Mobile shopping on Christmas Day rose by 20.4 percent

IBM mobile shopping

Sales as a whole on that specific day of the year increased by 8.3 percent over the same day in 2013. The Digital Analytics Benchmark Hub at IBM has now released statistics that indicate that Christmas Day was a big time for mobile shopping, this year, despite the success that was seen in terms of growth in overall purchases throughout the holiday season. On that day, online sales as a whole saw a healthy increase of 8.3 percent over the figure seen in 2013. That said, the online commerce traffic…

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Mobile spending on Christmas day increases by 173 percent this year

Mobile commerce holiday shopping

  This year, consumers across the United States didn’t hesitate to continue their holiday shopping on Christmas day just because the malls were closed, as online sales jumped by 16.4 percent over last year, and the mobile shopping spiked sharply by 117.8 percent. This retail data is according to IBM’s Coremetrics. It observed trends that were comparable to what was seen over Thanksgiving, as well. A growing number of customers were visiting retailers using their smartphones and tablets to make their purchases when the stores were closed. In fact, according…

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Disney adds new iPad app to dive deeper into m-commerce

Disney Store ipad App mobile games

Disney has announced that they will be jumping even further into mobile commerce with their new iPad app that will allow customers to purchase products from their mobile device no matter where or when they want to buy. The app is quite similar to the website of the company, with functions and a design that resemble one another. This Disney Store app is only the latest in a full strategy of efforts that Disney is making in order to set its place in the m-commerce world. Other elements of this…

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