While Some Retailers Ignore Snapchat, Others Are Killing It With Lens and Geofilter Ads

Stats show missed chances, big gains

Attention retailers: There's a pile of missed marketing opportunities in Aisle 5 that needs to be cleaned up.

Placed, a location-based data company, arrived at unflattering findings for brick-and-mortar chains after looking at which ones were often patronized by users of Snapchat, a veritable gold mine leading into the back-to-school season. Sixty percent of the 65 most-visited merchants, Placed discovered, hadn't even bothered to launch an account on the mobile app that counts 150 million global users, many of whom belong to the coveted Gen Z and millennial demos.

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