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The 2015 top tech gifts are making a surprising list

11/20/201511/18/2015 Julie Campbell

The hottest Black Friday and Cyber Monday purchases for him, her, teens and kids predictions are in. Every year, predictions are made about which tech gifts will top the lists for shoppers that flood websites, mobile apps and stores on Black Friday through Cyber Monday and the forecasts for 2015 are causing eyebrows to raise as many are quite different from what was seen in previous years. While novelty has been a key feature in the past, this year’s top technology combines fun with function. This appears to be the…

Mobile commerce made up 60 percent of Amazon’s holiday shopping volume

12/29/201412/27/2014 Jesse Collins

This year brought with it a considerable amount of use of smartphones and tablets for product searches. Amazon was a little bit stingy when it came to specific figures, this year – as has been its tradition – for holiday sales performance, but what it has revealed is that mobile commerce played an important role, and that it experienced certain “record breaking” achievements. Among the various claims such as that there was “record growth”, there was a smattering of numbers offered. For example, Amazon showed that it has now enrolled…

Mobile payments reach new heights during the holidays, but danger of fraud still lingers

12/11/201412/09/2014 Sam Lambert

UK mobile commerce - Woman with shopping bags on mobile

New report sheds light on performance of mobile commerce while also highlighting security issues Online fraud and abuse protection provider Iovation has released a new report concerning the performance of mobile commerce over the past holiday shopping weekend. The report notes that consumers made use of their mobile devices when shopping on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, taking advantage of retail opportunities offered specifically to mobile consumers. Iovation found that, in some cases, people fell prey to fraud, particularly identity theft and complete takeovers of their mobile shopping accounts. Some…

Retailers may be missing out on mobile commerce opportunities

12/07/201312/06/2013 Note From The Editor

Holidays highlight the value of mobile shopping The holidays have long been a very important time of year for retailers. During the holiday season, consumers are much more likely to spend money so that they can purchase gifts for their loved ones. In the past, this involved going to physical stores and, in many cases, waiting in long lines just to purchase a single product. Holiday shopping is also quite a chaotic time, so beyond being a significant time investment, consumers must compete with the dangers that exist in navigating…

Cyber Monday mobile commerce concerns different between US and UK consumers

12/03/201312/02/2013 Jesse Collins

A survey conducted by Tripwire showed that location made a large difference regarding smartphone shopping. Compliance management and risk based security solutions provider, Tripwire, Inc., has released the results of its survey on Cyber Monday mobile commerce and the impact of mobile security on holiday shopping. This research was conducted with the participation of 1,400 American and British consumers. The study, itself, was held by OnePoll and Dimensional Research. They surveyed the consumers in the United Kingdom and the United States in order to help to understand opinions and behaviors…