Online to offline

Online to offline, commonly abbreviated to O2O,[1] is a phrase that is used in digital marketing to describe systems enticing consumers within a digital environment to make purchases of goods or services from physical businesses.

The significance of O2O is noteworthy, as, despite the surge in e-commerce, over 80% of retail transactions still occur offline.[2][3] This indicates the continued significance of physical retail locations, particularly for industries like Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), where many products require in-store purchase or consumption.[3]

  1. ^ Biswajit Sarkar; Mitali Sarkar (23 April 2020). Application of Optimization in Production, Logistics, Inventory, Supply Chain Management and Block Chain. MDPI. pp. 367–. ISBN 978-3-03928-522-8.
  2. ^ "U.S. Retail sales share by sales channel 2028". Statista. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  3. ^ a b "Online To Offline Advertising: The Fight For Footfall + New 2025 Data". criterionglobal.com/. Retrieved 2024-11-04.