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Finding the right fit is hands down the biggest challenge for footwear brands selling online. Per CNBC, 67% of consumers reported dissatisfaction with their online shoe purchases, primarily due to fit and comfort issues. The result is a 35% footwear return rate – 3x higher than general ecommerce, according to Inbound Logistics.
For footwear brands, ensuring that customers find the right fit is not just about improving customer satisfaction – it’s about protecting your margins and reducing costly return rates.
Client RUDIS is the market leader in wrestling. When finding the right wrestling shoes, athletes need control, traction, and power, but also a snugger fit than regular athletic shoes. Brand specific sizing and adding socks continues to build more layers of difficulty in finding the right shoe fit.
Based on over 46 thousand scans over 12 months, RUDIS saw a 78% increase in conversion rates when customers opted to scan their feet and find their best fit. Beyond that, online return rates dropped over 58%.
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With a custom branded returns experience through Loop, RUDIS customers are able to exchange their shoes with any product online in a fully automated process and reduce the amount of refunds. Loop, a Shopify returns management software, allows footwear retailers to convert more of their returns into product exchanges, helping retailers boost their customer loyalty and retain revenue from returns.
The average brand on Shopify sees more than 95% of their customer return requests end up as refunds. And the remaining returns are exchanges.
But with Loop, brands retain revenue on up to 50% of their returns. Using personalized return experiences, RUDIS was able to decrease their refunds and drive upsells by influencing customers to exchange for a shoe variant or any other different priced product.
Client Saucony, a Wolverine Worldwide shoe brand, created the “Shoe Advisor,” a shoe fit finder that allows shoppers to find the perfect fit of running shoes based on a survey of lifestyle questions.
Saucony’s Shoe Advisor asks shoppers for their shoe preference, size, and width. To find the best fit, the Shoe Advisor then asks a variety of questions including activity, activity surface, training & events, shoe feel, and support preferences.
The Shoe Advisor displays the best shoe match based on shopper preferences. Shoppers can select widths and colors of the top matched shoe, zoom in and out on multiple images, add shoes directly to the shopping cart, and compare other shoe matches. Shoe Advisor has enabled Saucony to reach above and beyond consumers’ likes and expectations, delivering a direct to consumer, personalized shoe experience that results in a bespoke purchase.
Finding the perfect fit when buying shoes online is not just a challenge for adults; it can be even harder for kids. Client Stride Rite offers a Kids’ Shoe Sizing Help, guiding shoppers to use either a printable size guide or trace their child’s foot to find measurements. Length and circumference measurements can then be entered into the Shoe Sizer, your child’s shoe size is calculated, and you are presented with a path to shop shoes in that size.
Part of finding the right fit is understanding how to take the right measurements and how a shoe should fit. Stride Rite also offers a comprehensive Kids’ Shoe Fit Guide, which discusses the anatomy of children’s feet, finding the proper fit, and signs to look for when shoes are too big or too small.