Mobile commerce activity doubled last year among the Top 500 retailers

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According to the latest data, there are twice as many active companies as there were the year before. The 2013 Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide has shown that many of the leading companies are now realizing that mobile commerce is becoming increasingly important, and are beginning to become active in the channel with smartphone friendly websites and apps. It showed that there were twice as many using m-commerce in 2012 as there were at the same time in 2011. Last year, there were 322 merchants on the Top 500 list…

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Mobile commerce adoption to increase by 73 percent in the Netherlands

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This indicator means that the number of users will have risen to 1.7 million, last year. The revenues generated through mobile commerce in the Netherlands increased in the second half of 2012, to bring them to €310 million, which represents a considerable level of growth. This, according to the latest results that were issued by a market monitoring firm. The mobile commerce Monitor released by Thuiswinkel for 2012-2 revealed these statistics. This has shown that over 2012, the country saw a sizeable amount of growth in the number of consumers…

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Mobile commerce from Fandango sees 171 percent growth

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The sales of mobile tickets soared last year when compared to the data from the year before. According to reports from Fandango, when comparing its figures from 2012 to those from 2011, it has seen an increase in its mobile commerce ticket sales by 171 percent. Moreover, it has now experienced 31 million app downloads, according to the company. This has made it clear that the movie ticketing industry is an important place for mobile commerce, and that it now has solid figures to back its claims for success. By…

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Mobile commerce results of 2012 over 2011

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Now that the new year has started, it is possible to analyze the complete holiday shopping season. With 2012 behind us, mobile commerce experts are beginning to take a look at the comparison between the success of the holiday shopping season last year in comparison with the one the year before. What can be said for certain is that there was growth in virtually every area of the channel. As many retailers consider the holiday season the defining time that will tell them whether or not they will be in…

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Mobile commerce will represent nearly a quarter of online revenue by 2017

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ABI Research has found that smartphone adoption will drive this rapid increase. The latest ABI Research report has shown that mobile commerce will make up about 24.4 percent of all of the online revenue by the close of 2017. This prediction is based on the phenomenal growth data from 2011. Last year, the size of the mobile commerce marketplace doubled, reaching $65.6 billion. The ABI Research report stated that this was driven by the exploding adoption of smartphones within both developing and mature markets. Also a contributor, was the retail…

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