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Mobile commerce may be a boundless opportunity

10/28/201310/26/2013 Stephen Vagus

Mobile commerce continues to experience explosive growth The mobile sector is continuing to grow rapidly and this growth is showing no signs of slowing down in the immediate future. As mobile technology becomes a more prominent part of people’s lives, it is beginning to have an effect on various aspects of society and economy. Mobile commerce, for instance, emerged as a result of the rampant popularity of smartphones, tablets, and online shopping. Though mobile commerce is still in a state of infancy, it could have a significant impact on the…

Mobile commerce sales this year should nearly achieve $42 billion

09/10/201309/07/2013 Jesse Collins

eMarketer has released a report predicting that the transactions in the United States alone will be considerable. Research firm, eMarketer, has released a mobile commerce report that has indicated that transactions through smartphones and tablets across the United States will reach $41.68 billion by the close of 2013. If the firm is correct in its projection, it would mean that there would be an increase of 68.2 percent over 2012. The total that was reached last year was an estimated $28.78 billion. The total online retail sales in the United…

Report shows mobile commerce trumps PC e-commerce

09/02/201308/31/2013 Stephen Vagus

Mobile trends Commerce Apps on smartphone

Mobile commerce outshines PC comScore, a leading market research firm, has released a new report that sheds some light on mobile shopping and consumer preferences. The report shows that mobile commerce is beginning to gain momentum among consumers. These consumers are beginning to favor shopping via their mobile devices over going to traditional stores. Moreover, more consumers are beginning to use their mobile devices for shopping than their PCs. The report from comScore suggests that as many as a third of all traffic to e-commerce sites is coming from mobile…

Mobile commerce still being driven by couponing

08/16/201308/13/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

These discounts have been sending the channel forward for a number of years now. Mobile commerce has been driven by coupons sent over smartphones for several years, already having a head start back in 2010, even though this channel represented only 3 percent of online shopping at that time. However, by the end of the holiday shopping season last year, comScore stats showed the channel spiked to 11 percent. Last year, mobile commerce represented about $18.6 percent of consumer spending following the holiday shopping season, not including the purchases related…

Mobile commerce sees growth of 24 percent

08/12/201308/10/2013 L. Green

The latest statistics have been released by comScore and have found that the market is growing fast. According to the most recent data release by comScore, the mobile commerce market has increased by 24 percent over the last year, and this has represented a massive spike in sales to $4.7 billion dollars. The year over year data is very promising as it showed that considerable progress has been made. The report indicated that while the increase that was seen in overall online shopping was nearly 16 percent, year over year,…