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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…

Mobile commerce gave U.S. retail a shot in the arm in April

05/16/201305/15/2013 John Montgallo

Last month, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that smartphones generated many sales. The U.S. Census Bureau has just released a study that showed that while mobile commerce and online shopping did experience a slowing at the start of the year, it also saw a considerable increase on a monthly and quarterly level in April. The total food services and retail sales for the first quarter this year increased by 3.7 percent over 2012. At the same time, the month of April showed sales of $419 billion, which displays a month…