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By 2025 mobile commerce sales will pass $700 billion

08/17/202108/16/2021 Sam Lambert

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A new eMarketer report has shown that last year saw 41.4 percent growth over the year before. Mobile commerce sales have reached the point that they are absolutely explosive, to the point that they will be doubling by 2025 according to eMarketer data. Last year saw a growth rate of 41.4 percent, and this year’s is expected to be 15.2 percent, which will bring it to $359.3 billion. People have become exceptionally comfortable with shopping online using their smartphones. “Smartphones have historically been primarily consumption devices, but they’re becoming much…

M-commerce is a way of life in Hong Kong, says MasterCard survey

05/02/201704/28/2017 Jesse Collins

Consumers in that region are quite comfortable with using their smartphones to research and buy products. Hong Kong consumers have made m-commerce into an everyday regular activity. When they want to shop for something online, it’s entirely commonplace to use a smartphone for the task. These trends were shared through the MasterCard Online Shopping Survey. Over 2 in every 5 Hong Kong residents had made a purchase over a mobile device in the prior 3 months. The MasterCard survey was conducted across fourteen Asia Pacific markets. Among these markets were:…

Mobile shopping more likely among men than women

08/13/201408/11/2014 Sam Lambert

A recent report from BI Intelligence has shown that male consumers shop far more often on smartphones and tablets. According to a report that was recently issued by BI Intelligence, when it comes to mobile shopping, it is male consumers who are considerably more likely to actually make a purchase than their female counterparts. This is an important finding, considering the fact that women are typically the target of marketing campaigns. The report showed that women and men shop online at a rate that is quite near to each other.…

Mobile commerce on Christmas Day was led by smartphones

12/31/201312/28/2013 John Montgallo

Shopping trends on December 25 were revealed by IBM and showed that cell phones beat out tablets. IBM has released its figures regarding mobile commerce and shopping trends that occurred on Christmas Day 2013, and it has shown that even though the tablet has been seen as the primary shopping device, it was smartphones that led the way on that specific day of the year. This is according to the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark and the assessments it included. When it comes to mobile commerce both in traffic and in…

Mobile commerce strategy at Walgreen’s attracting industry attention

07/09/201307/08/2013 Stephanie Beck

mobile commerce mhealth augmented reality app walgreens

While some feel that the effort is a tremendous one in this channel, others are expressing their doubts. Walgreen is a company that is known for its regular and continuous innovation, and its mobile commerce strategy is now attracting attention from those in the industry who are seeking to decide whether the company has upheld its reputation over this channel, as well. This company invented the malted milkshake in 1922 and has been introducing firsts since then. The innovations have continued at Walgreen as self service shopping was introduced, replacing…