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Path to Purchase 2025

Key Digital Platforms Influencing the Customer Journey

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About This Report
Our third annual Path to Purchase survey looks at how consumers discover, research, and ultimately purchase new brands and products.

Our third annual Path to Purchase survey looks at how consumers discover, research, and ultimately purchase new brands and products. This report analyzes shopping behavior in 10 product categories, gauging the impact of traditional and digital media, as well as online and physical stores.

This deck covers:

  • An analysis of the key platforms that drive brand and product awareness.
  • A breakdown of the various research tools that consumers use in the mid-funnel consideration phase.
  • Insights into why and how consumers purchase newly discovered brands and products.

Here’s what’s in the full report

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authors

Blake Droesch

Contributors

Sky Canaves
Principal Analyst
Suzy Davidkhanian
VP, Content
Donte Gibson
Senior Charts Editor
Na Li
Director, Primary Research
Wendy Malloy
Director, Reports Editor
Emma Noyes
Graphic Designer, Data Visualization
Jennifer Pearson
VP, Research
Naomi Rebuelta
Copy Editor
Matt Torpey
Senior Chart Editor
Julia Woolever
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