AD spends going mobile in India

AD spends going mobile in India

The growth of the mobile phone market and rapidly rising penetration is attracting many to the medium and the advertising sector is not holding back. The mobile advertising market is estimated to touch Rs 10,000 crore by 2018. According to experts, advertisers have realised the power of mobiles, which have become an integral part of […]

Trends shaping mobile payments worldwide in 2016

Trends shaping mobile payments worldwide in 2016

In 2016, mobile-driven commerce will reach an estimated US$972.25 billion across the 46 markets where Euromonitor International conducts this digital research. Most impressively, mobile payments are expected to reach US$3 trillion by 2021. While that is a lot of transacted money across these small-screen devices, mobile-based payments will equate to only an estimated 11 percent […]

Facebook Introducing Marketplace: Buy and Sell with Your Local Community

Facebook Introducing Marketplace: Buy and Sell with Your Local Community

By Mary Ku, Director of Product Management Facebook is where people connect, and in recent years more people have been using Facebook to connect in another way: buying and selling with each other. This activity started in Facebook Groups and has grown substantially. More than 450 million people visit buy and sell groups each month — […]

Mobile At The Heart Of Retail Experience According To IAB Global Report

Mobile At The Heart Of Retail Experience According To IAB Global Report

Mobile shopping and purchasing have become the norm across the globe, according to “Mobile Commerce: A Global Perspective,” an in-depth survey of mobile users from 19 countries around the world, released today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) at the IAB MIXX Conference. Just over three-quarters (76 per cent) of smartphone and tablet users in […]

Persil partners ‘Uber for laundry’ service ZipJet

Persil partners ‘Uber for laundry’ service ZipJet

Persil has teamed up with mobile dry cleaning service ZipJet, as its owner Unilever continues to expand into mobile commerce. ZipJet was founded in 2014 in Germany, and currently operates in three European cities- Berlin, London and Dublin. The company forges alliances with local launderettes and offers jobs for drivers to deliver freshly laundered and […]

M&As in mobile application subsector rise 18pc in 2016

M&As in mobile application subsector rise 18pc in 2016

The number of mergers and acquisitions within the application sector of the online and mobile space increased by 18 percent in the first half of 2016 and this area is expected to continue gaining steam, according to a new report from Berkery Noyes. In Berkery Noyes’ Q2 M&A Online and Mobile Trends Report, the independent […]

Mcommerce to capture 49pc of online retail sales by 2020

Mcommerce to capture 49pc of online retail sales by 2020

As ecommerce sales continue their meteoric growth, mobile is grabbing a larger market share, with smartphone-enabled purchases set to grow from $122 billion in 2015 to nearly $319 billion by 2020, according to a new report from Javelin. A greater number of overall ecommerce purchases will come from smartphones, per Javelin’s estimate that mcommerce purchases […]

Shoppers Researching, if not Buying, on Mobile

Shoppers Researching, if not Buying, on Mobile

European consumer research by Tradedoubler has revealed the extent of cross-device shopping behaviour driven by the use of mobile phones, despite almost half (49 per cent) of consumers claiming they rarely or never make a purchase on mobile. The Tradedoubler Digital Connections Study was conducted in March by Arlington Research and questioned 4,493 consumers aged […]