Tag: smartphone shopping

Holiday m-commerce, voice and e-commerce will lead the way this year

Stephanie Beck
Holiday m-commerce shopping present

This year, technology will be playing a more important role than ever in the traditionally busiest shopping season. A new survey conducted by AlixPartners showed holiday m-commerce combined with e-commerce and voice will be vitally important to shoppers and retailers during the busiest shopping season of the year. Almost 3 out of every 4 survey respondents said they would be doing most of their holiday shopping in-store. The holiday m-commerce survey involved the participation of over 1,000 customers across the United States. AlixPartners, a global business advisory firm, conducted the…

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APAC mobile shopping spend is through the roof in 2017

Sam Lambert
mobile commerce forecast

Research shows many consumers in Asian countries enjoy m-commerce as a favorite pastime. The APAC mobile shopping trends are moving more quickly than pretty much anywhere else in the world. Mobile commerce has become a regular part of everyday life in many of those countries. In fact, shopping via smartphone has become a favorite pastime for many people. Some consumers within the region would even go so far as to say that m-commerce is indispensable. This consumer sentiment toward m-commerce helps to explain why APAC mobile shopping is taking off…

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Google and PayPal launch new joint mobile shopping strategy using fingerprints

L. Green
Android PayPal mobile shopping strategy

The two companies have agreed to create a commerce experience combining three major components. Google and PayPal have entered into a new mobile shopping strategy bringing together the Chrome browser, Android Pay and PayPal. The concept behind this integration involves using a consumer’s fingerprint through a scanner on the smartphone. This integration represents a very powerful partnership within the m-commerce space. The companies aim to create a mobile shopping experience in which consumers will use their fingerprints for a highly customized and more seamless experience. At first launch the experience…

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Mobile product searches lead to more purchases in-store

Sam Lambert
Mobile product searches

A new report indicates that consumers that smartphone based product searches are affecting their shopping decisions. Yieldbot recently conducted a study with Kantar Retail showing that consumers use mobile product searches to make in-store shopping decisions. The study underscored the influence of smartphones on the decisions shoppers make in-store. The research indicated that while word of mouth advertising from friends and family remains the top influencer when it comes to purchasing decisions, mobile product searches are increasingly influential. This implies that the impact of mobile marketing is also rising in…

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New leading mobile commerce marketplace for growth crowned

John Montgallo
jakarta indonesia mobile commerce marketplace

The Better Than Cash Alliance conducted a study naming Indonesia as the leader in m-commerce. The Better Than Cash Alliance released the results of a study it conducted which determined that Indonesia is the fastest growing mobile commerce marketplace. This is an impressive feat for the Southeast Asian country’s population of 260 million. This led the authors of the report on the study to call the country a potential global tech business powerhouse. The study credited the rapidly growing mobile commerce marketplace in Indonesia to the country’s rising middle class.…

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