Infographic: Online Retailers’ $44 Billion Customer Experience Problem

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Let's not underestimate the power of the echo chamber here.

31% of all customers who have a bad experience will tell at least one other person. 
On average, shoppers will tell four other people about their negative …

Let's not underestimate the power of the echo chamber here.

  • 31% of all customers who have a bad experience will tell at least one other person. 
  • On average, shoppers will tell four other people about their negative experience. 
  • As negative experiences are retold to others, they are often embellished and can become up to five times as damaging as the original story. 
  • 64% -- more than half -- of all shoppers will never shop at a store again after hearing a friend's negative experience

Via legalmarketing.typepad.com

Now that is scary stuff.