There’s no question that moms are the primary decision maker when it comes to household purchases. Our Alert Shopper video series #2 examines this segment and is entitled “Moms and mobile marketing.” According to a DM News article, the mom is the most powerful consumer group in the U.S., comprising 75 million Americans with $2 trillion a year in spending power. That’s a lot of power and a very influential group. Ad agency Razorfish adds an important nuance in their latest report the Digital Mom. Marketers and retailers specifically should speak to women as both moms and women because their interests extend beyond her children.
Irina and Joni aren’t alone; moms across the country find their mobile phone a helpful shopping companion. In a recent ReadWrite web article, visits to the Johnson and Johnson Babycenter mobile site is up 348 percent, and 91 percent of moms say they would never leave home without their phone. Razorfish’s Digital Mom report adds that moms choose mobile internet browsing (22%) and text-messages (17%) for research as they get closer to a purchase decision.