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85% Use Smartphones in Stores, 55% Changed How They Shop

85% Use Smartphones in Stores, 55% Changed How They Shop | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Most consumers (85%) globally say that they have used their smartphone in-store, according to the DigitasLBi Connected Commerce study.


This is an increase from 72% just a year ago.


And it’s not only using a smartphone in a store but the rather the impact it’s having.


The majority (55%) of smartphone users say the Internet and smartphones have changed the way they shop in a store.


Perhaps more significantly, 77% of Internet users have been influenced by mobile during the purchase process....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

While most consumers still prefer to shop in physical stores, the smartphone has increasingly become an integral part of in-store behavior. This post by Chuck Martin at MediaPost is critical insight for online and offline retailers. Highly recommended. 10/10

Marco Favero's curator insight, May 13, 2015 12:33 PM

aggiungi la tua intuizione ...

Mike Allen's curator insight, May 14, 2015 8:00 AM

The "instant culture" and the "check for bargains" mentality are being supported by the ability to shop about online and visit the bricks to try on or collect. This means that websites must navigate very quickly to what the enquirer wants and provide psychology which captures the person so that they buy. Is AIDA( attention interest desire action) all integrated now?

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29% of US Ecommerce Transactions Now Mobile; 34% Globally | MediaPost

29% of US Ecommerce Transactions Now Mobile;  34% Globally | MediaPost | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

The latest tally, based on more than 1 billion transactions in 3,000 online retail and travel businesses measured by Criteo, shows mobile in the first quarter of this year accounting for more than a third (34%) of all online transactions globally.

In the U.S., 29% of all online sales now are via mobile, led by fashion and luxury, mass merchants and travel.

The mobile share of ecommerce transactions grew 10% in the last three months, according to Criteo, which projects yet another 10% growth in the U.S. by the end of this year. That would put mobile transactions at 33% of U.S. online purchases and 40% globally....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

No question the money in mobile is starting to flow big time.

Greg Farley's curator insight, April 4, 2015 9:19 AM

If your website is not mobile friendly you're missing out on a lot of customers and revenue.