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Alibaba takes majority of China’s mobile commerce market

Stephen Vagus
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Alibaba continues to show how dominating it can be in the mobile market with its Alipay platform China’s Alibaba is quickly conquering the country’s mobile market. A growing number of consumers are beginning to turn to Alibaba when it comes to making large purchases and many are beginning to make these purchases through the company’s Alipay platform. The platform has become much more popular than similar solutions that are being offered by the country’s banks. The mobile services that banks offer to Chinese consumers are unreliable, which has been a…

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JD.com finds success through engaging in mobile commerce

Stephanie Beck
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JD.com IPO raises $1.78 billion from US investors American investors may be strongly interested in Chinese Internet companies, thanks to the recent success of JD.com’s IPO. JD.com is an e-commerce organization based in China, which launched an initial public offering recently to great success. The IPO raised some $1.78 billion for JD.com, which exceeded the company’s expectations by a significant margin. The warm reception that JD.com has received may bode well for other Chinese companies that are preparing to launch their IPOs in America. Chinese retailers engaging mobile consumers are…

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Apple teams with China UnionPay to launch new mobile payments service

Stephanie Beck
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Apple and China UnionPay partner to boost mobile commerce Apple has entered into a partnership with China UnionPay concerning a new mobile payments service. This may be a big move for Apple, who has been somewhat cautious with its participation in the mobile commerce field. Apple has been keen to avoid some of the pitfalls that its counterparts have fallen victim to with their own mobile commerce endeavors. In partnering with China UnionPay, Apple may be ready to break into the mobile payments space more aggressively. New service to faciliate…

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Alibaba sets its sights on mobile commerce

Jesse Collins
Mobile Commerce

Alibaba’s future may now be intertwined with mobile shopping and payments Alibaba, one of China’s largest and most influence online retailers, has submitted its initial public offering files, which have been made available for public viewing. Mobile is mentioned some 254 times in the filings, underlining the company’s strong interest in mobile commerce. Notably, other companies that could rival Alibaba, such as Amaon and eBay, also have an interest in the mobile commerce space, but they lack the clout that Alibaba has managed to accrue in recent years. Currently, the…

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The battlefield for mobile commerce is set

Note From The Editor
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Mobile commerce is becoming a matter of large versus small businesses Mobile payments are becoming more popular around the world and this popularity is growing at an alarming rate. Smartphones and tablets are becoming less expensive, but more technologically advanced, and more people are beginning to rely on these devices in their daily lives. Commerce is becoming more digital by the day and businesses that do not have some type of presence on the Internet are becoming more and more likely of being confronted by failure. As this trend continues…

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