The channel experienced a 32 percent growth in use and broke all previous records in the country. Alibaba was once again able to bring m-commerce shopping to new heights over Singles Day in China. This year’s event saw a massive shift toward mobile, which proved to be the deal hunter’s method of choice for finding and purchasing products. Alibaba has reported that this year’s Singles Day in China left all previous records behind. Singles Day in China occurred on November 11. As has been the case in previous years, it…
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Holiday mobile shopping habits will stand out this year
As has been the case over the last few years, this should be a record breaker for m-commerce. The most important time of the year for retailers is approaching and mobile shopping habits will be playing a large role. In fact, it is expected that this holiday season will represent another time in which records will be broken across the board. Pre-holiday study and forecast results are already being issued by a number of analytics firms. The goal is to best understand what are likely to be the mobile shopping…
Read MoreTop mobile commerce brand title goes to Burberry
The Ampersand ecommerce agency rated 158 British retailers and awarded the top spot to the fashion brand. Burberry has been named the top mobile commerce brand by Ampersand. The ecommerce agency used several criteria and numbers to conduct an assessment of the customer experience. It examined the mobile shopping offerings of 158 retailers in Great Britain. Among the factors taken into consideration included whether the m-commerce website was optimized. The retailers were judged on mobile website optimization, page loading speed and several other factors. While Burberry took the top mobile…
Read MoreInternet of things commerce may be the next thing, finally
The IoT is coming to the m-commerce experience and could offer a great deal to consumers. Internet of Things commerce is a concept that has been dancing around ahead of us for some time now. Science fiction movies have predicted it. Tech specialists have insisted that we’re on the edge of it. Now, it may finally be on its way. Even if it isn’t here quite yet, it does offer a considerable opportunity for consumers to enjoy. A recently released report indicates that connected devices used for Internet of Things…
Read MoreMobile commerce customer satisfaction is dropping
Even though smartphone based shopping is gaining more quickly in popularity than desktop, people aren’t happy with it. Mobile commerce customer satisfaction is on its way downward, according to new research. In fact, this has been the trend over the last two years, even though people are using it more often. Recent predictions indicate that half of all online purchases will be over mobile channels by 2018. Vanson Bourne recently conducted research on behalf of LogMeIn. What they found was that mobile devices will drive half of all purchase in…
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