Is this a comprehensive view of the marketplace?
No, this is a survey of more than 120 retailers with stores in all retail segments and their purchase intentions. While a full market overview would include everyone, this is just the answers of those that responded to the survey. Caution should be used in extrapolating these results to the entire market. For some comprehensive market research on store automation technologies, you should Click Here.
Did this survey cover larger or smaller retailers?
Actually both. Roughly 54% of the respondents were retailers over $1 Billion. Another 13% were retailers over $500 Million but less than $1 Billion. The remaining retailers were under $500 Million in annual sales. The data is broken down by retailer size so you can see the differences.
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Can I get access to the analysts who wrote or partnered in the study?
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