Mobile ‘stock comparison’ service aims to help retailers use apps to drive consumers back into stores

Start up company Udozi is aiming to harness the power of the mobile web to help retailers drive consumers back into their stores and get them shopping ‘the old fashioned way’ with a stock comparison service app Related news Online service to help...

Less than half of most popular UK retail websites are mobile optimized or have an app, as consumers move towards m-commerce faster than retailers

Just four out of the top 20 most frequently visited retailer websites are presently optimised for mobile, and only eight of the top 20 have any kind of mobile application for smartphones, despite the fact that each month in the UK, a staggering 4.2 million...

Apps more popular for shopping with consumers than catalogues as mobile starts to prove itself , finds Portaltech study

Consumers are using mobile apps and m-websites more than catalogues to browse and buy retail items, as well as rating mobile higher than their papery counterparts, finds a study by e and m-commerce implementation consultancy Portaltech, carried out with...

53% of consumers want to use mobile to buy stuff, says MEF as it launches US M-commerce Guide

More than half of global consumers “have a propensity to use their mobiles for financial transactions”, suggests a study by the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), published as the organization rolls out its US M-commerce Guide. Rimma Perelmuter, Executive...

Consumers prefer marketing that arrives by email or even the post: report

Social networking may be growing in popularity – but marketers disregard longer-established sales channels such as email and even the post, at their peril. That’s the message from a new Econsultancy report, How we Shop in 2010: Habits and Motivations...

UK consumers most confident online shoppers in Europe

A fifth of UK consumers have no qualms buying online, making the British the least concerned about internet purchases in Europe. Research affiliate marketing company affilinet questioned 2,000 consumers across the UK, Spain, Germany, France and Holland. The...

As few as 4% of UK consumers find m-commerce pain free, finds Brandbank/YouGov survey

Oh dear. While great things are expected of – and written about – m-commerce, the vast majority of brands are losing sales and failing to meet UK consumers’ expectations when it comes to actually offering these services, with just 4% of consumers...