Pricing Analysis of Winter Shoes: Top 9 Market Insights for Buyers

The temperature is rapidly dropping and so are winter shoe prices. At GrowByData, we wanted to understand the market trends, price volatility, and brand impact influencing the winter shoe category. Our Product intelligence solution collected retail pricing data and SERP data from google shopping. Using the Google Keyword Planner Tool, we collected highly competitive broad-match-type opportunity keywords for the seed keyword “winter shoes”. A total of 1,184 keywords with a combined search volume exceeding 10 million searches were collected. These keywords were searched in Google Shopping and collected product information and retailers’ price data daily for about a month. From the price intelligence data analysis, below are the 9 Winter Shoes Markets Insights As a retailer, you must keep track of the discount levels that your competitors are offering and match it – or better yet top it. Price Intelligence: 9 Winter Shoes Market Insights Price Competitive Brand SOREL winter shoes are the most price-competitive brand online with the highest number of price changes per our data. The brand saw 4,129 product SKUs and 64,867 price changes recorded during the data-collection timeframe. While 5,418 Nike product SKUs were recorded, undergoing 25,875 price changes during the same period. SOREL has an aggressive pricing strategy with about 14 price changes per SKU on average, while Nike is less aggressive with only about 5 price changes per SKU. As retailers, your dynamic pricing strategy must prioritize SOREL, Muk Luks, Timberland, and UGG brands. As buyers, your chances of finding a steal are on these very same brands. 2) Who's a Competitive Retailer? Per our data, Workboots.com is the most price-competitive seller with the greatest number of price changes. WorkBoots recorded 3,573 price changes in only 1,216 winter shoe SKUs. If you are shopping for winter shoes, be sure to visit this store for deals outside of traditional and popular destinations like Amazon, Zappos, and Walmart. You might be lucky to find your pair of boots at the lowest price here. As retailers, it is not a bad idea to add WorkBoots to your list of competitors in your Competitive Pricing Intelligence strategy. 3) 1:5 Repricing ratio During the data-collection period, a staggering 723,857 reprices were found across 12,925 unique product SKUs. In simpler terms, for every unique pair of winter shoes, on average, 5 sellers made price changes daily across our tracked online platforms. For consumers, our suggestion is this: don’t buy right away. Do some price research, check multiple online stores, and you might get the same pair of shoes at a lower price – or confirm that the current price is the lowest available. Consequently, if you are a retailer, you must be looking into making smart and frequent price changes on the basis of your competitor’s price data. 4) GOOD DEALS!! Winter Shoes Repricing Strategy Almost 57% of online sellers are dropping prices and selling winter shoes at a discount. Wait and watch! There may be more sellers dropping prices. As a retailer, you must keep track of the discount levels that your competitors are offering and match it – or better yet top it. 5) Market Insights: Winter Shoes Price Ranges 98.7% of Winter Shoes fall under a Price Segment less than $500. Digging deeper, we identified that 38.8% of tracked winter shoes were priced under $50, with 27.9% of total price changes detected in the segment. Elsewhere, the price segment between $101 & $150 recorded 28.7% (highest price changes) in 15.7% of products found in this segment; indicating this range to be the most competitive price segment in winter shoes. 6) Market Insights: ITS ABOUT WOMEN! You are most likely to find winter shoes geared toward women or girls this season. Per our data analytics, the female category occupies about 40% of the product SKUs, the unisex category ranks second with 36% market presence, and the male category ranks last with 28%. Your marketing and inventory strategy must prioritize women's and unisex shoe options because of their popularity. Furthermore, our data also shows that you are likely to get a discount offer if you buy two or more pairs. Retailers must constantly check if their competitors are offering discounts on these kinds of transactions (i.e. “Buy one, get one free” or “Buy one, get 50% off one”). 7) MOST OPTIONS!! Winter Shoe Brand Insights Nike has the highest variety of winter shoes online. They JUST BEAT IT. If you sell winter shoes online, you can never go wrong with stocking up on Nike. It also means that when you search online for winter shoes, Nike will most definitely show up as one of the top results. Analyzing the top 10 brands by unique product SKU offerings, Nike ranks #1 with 5,418 unique products, while the seemingly popular Adidas brand ranks #9 with 2,353 products. 8) Market Insight: WHO’s NEXT?? UGG and SOREL brands are the closest competitors of Nike in the winter shoe category. If you already have Nike in your lineup, why not focus and stock up on these brands as an alternative approach? As a buyer, if you already own shoes from Nike, offerings from New Balance or SOREL can offer an attractive alternative. 9) Competitive Price Intelligence: WHERE’s the BEST DEAL? One word: Amazon! You will find the lowest-priced winter shoes at Zappos (Amazon subsidiary) or Amazon’s own website (via third-party sellers or sold directly by Amazon). If you want to stay competitive this holiday season and sell directly on your website, you must be able to compete with Amazon or risk losing customers. If you already sell on Amazon, you should focus on price optimization more and your prices must be competitive within Amazon’s ecosphere.

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Price Intelligence of Winter Shoes: Top 9 Insights for Buyers