"Showrooming," the process where consumers check out merchandise, but wind up buying it online, is going to get worse, some might argue. One aspect of mobile commerce is that consumers increasingly will be able to look at merchandise, and then buy from an online suppliers, while they are inside retailer locations, immediately, says eBay CEO John Donahoe.
That explains why eBay is interested in mobile commerce. Donahoe says eBay UK closes about a quarter of its business will close on mobile, and that percentage rapidly is approaching 50 percent of transactions.
Donahoe shared that eBay has between 300-400 employees working on mobile solutions.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
EBay UK Soon Will Close 50% of Transactions on a Mobile
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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