Are Men more Efficient Shoppers than Women?

Last updated on: November 28, 2009 at 4:51 pm by Desh Kapoor

Are Men more Efficient Shoppers than Women? 2009-11-28T16:51:41-06:00 Desh Kapoor

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I still remember going to shopping for dresses for my sisters in Lucknow with my colleagues (Chikan Salwar-Kameez). My colleagues ladies would keep looking at one dress after another and end up buying something that I thought was not the best design / dress. I would keep sitting either dozing off or talking to someone and then in the last 10 mins would point out to 3 dresses out of the entire pack on the shelf and ask them to pack. I usually got the best of the lot.

I hate going to mall unless I have to buy something specific. It has to be very pointed purchase trip most of the time. While my wife can spend hours in the mall and stores.

Well, a study has now made it official… women are less efficient shoppers. The study was done in Britian with 3,000 men and women. Here are the conclusions:

– Men are better with cash, with 56 percent saying they would happily wait until something they liked was in a sale
– Men look at quality over cost. 70 percent of men also prefer to spend more money on quality items that will last, while women go for the cheapest item, regardless of quality.
– Men get what they want, while women often also get what they never wanted! Eight out of 10 females often go home with goods they had no intention of buying, however, almost a third of men say they always get their desired items.
– Men spend less time (to get what they want) while women spend more time shopping (to get what they didn’t want!). Women spend almost seven hours a month shopping, men take just five hours.

Some women might say that the reason why women spend more time is because they are looking to buy something “different” (peer pressure) or they are looking at both, quality and budget. But the result is still the same.

However, having said all this, one cannot generalize. I am sure there are enough women who are targeted buyers and men who buy regardless of anything.

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