Digital destinations — retailer websites, third-party websites, online retailers — are the last stop before purchase for many B2B shoppers.

BCG/Google, U.S., Online to Offline (n=149, customers of industrial supply products; n=598, customers of industrial manufacturing products; n=735, customers of pack-and-ship products), Sept. 2017.

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