ended up rowing with their wife or girlfriend because of their bad mood in the shopping centre (Mail Online article)
Researchers also found that 58 per cent of men would be more likely to at least act like they are enjoying a shopping trip if they are promised a treat at the end of it. (Mail Online article)
Seven in ten also said they find shopping with their partner 'frustrating' because they get bored too quickly, moan about going into another shop and make it obvious they would rather be somewhere else. (Mail Online article)
- Andy Oldham of Quidco.com, which commissioned the research, said: 'Shopping is generally thought to be a woman's hobby and something men are just subjected to. 'These results certainly seem to back that up, with men getting fed-up of the spending spree pretty much as soon as they get there.'If men buy whatever they were looking for in one of the first shops they went into, it's going to get pretty tiresome going from shop-to-shop with their other half - especially if they are having to follow them into the same store several times.' (Mail Online article)
- Men get annoyed by pushy staff in shops. 52% would rather leave empty handed than have to put up with over enthusiastic staff. Men feel bullied into buying things by the staff, making them feel uncomfortable. (Mail Online article)
- The following article outlines the behavioral differences between men and women regarding retail. It mentions how men prefer to shop online from the comfort of their own homes, and whilst doing so seek out exactly what they want opposed to women who often browse and look around online and in store.
- The site credit donkey produced a survey about male shopping habits. Most men dislike shopping day excursions and much prefer to shop online whilst doing other things. In addition, women are more likely to respond to social media offers and promotions.
- The following article also examines men and women's e-commerce behavior. The vast majority of purchases (87 percent for men and 82 percent for women) were made on a desktop. Next most popular was an iPad, used by 13 percent of women and 10 percent of men. In terms of my man creche, it may be worth putting iPads in the room to generate more shopping sales, or least get them thinking about shopping whilst they are in the shopping centres.
- While “showrooming,” researching products in stores and then buying them cheaper online, has gotten a lot of play in the media, 79 percent of women and 76 percent of men bought products online without ever looking at them in a store. Showrooming behavior was slightly more common among men—12 percent of men say they looked at something in-store and then bought it online from a different store, but only 9 percent of women had. (Quote from article). Again this links with the concept of having iPads within the man creche as men can browse online and it may even encourage them to venture out to the shops to take a look at it.
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