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Store Pickup More Popular Than Home Delivery Among Back-to-School Shoppers, According to Sensormatic Solutions Survey
NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland, July 16, 2025--Sensormatic Solutions, the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), today released the findings of its 2025 U.S. Back-to-School Consumer Sentiment Survey, showing that the majority (70%) of respondents plan to visit brick-and-mortar store locations to stock up ahead of the school year. Additionally, the survey found that interest in "buy online, pickup in store" (BOPIS; 46%) has risen from last year (43%) and now outpaces i
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