This statistic shows why consumers in the United States purchase sports apparel, shoes, equipment and gear in 2016. During the survey, 23.8 percent of the respondents said they purchased sports items because they felt like shopping.
Why do you purchase sports apparel, sports shoes and sports equipment or gear?*
Buy sporting goods and know at least one of the most popular brands
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* The original question was phrased as follows: Why do you purchase sports apparel, sports shoes and sports equipment or gear? This refers to activewear as well as lifestyle products.
Multiple answers were possible.
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Statista Survey. (November 7, 2016). Why do you purchase sports apparel, sports shoes and sports equipment or gear?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/630003/why-consumers-buy-sports-apparel-sports-shoes/
Statista Survey. "Why do you purchase sports apparel, sports shoes and sports equipment or gear?*." Chart. November 7, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/630003/why-consumers-buy-sports-apparel-sports-shoes/
Statista Survey. (2016). Why do you purchase sports apparel, sports shoes and sports equipment or gear?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/630003/why-consumers-buy-sports-apparel-sports-shoes/
Statista Survey. "Why Do You Purchase Sports Apparel, Sports Shoes and Sports Equipment or Gear?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Nov 2016, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/630003/why-consumers-buy-sports-apparel-sports-shoes/
Statista Survey, Why do you purchase sports apparel, sports shoes and sports equipment or gear?* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/630003/why-consumers-buy-sports-apparel-sports-shoes/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Why do you purchase sports apparel, sports shoes and sports equipment or gear?* [Graph], Statista Survey, November 7, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/630003/why-consumers-buy-sports-apparel-sports-shoes/