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    The REAL Housewives: Shopping Behavior, Top Retailers among Homemakers

    Nov 30, 2016 | Field Agent

    At over 5 million strong, the number of female homemakers is on the rise in the United States, up from 4.5 million in 1994 and 4.8 million in 2000. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

    Though she has elected to work inside the home, the stay-at-home mother is an economic force in her own right. Indeed, a recent Field Agent mobile survey found 95% of modern housewives are their family’s primary grocery shopper and 94% their family’s primary home-essentials shopper.

    To understand stay-at-home moms, in other words, is to understand a customer segment responsible for a substantial amount of retail spending.

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    The Shopping Behavior & Retailer Preferences of Today’s Stay-at-Home Moms

     

    This week mobile solutions firm Field Agent surveyed 317 bona fide stay-at-home moms to explore their shopping habits and retailer preferences. All respondents are women with a household income of less than $50,000 and with children presently at-home. 84% are currently married.

    Below we tell the “graphic story” of the modern homemaker.

     

    The Graphic Story: Modern Homemakers

     

    1. Building out a job description

    Field Agent asked stay-at-home moms what household duties are their sole or primary responsibility, that they do more of than any member of the family.

     

    Which of these household activities do you do more of than any member of your family? [GRAPH]

     

    2. The go-to retailers for homemakers

    If homemakers do so much shopping on their families’ behalf, where exactly do they do it? Field Agent asked.

     

    See also: The Guide to Holiday Shoppers 2016

     

    What is your one primary retailer for purchasing the category? [CHART]

     

    3. Getting their timing down

    We also asked homemakers how often they purchase at least one item in each of these categories.

    Not surprisingly, some categories have longer sales cycles than others. For instance, only 14% of respondents said they purchase cleaning supplies every 1-7 days (i.e., weekly or more often), whereas 93% of stay-at-home moms buy at least one grocery product on a weekly basis or more often. 

     

    How often do you purchse at least one item in the category, on average? [GRAPH]

     

    4. Stocking-up or filling-in?

    Does the homemaker typically purchase goods in these four categories as part of a stock-up (i.e., loading up on supplies to last many days) or fill-in (i.e., picking up just one or a few items to tide over the household) store trip?

     

    Do you most typically purchase the category as a "stock-up" or 'fill-in" store trip? [GRAPH]

     

    5. Homem@king in the digital age

    Of course, much shopping now takes place online—whether for home delivery or in-store pickup. The chart below displays homemakers’ online engagement levels across all four product categories.

     

    See also: The Guide to Holiday Shoppers 2016

     

    High means they “always” or “often” purchase the category online, moderate that they “sometimes” buy online, and low that they “rarely” or “never” buy online. 

     

    Online Engagement Across Product Categories [CHART]

     

    6. Stay-at-home moms and the battle of the brands

    Do homemakers go in for store brands? The graphic shows the proportion of stay-at-home moms who “always” or “often” purchase store brands when shopping for the category.

     

     Percentage who always or often purchase store brands when shopping for the category [GRAPH]

     

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