Though smartphones will play an important role over the holiday season, by 2015 there will be massive growth. The results of a recent study by Tapjoy have shown that while the next couple of months should be quite defining for mcommerce, over the next three years, the sector will increase by well over 300 percent (up to 362 percent in the United States). This will occur as more consumers buy smartphones and use them to make their shopping purchases. Though there are still many shoppers that will head out into…
Read MoreTag: mcommerce trends
Mobile commerce is more active among tablet users than those with smartphones
Shoppers behave differently when making their holiday purchases, depending on their devices. According to a report from the National Retail Federation, which discussed the role of mobile commerce in this year’s holiday shopping season, although the increase in sales is expected to reach 4.1 percent over last year at the same time, it is believed that smartphones and tablets will represent a larger part of the buying marketplace than it has in the past. The research also showed that 30 percent of tablet owners would be using their devices to…
Read MoreMcommerce sites and apps created by 47 percent of leading retailers
Acquity Group study includes the results of the top 300 retailers. The recent research results from Acquity Group have shown that among the leading 300 retailers, not even half have both an mcommerce website and a mobile app, but this still represents an increase of 161 percent over 2011. The report looked into the leading retailers, as identified by Internet Retailer. In order to generate the results for the “M-Commerce Audit” report, the firm examined the sites that were in existence through devices operating on the four primary mobile commerce…
Read MoreMobile commerce is clearly on its way up
A recent Digital Marketer post provided an analysis of the latest stats. Marketing industry online leader, Digital Marketer, has just published a post from Josh Loposer, its managing editor, which looked more deeply into the latest knowledge regarding the upward trend of mobile commerce. The heart of the publication was that businesses that optimize for smartphones are given an advantage. Loposer explained this claim by showing that as such a large number of browsers are operating from smartphones nowadays, businesses that make sure that their websites are mobile commerce friendly…
Read MoreMcommerce research from September shows a growth in its market share
Almost 10 percent of all online purchases that month came from mobile devices. The latest mcommerce statistics have now been released by Affiliate Window, regarding the size of the market share represented by smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. This recent report has identified a number of different statistics about the place of mobile in the market. The most recent figures are focused on the purchasing habits of online shoppers throughout September of this year. They are meant to assist brands and marketers in better understanding the trends and the…
Read More