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Are you leveraging your path to Hans Raemdonck purchase as a path to growth? 5. What are the pain points in the path to purchase? The websites of these e-tailers don’t lead to satisfaction. They are perceived by candidate cell phone buyers as hard to navigate and not providing the right content. 6. How  can we understand how brands perform relative to competition and on specific touchpoints? For the most influential touchpoints, the client’s brand was strongly under-performing on ‘sales person’ and performing average on the other touchpoints relative to competitive cell phone brands. Figure 6 Role of and satisfaction with touchpoints ENGAGEMENT Create an emotional bond Provide guidelines and support Salesman Website telecom service provider A shopper comparison website Provide timely information about new products, promotions or events General online webshop (Market place) TV A website from a telecom specialist Allow access to more details INFORMATION Size of bubbles is proportionate to impact on sales. Colour indicates perceived usefulness of touchpoint in path to purchase (Green: very hight, red: very low) 9