Internet information determines store survival
An era where Internet information determines store survival?
🛍️According to a 2023 Gallup Korea survey,The monthly visitation rate at large supermarkets is around 60% among people in their 30s and 50s, butEven this relies heavily on online information.
Actually 📈As of 2024, online distribution sales will account for 50.5% of total sales, exceeding half for the first time.Offline stores are being forced into fierce competition for survival.
In this situation, a single malicious comment or fabricated rumor online has become a fatal weapon that can destroy the trust in a store that has been built up over decades.
In particular, in the distribution industry, where brand image is directly related to survival, the number of cases where customers completely ignore the store due to unfounded suspicions about food safety or service quality is rapidly increasing.
In fact, as of 2024, ‘digital crisis management’ is emerging as the number one priority on the CEO agenda in the distribution industry.
📌 A new paradigm in consumer decision-making
A new paradigm in consumer decision-making
We live in an era where online search results determine the fate of a store.
Looking at consumers' shopping patterns, the rate of checking online information about a store before visiting has overwhelmingly increased.
Research shows ⚡Consumers check an average of 3-5 online information sources before visiting a store, and many cancel their visit plans when they encounter negative information.appeared.
What's more serious is that once a negative perception is formed, it also affects the store's online mall.
In other words 💸‘All-round sales decline’ phenomenon where online rumors even stop offline shoppingThis is what happens.
📌 A unique ‘this?’ unique to the distribution industry.
A unique risk structure unique to the distribution industry?
The reason the distribution industry is particularly vulnerable is because stores are fixed to a specific region, and the response of the local online community directly leads to sales.
There are also cases where photos of scenes such as empty parking lots or busy checkout counters are taken and posted on social media, causing damage due to absurd speculations.
What is interesting is the ‘offline dependence paradox’ in the distribution industry. Even though online sales have exceeded 50%, consumers still use the ‘vivid presence’ of offline stores as the standard for trust judgment.
For example, 🗣️A one-line review that said, “The store was empty” asked, “Is there a problem with the quality?”This leads to speculation, ultimately causing a chain reaction that leads to a decline in online mall sales as well.
What is even more serious is the ‘visual evidence culture’ unique to the distribution industry.
Unlike other industries, consumers often take photos of stores, product displays, and even employees' facial expressions and post them online, exposing them to the structural risk of a single moment of footage becoming permanent digital evidence.
🏬 Success story of C hypermarket
Success story of rapid response from C hypermarket
C hypermarket chain, which operates 15 stores in the Gyeonggi-do area, faced a serious crisis due to false reports related to “reselling frozen food after thawing” that started in an online community early this year.
Thawing and re-freezing frozen food before selling it is prohibited by food safety laws because it greatly increases the risk of bacterial growth and food spoilage.
In response to this, a post raised in a parenting cafe saying, “The frozen dumplings I bought at C-Mart were already thawed,” quickly spread to various mom cafes and local online communities.
📉A situation in which the number of daily visitors across the chain plummets to less than half of the usual number.It happened.
In reality, it was presumed that the product had partially thawed due to the temperature while the customer was on the way home after purchasing it, but the frame of ‘C Mart’s mismanagement of frozen food’ had already solidified online.
Accordingly, C-Mart urgently introduced White Me's monitoring service to track related posts in real time.
At the same time, we were able to quickly take action to delete posts containing false information through an AI-based automatic reporting system and linkage with the legal team.
As a result, ✨Within a month of introducing the service, negative search results were significantly reduced, and after two weeks, the number of visitors returned to normal levels.I could do it.
In particular, C-Mart commented, “Through the customized response system, we were able to provide comprehensive management tailored to the characteristics of the industry rather than indiscriminately forcing service.”
📌 ‘Sustainable distribution management’ with White Me
The distribution industry that is most vulnerable to internet rumors, respond with White Me!
“The era of digital distribution where one online review determines survival”
Online reputation management in the distribution industry has now become an essential infrastructure for business survival rather than an option.
Distributors who have built a systematic digital crisis management system 🔱Demonstrates rapid resilience even in crisis situations and maintains customer trustI'm doing it.
White Me perfectly understands the special risk environment of the distribution industry, which is vulnerable to online information, and 🗃️Based on know-how in deleting 250,000 postsWe provide the following customized services.
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Don’t let your store suffer a crisis due to extremely subjective and exaggerated reviews any longer.
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