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Mobile commerce sees explosive growth in the UK

01/28/201401/25/2014 Stephanie Beck

UK mobile sales grow significantly over the 2013 holiday season Mobile sales are experiencing explosive growth in the United Kingdom, according to a new report from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG. The report shows that traditional brick and mortar stores, such as Tesco, have experienced lackluster sales over the holiday season of 2013. Physical stores saw fewer customers throughout that time, while online stores, such as Next, experienced a great deal of traffic from consumers using mobile devices. Notably, online merchants managed to take advantage of the hype surrounding…

Mobile commerce platform seeks to break new ground

01/16/201401/14/2014 John Montgallo

PassMarket aims to dominate mobile commerce Mobile technology firm iMobile3, has designed a new system that will make mobile commerce easier for those with iOS devices. The new system is being integrated into PassMarket, which was first launched in 2012. PassMarket has operated primarily behind-the-scenes, providing retailers with a way to connect to mobile consumers through their digital wallet applications, such as the Apple Passbook. This platform has initially focused on loyalty programs, but mobile payments are becoming much more common among consumers and people are beginning to look for…

Canadians look forward to mobile payments

01/08/201401/06/2014 Stephen Vagus

Mobile commerce continues to grow throughout Canada Canadian consumers are looking forward to what the future holds for mobile payments, according to a new survey from Rogers Communications, a telecommunications organization in Canada. Mobile commerce has been gaining a great deal of momentum throughout North America in recent years as consumers become more invested in their smartphones and tablets. Retailers and other businesses have been working to adapt to changes in consumer behavior by becoming more mobile themselves and embracing mobile commerce. Survey highlights expectations from Canadian consumers According to…

Mobile payments through PayPal launched at J.D. Sports

01/02/201412/30/2013 Sam Lambert

The service will allow consumers to be able to use their accounts and smartphones for paying. J.D. Sports, a sports fashion chain in the United Kingdom, has now launched a mobile payments transaction method availability throughout all six of its brands and across 630 different stores in the country. This service uses the online service, PayPal, according to the latest reports. This new mobile payments service has made it possible for shoppers to the sports clothing store to be able to bring their purchases to the cash register and pay…

Canadian mobile payments could form a cashless society

12/26/201312/21/2013 Julie Campbell

This prediction about the country’s transaction systems has been made by MasterCard. When it comes to cash, it is becoming increasingly rare to see in the average wallet in Canada, not because consumers don’t have any money, but because these consumers are relying more heavily on cashless transactions, such as debit and credit cards, as well as Canadian mobile payments. Residents of the country have been adopting transactions with their smartphones quite rapidly. When compared to their counterparts in similar economies, Canadian mobile payments have been taking off quite quickly…