http://www.bazaarvoice.com/blog Ideas to Help Customers Build Your Business Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:10:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.bazaarvoice.com/blog/2007/07/12/87-of-apparel-reviews-are-positive/ http://www.bazaarvoice.com/blog/2007/07/12/87-of-apparel-reviews-are-positive/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:45:47 +0000 Sam Decker http://www.bazaarvoice.com/blog/2007/07/12/87-of-apparel-reviews-are-positive/ Over a year ago we announced the "Ratings J-Curve", analyzing the distribution of product ratings across our set of retail clients. 80% of reviews were positive, an average rating of 4.3 out of 5. Over a year later, and now over 100 clients across 12 industries, that hasn't changed. Apparel manufacturers and retailers were slower to adopt Bazaarvoice Ratings and Reviews than other retailers, in large part due to fear of negative reviews. We saw some early data with our first apparel clients that was encouraging, but not enough to assert a trend. Now that we have over 10 clients in the apparel category we analyzed the data in aggregate. There is a pleasant J-curve surprise when we segment product rating data by apparel manufacturers and retailers… Apparel reviews are even more positive than the retail average. 87% of reviews are positive at an average rating of 4.5 out of 5. Further, for most of these apparel clients we see strong review volume. This supports the hypothesis that people want to share positive feedback on their purchases. Customers are especially proud of smart apparel decisions, perhaps because it exhibits smart decision about style and is an extension of themselves. Regardless, it's another data point that ratings and reviews for apparel retailers and manufacturers is a positive move, in more ways than one!

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