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A third of UK Instagram Shoppers purchase products promoted by influencers

09/20/201809/19/2018 L. Green

New research reveals that UK users of the social media app are swayed by Instagram influencers. It’s no secret that Instagram shoppers are influenced by social media marketing. However, new research from influencer marketing platform, Takumi, has revealed that about a third of UK Instagram users are more likely to buy a product if it was promoted by an influencer on the social media platform. The survey found that 18 – 35-year olds were especially likely to make purchase decisions influenced by Instagram. The Takumi research was carried out by…

Mobile fashion retail leaders appeal to smartphone toting consumers

09/20/201709/18/2017 Jennifer Goula

Throughout London Fashion Week, leading designers and retailers campaigned with m-commerce innovation. New study results released during London Fashion Week showed that mobile fashion retail is stronger than ever before. Retailers and top design labels are using m-commerce innovation to improve the consumer experience. The study was published in the 2017 Mobile Retail Report by Ampersand, a benchmarking report. The purpose of the report is to rank and compare top high street brands in terms of their mobile fashion retail experience offerings. This includes everything from mobile website features to…

Wearable technology is as popular as tablets in the UK

11/04/201511/03/2015 Jorge Gonzalez

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According to YouGov statistics, 6 percent of the population of the United Kingdom has at least one type of wearables. YouGov has now released a wearable technology market report which has shown that the adoption of these little devices is actually quite similar to that of tablet adoption in the United Kingdom. That said, the actual rate of adoption has been notably slower than it has been for tablets. Adoption of wearable technology has now risen to 22 percent, according to the YouGov report. The report explained this by saying…

M-commerce has never been tried by 15 percent of Millennial device owners

08/10/201508/08/2015 Jennifer Goula

Among the barriers to shopping on smartphones is the struggle with typing on a tiny screen. Even though the Millennial generation is typically considered to be tremendously mobile-savvy, a recent study has shown that a full 15 percent of them have never conducted any m-commerce shopping activities at all on their smartphones. Also revealed was that 34 percent of that generation find it challenging to use a small screen to type. In this study, which was conducted by the Ampersand ecommerce agency, but commissioned by YouGov online, it was shown…

YouGov says wearable tech will play an important role in retail

04/14/201504/11/2015 Julie Campbell

As smartwatches enter the mainstream, retailers will need to embrace this technology in order to keep up. According to a recent statement made by YouGov, as wearable tech becomes a growing part of the everyday lives of the majority of the population, brick and mortar retailers are going to need to start to embrace what these devices have to offer in order to improve their in-store experience in a way that will allow them to compete with online-only merchants. The statement, made by YouGov director Russell Feldman, called wearables “an…