Mobile commerce use drives considerable Thanksgiving shopping growth this year

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Online retail sales on the start of the holiday season rose to almost $3 billion this year thanks to smartphones. This Thanksgiving, mobile commerce use became an even bigger driver of online sales than had been the case in previous years. With a one day sales total of $2.9 billion this year, smartphones are getting a pat on the back for sending shoppers to online stores even when brick and mortar ones were closed. This year, smartphones and tablets comprised an estimated 41 percent of all Thanksgiving online revenue. The…

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Mobile commerce is growing in Spain

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It is the younger generations that are starting to send the trend upward within that European country. According to the latest data, mobile commerce is staking off among the younger population in Spain, but at the same time, reports are showing that this demographic has also included themselves among the people who habitually “showroom”. Showrooming has brick and mortar stores worried about whether or not they can remain competitive. The behavior called showrooming occurs when a consumer heads to a brick and mortar store in order to have a look…

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New mobile commerce system may replace ATMs

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Mobile commerce continues to grow among consumers As consumers become more integrated in mobile technology, commerce is beginning to change. Consumers are beginning to favor using their mobile devices to shop and purchase products, which has lead to the emergence of mobile commerce. This is a broad term that does not only refer to mobile payments, of course. Mobile commerce also encompasses the use of financial services being offered by banks that cater to mobile users. Such services may soon revolutionize the way people use ATMs around the world. Diebold…

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Mobile commerce embraced more slowly by U.S. than the world

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The global marketplace has adopted shopping over smartphones far faster than Americans. Market Probe International and Havas Worldwide have released the results of their most recent study which has indicated that the United States has fallen behind the rest of the world when it comes to the adoption of mobile commerce. Fewer than one in five online shoppers in the U.S. have used their devices for shopping purposes. The research indicated that only 16 percent of American online consumers have used mobile commerce to help them to shop. This is…

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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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