Jaime Bettencourt, senior vice president of premier sales and account management at Mood Media, told eMarketer that atmosphere and store experience was the lead reason why consumers ages 18 to 24 shop in-store instead of online. "Consumers still want to shop. They want that immediacy of buying and having an item," she said.

According to a new Euclid study, nearly half (48%) of millennials said they shop in-store a least once per week compared to 41% of Gen X and 43% of boomers. Interestingly, those store visits by millennials don’t necessarily translate to in-store purchases. 

Instead, they spur online buying. After a store visit, 56% of millennials buy online at least half of the time compared to 45% of both Gen X and boomers. What’s more, 21% of millennials "almost always" buy online after seeing an item in-store while just 10% of the older generations do. 

Sourced through Scoop.it from: retail.emarketer.com