According to a survey by The Hustle, 79% of people have made at least one drunk purchase. Marketers should be familiar, as the survey found that 86% of marketers have made a drunk purchase.
Consumers who shop online drunk may be worth , according to a survey of 2,000 alcohol-consuming Americans by The Hustle.
According to the surveytitled the average drunk shopper spends $444 and tends to spend on clothing and shoes on Amazon (the platform of choice for 85% of all drunk shoppers surveyed). The Hustle reports that 79% of people it surveyed have made at least one drunk purchase.
The Hustle says that 80% of women shop drunk compared with 78% of men. Millennials also drunk shop more than baby boomers by 13%.
Forbes and Statista put together an .
The most likely professions to drunk shop are sports (94%), transport (92%), oil and energy (91%), recruiting (87%) and marketing (85%).
The least likely drunk-shopping professions are writing (60%), art (64%), education (68%), computer engineering (68%) and retail (70%).
Online shops are already using drunk shoppers to their advantage, according to The Hustle, as many post late-night flash sales. The Hustle cites a quote from : Post-bar, inhibitions can be impacted, and that can cause healthy impulse buying.
Hal Conick is a freelance writer for the 蹤獲扦夥厙s magazines and e-newsletters. He can be reached at halconick@gmail.com or on Twitter at @HalConick.