5. Mobile Payments are Up
As stores continue to open their doors even earlier, many shoppers decided skipping the lines and using their mobile device was the way to go. This Thanksgiving saw a 91% increase in consumers shopping through PayPal mobile around the world compared to Thanksgiving 2012, with this year’s Thanksgiving mobile total payment volume increasing by 114.7% compared to Thanksgiving 2012.
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