No one can deny the rapid rate in which Mobile Commerce is growing.
A recent report from comScore showed that online retail spending had grown by 14% last year, while total consumer retail spending had only grown by single digits. At the moment, most online spending is still happening over desktop and laptop computers, but that is expected to change, and soon, according to recent data from the U.S. Census and other sources.
Mobile Online Spending is the Way of the Future.People might still be using their computers to buy online, but they won’t be for much longer. According to Digiday, commerce is one of the industries that will be most affected by growing mobile platforms. According to a forecast by Goldman Sachs, global e-commerce is expected to grow to $638 billion by 2018. Goldman also asserts that it will be tablets rather than smart phones that will be the primary source of online spending....
Via Jeff Domansky
www.aanve.com
Rapid change is disrupting the familiar purchasing habits
I guess few would deny how shopping has become more of an online activity with the mobile phone helping to make the experience more virtual!