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A third of 18-34 year old mobile users to buy christmas gifts on mobile
One in three young adults will use their mobile phone to purchase Christmas gifts for friends and family this year. UTalkMarketing and online survey platform Toluna Quick surveyed 1300 UK consumers and found that a staggering 32% of 18 to 34 year olds plan to use their mobile device to purchase gifts in the run…
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Usablenet’s mobile platform powers 7 of the top 8 fastest m-commerce sites
Usablenet’s mobile platform powers 3 of the top 4 fastest m-commerce sites in the US and the top 4 fastest m-commerce sites in the UK.
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Retailer New Look goes mobile
New Look goes mobile with one click purchasing and zoomable products.
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M-commerce grows by 100% in Germany and US
Mobile commerce hit it’s stride in 2010 with an increase in the number of visits to Amazon.com towards the end of the year, compared to earlier in 2010. According to the latest Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report which views trends for December 2010, there was an increase in mobile commerce with United States…
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Starmount launch in-store m-commerce solution
US commerce software developers Starmount have turned m-commerce on its head and have introduced an in-store mobile selling assistant, Engage, that works on iPhones and iPads and is intended for use by shop staff rather than customers. “With the advent of the smartphone as a personal shopping device, retailers are now faced with customers that are,…
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Mobile to account for 30% of US Christmas online spend
IDC Retail Insights has released figures claiming that mobile shoppers will account for over 30% of all money spent over Christmas in the US. IDC’s survey revealed that the increase in mobile shopping will be down to the efforts of mobile shopping “warriors” (hyper-connected individuals) and mobile shopping “warrior wannabies” (moderately connected individuals). Between them…
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56% of current smartphone users are seriously considering an Apple iPhone
Smartphones are becoming the defacto standard for users according to all the Q3 results posted so far, and it seems they’re going to be even more popular in the months to come if new stats from a US survey are to be believed. They’re also due to make significant changes to the way we shop.…
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Consumers are moving faster than retailers to mobile
A survey commissioned by AIME, IAB and IMRG shows that 41% of UK retail brands expect to have a transactional mobile site or application within the next year Too few retailers have a solid mobile presence today, however, 41% plan to have a transactional mobile site or application in place within the next year, according…
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Visa to trial m-payments digital wallet in US
There’s one phrase that never fails to depress the life out of us at Business Mobile and that is “digital wallet.” If we had a pound for every time we’d been told that the the digital wallet will replace the real wallet, and that it will make e-commerce, m-commerce etc more secure and make it…
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Mcommerce market worth $2.5 billion (£1.6bn) in 2010 and, will grow to $10 billion (£6.4bn) by 2012
The worldwide mobile commerce market is worth $2.5 billion (£1.6bn) today, and will grow to $10 billion (£6.4bn) by 2012 According to Lazard Capital Markets the worldwide mobile commerce market is worth $2.5 billion today, and will grow four times in the next couple of years, with Android being the key platform for that growth.…
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Mobile ticketing is driving the m-commerce market
A new study by Juniper Research shows that the rapidly increasing usage of mobile devices for tickets for all kinds of travel and entertainment plus sports events will be one of the main factors driving the growth of mobile commerce. Mobile ticketing transactions are forecast to exceed $100bn (based on gross transaction value) as soon…
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The mythical mobile shopper is more than likely to be a man says survey
Mobile shopping is still in it’s infancy, but we’re making some quick progress, we’ve moved on from the retailers taking the initiative and using texts and coupons to draw us into shops, to the consumer taking the initiative and using apps like RedLaser and our own favourite Stripey Lines to price check in the shop.…