New Delhi, 28th Dec, 2015: Stress Free Living is possible, but it takes a little work for reducing that stress and to know what triggers stress is important in our non-stop busy lifestyle. Shopping combines use of physical and mental energies, ensuring that we are temporarily distracted from our anxieties.
In fact,study released this year by the Harvard and Stanford business schools found a direct link between work-related stress and serious health issues ranging from hypertension to depression.
The study, conducted over a period of six months, has also showed that over 40 percent of professionals worldwide consider online shopping as solution for their stress and depression caused due to their work.
Shopping is a stress-buster for a stressed person. It increases positive affect and help to relieve stress. Somehow people have a belief that if they gather materialistic good, they will feel better and a stressed individual strains themselves to the point where he/she is extraordinarily depressed and anxiousness.
Discount offers and coupons makes overall stress level low and shoppers get the feeling of achievement and as per a recent study, shoppers using discount coupons are happier and live much more healthy life than others.
The report also predicted that about 96% of all mobile users searched for coupons in 2015 to find the best deal and the greatest value when shopping online.
Ms Kulpreet Kaur, Co-founder, Shop Pirate.in says,”At Shoppirate.in we have seen growing awareness among users for discount coupons and offers as compared to last year. Categories which ruled this year were Recharges, Cabs, On Demand service like food delivery, laundry etc and Electronics & Gadgets. Online shopping festivals by ecommerce giants have made the whole year productive due to continuous online sales/shopping festivals. At Shop Pirate coupons it was definitely a good year where the company received approx 60% of their traffic from mobile.
Year 2015 has set an example for 2016 to follow. 2016 will be customer centric year with focus on capturing each and every click of the user journey. People can expect many more exclusive partnerships to get the best discounts for the users. India will overtake the US as the second largest market for smart phones in the world by 2016, as smart mobile devices have become affordable, global research firm eMarketer has said. With Government of India’s ‘India Digital Plan’ that promises that by 2019, everyone in India will have a smart phone, the prospects of online shopping is only expected to grow. Overall, we expect that digital coupons industry to grow 25% in 2016.