In the last decade alone the world has seen an incredible amount of technological advances which are continually changing the way people go about their daily business. Smartphones, for instance, have completely revolutionised the mobile phone market, to the extent
Mobile commerce is on track to become the luxury, five star shopping experience of the future, according to new research from Worldpay. But the UK is behind the rest of the world in the mobile app revolution, as 37 per
Consumers who own in-home digital voice assistant devices are using their smartphones less often for entertainment and online purchasing, according to results of a new survey from Accenture. Digital voice assistant devices — powered by artificial intelligence — are stand-alone hardware
After dropping to a three-year low last year, consumer purchases of smartphones are expected to rebound this year, fueled by better security, new functions, improved performance and device refresh schedules, a global Accenture survey finds.
UK consumers are going to be Christmas gift shopping harder than ever before on their smartphones this Christmas, according to new research by digital analytics company Catchpoint. A majority (47%) of all respondents of all ages say they use their
Mobility is influencing customers and changing their expectations from retailers. It is integrated into their day to day lives and they want to expand it to every shopping experience. Nassar Hussain, managing director Europe and Africa at SOTI, looks at
The percentage of online sales made through mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) rose again in Q3 2015, reaching 45% after stalling at 42% in the previous two quarters, according to the latest results from the IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking –
The people of Denmark are said to be set for a retail revolution this year as mobile commerce leader Powa Technologiesteams up with AFA JCDecaux, a subsidiary of the world’s largest outdoor advertising corporation JCDecaux. Shoppers will be able to purchase
The UK high street has seen sales rise once again, but with the country teetering on the edge of deflation and prices falling for eight consecutive months, retailers must stop competing through aggressive discounting and focus on understanding their customers
Ron Kalifa, deputy chairman at Worldpay, Britain’s biggest payment provider, predicts how consumers will spend and how retailers will take money in 2015 Biometrics, contactless payments wearable tech are among the technologies that will transform the way we pay in
More than four in 10 (43% of) shoppers could envisage using wearable technology devices in the future, such as smart glasses and smart watches, to shop for food and groceries, according to the latest IGD ShopperVista research, to be unveiled
Over half of Britons are using their smartphones to check the prices of items online before making a purchase in-store to see if they can save money by purchasing via the web, according to new research from a UK-based discount
All device grocery search volumes grew 22% in the second quarter of 2014 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, according to the BRC-Google Online Retail Monitor for Q2 2014. Search volumes on smartphones outpaced search volumes on tablets, with
A study into smartphone users’ attitudes towards mobile payments by integrated mobile solutions provider, Oxygen8, has revealed simplicity as the driving factor to unlocking widespread adoption. Despite having the capability to do so, a third (33%) of 18-44 year olds
Half of tablet owners (51%) are shopping between 5pm and midnight, extending traditional shopping hours, new Tradedoubler research reveals. The finding indicates retail is now a 24-hour industry, Tradedoubler said. The recently published mobile commerce forecast from Forrester estimates 49% of
One in three of all UK online sales are now made on a mobile device, according to the latest results from the IMRG Capgemini Quarterly Benchmarking (Q4 2013/4). In the period November 2013 to January 2014, m-retail accounted for 32% of online
New research from Google reveals 94% of UK smartphone users have needed to call a business directly when searching for information on a smartphone. Of the 1,500 respondents surveyed, just under one third (32%) regularly need to call a business when
Online retail trends established over Christmas and the new year were confirmed as overall sales rose by 21% during the week before Valentine’s Day, compared to the same period in 2013, and half of all traffic came from mobile devices,
Jet2holidays has launched a transactional smartphone app, which it claims will transform how its customers discover holidays on mobile devices. The app, developed by Leeds-based advertising agency, Gratterpalm, is now available for both iOS and Android. With access to the internet
As this year’s Christmas shopping season reaches its conclusion, technology entrepreneur and CEO of Powa Technologies, Dan Wagner, proposes a synergy between traditional retail and innovative technologies to save the UK’s high streets Over the past few years there have
UK consumers collectively spend £9bn a year on new devices and carry more than £22bn worth of gadgets on their person, according to new research commissioned by Affinion International, a leading global provider of customer loyalty and engagement products. The
Consumers consume content twice as much late at night and three times as much on their mobile devices when it’s related to Christmas holiday shopping, according to research by content discovery platform, Outbrain, which explored how Americans consumed holiday-related content from consumer
Online retail sales increased by 13% between August and September 2013, the highest growth for this period in 13 years, according to figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. This is the second Index-lifetime record seen this year, following the
Weekly in-store shopping levels have dropped considerably since 2010 as smartphone owners continue to turn to their mobile devices and online channels to shop and browse, according to new research from eDigitalResearch and Portaltech Reply. The study found just 47%
Geraldine Wilson, managing director of WorldPay Zinc, explains how the new WorldPay Zinc mobile card acceptance service is helping small businesses and sole traders to boost income, and the opportunity this emerging product area presents to a wide variety of
