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New browsers promise to speed web page loading on mobile phones

In the ongoing drive to make accessing the web as fast on a mobile phone as on a PC, Opera Software released upgraded versions of its Mini 5 and Mobile 10 web browsers this week that are designed to nearly double web download speeds, the company says.

Posted 03/18/2010Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Mobile is flying high in the online travel industry

Retail isn’t the only industry with growing mobile web activity—travel is experiencing a mobile surge as well. Travelocity’s mobile site and app, for example, boasted 1.263 million unique monthly visitors in October, up 32.3% from October 2008.

Posted 01/11/2010Zak StamborPost a comment

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Seniors are most likely to shop online, report finds

Contrary to conventional wisdom, consumers 65 and older are most likely to shop online (77%). Consumers ages 45-64 and 30-44 follow at 71%, according to a new report from the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing.

Posted 11/03/2009Zak StamborPost a comment

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Number of consumers accessing the mobile web surges 34%, Nielsen says

56.9 million consumers used a mobile device to access the Internet in July 2009 compared with 42.5 million the previous July. That’s good news for retailers in m-commerce looking for more customers.

Posted 10/06/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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K&L Wine Merchants launches a mobile site aimed at passionate imbibers

The retailer is targeting its core customers, passionate wine enthusiasts and collectors, giving them a comprehensive reference resource. The goal is not just to sell via mobile, but for mobile to drive customers to K&L stores or its e-commerce site.

Posted 09/18/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Mobile milestone: Number of m-commerce sites and apps tops 100

97 retailers operate 103 transactional mobile commerce sites and apps, Internet Retailer research shows. Among the Top 500 e-retailers, 41 merchants run 47 sites and apps. And these numbers will continue to grow fast, experts and vendors say.

Posted 09/02/2009Bill BriggsPost a comment

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One-third of Americans now access the mobile web, survey finds

Pew Research has found that 32% of Americans use the Internet on their conventional mobile phones or smartphones, up one-third from 24% 16 months ago. This is good news for retailers in m-commerce, who can use all the mobile shoppers they can get.

Posted 07/31/2009Katie DeatschPost a comment

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Gomez introduces major upgrade to web experience management platform

The upgrade simultaneously releases integrated enhancements to the company’s web load testing, web performance management and web cross-browser testing solutions, all for optimizing web and mobile sites and web and mobile applications.

Posted 07/23/2009Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Designing mobile site or app, retailer must understand phones and consumers

Retailers creating m-commerce sites and apps must clearly comprehend the capabilities of mobile phones and the ways in which consumers want to use them, says Ravi Acharya of Sears, which boasts an m-commerce site and text message marketing.

Posted 06/24/2009Mark BrohanPost a comment

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To make m-commerce easy, Skymall does not ‘squish’ its e-commerce site

When planning what to include on its m-commerce site, Skymall began with the proposition that its mobile site is a point-of-sale device in a consumer’s hands. As such, the experience needed to be quick and easy, says Jay Scannell, a speaker at IRCE 2009.

Posted 06/10/2009Paul DemeryPost a comment