The Global Mobile App Boom: 5 Tips for Reaching Millions

| Rebecca Ray

App stores operate as global distribution channels opening access to 155 territories on the iTunes App Store and almost all countries on the planet via Google Play. Hundreds of local app stores in countries like China and India offer additional opportunities. Here are 5 tips to help you land one of these highly coveted spaces on more home screens.

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Dos and Don’ts of Mobile Commerce for Global Retailers

| Ahmed Naiem

PayPal research shows m-commerce growing three times faster than e-commerce (42% CAGR vs 13%), from $102 billion to $291 billion, from 2013 to 2016. Despite this trend, only a tiny fraction of retailers are reaping the benefits from offering a truly excellent mobile experience. Here is what global retailers should be doing—and not doing—when it comes to mobile strategy.

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36% of Global Mobile Payments are Made on iPhone

| Tim Parry

iPhone devices account for a massive 35.6% of all browser-based transactions made using mobile devices, and are now used for 10.2% of all global online transactions, according to the most-recent Adyen Mobile Payments Index. So is it time to work on your Apple Pay strategy? Find out more here…

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Consumers in India Becoming Mobile Savvy

| Daniela Forte

More and more shoppers in India are going to their mobile devices to shop and one online marketplace in particular is making an effort to respond to the increase in mobile usage. See which marketplace is answering the mobile call.

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Mobile Shift Continues in the UK

| Tim Parry

Are you selling cross-border to the UK? Then you better make sure your ecommerce site is ready for the mobile shopper. Here’s a look at how mobile commerce is growing across the pond.

Mobile Commerce is Booming in China

| Tim Parry

With ongoing advances in mobile Internet technology, ecommerce in China continues to shift from desktop computers to smartphones and other mobile devices. For the country as a whole, the percentage of mobile transactions to total transactions was 54% this year, up from 22% last year.

How to Connect With Nordic Customers

| Maureen Gleeson, Oban Digital

The Nordic countries – Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Finland – are an attractive group of markets for international ecommerce businesses for a number of reasons. With more than 15 million consumers online in the Nordic region, we discuss the factors you should be aware of when entering the ecommerce market in the Nordics.