m-commerce growth Archives

Mobile commerce to see 68 percent growth by the close of the year

05/17/202205/13/2022 Sam Lambert

As a growing number of people shop on their smartphones, companies see more income from apps. Mobile commerce has been taking off – particularly since the start of the pandemic – meaning that companies with online strategies focusing on smartphone shoppers have been winning out. The trend is only expected to continue through until the end of this year and beyond. According to a recent eMarketer report, online shopping will have reached $845 billion by the end of this year. Moreover, mobile commerce is expected to drive about half of…

Americans look to mobile shopping research first, then head to stores

01/11/201801/10/2018 L. Green

New research shows that most U.S. consumers will check out a product online before buying in person. Last year, the American e-commerce market watched mobile shopping research take off before consumers were even getting in their cars to visit stores. In fact 88 percent of consumers were using the internet to read up on products before making an in-store purchase. During the holiday season, many people who had planned to shop online headed to brick and mortar shops. In the United States, holiday shoppers used online and mobile shopping research…

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…

Mobile commerce shopping will make up half of e-purchases in 3 years

09/18/201709/16/2017 Sam Lambert

By 2020, smartphone and tablet using consumers will buy just as much as their desktop using counterparts. It’s no mystery that mobile commerce shopping trends are on the rise, but a recent report by UPS predicts that by 2020, orders made over mobile device will represent half of all online purchasing. In fact, the forecast showed that m-commerce will make up about $250 billion in sales per year by then. The UPS report indicated that most of the mobile sales will come from consumers using smartphones. It also stated that…

M-commerce growth will reach $6 trillion in 4 years

06/20/201706/17/2017 Jennifer Goula

Mobile shopping apps are expected to become quite mainstream and very successful in coming years. Mobile app specialist firm, App Annie, predicts that m-commerce will not only accelerate in the near future, but it will become very important. This is welcome news to tech companies in their currently slumping sector. The firm forecasted rapid growth to the degree that it will break the $6 trillion in transactions per year mark by 2021. Bertrand Schmitt, founder and chief exec of App Annie, revealed this m-commerce growth prediction in a recent media…