Mobile Internet Retailing

Before to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, there had been a steady shift towards mobile e-commerce within e-commerce already. Yet, whilst German consumers remained relatively reluctant in terms of digital mobile shopping prior to 2020 due to ...

Mobile e-commerce, which had already been gaining ground within Austrian retailing over the review period, experienced a significant push in 2020 mainly due to the fact that consumers wanted to avoid stores as a result of the pandemic, a trend which ...

Mobile e-commerce witnessed dramatic growth in 2020 driven by the March-May lockdown encouraging consumers to use mobile phones to order food and purchase products online because of the closure of physical stores and foodservice outlets. Consumers’ ...

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic further fuelled the existing upwards trend of mobile e-commerce in Switzerland. Over the review period, mobile e-commerce had already made strong gains in Swiss retailing, becoming an influential channel in Switzerland ...

Despite its early stages and relatively recent entry less than a decade ago, mobile e-commerce in Slovenia witnessed exponential growth prior to the pandemic and outperformed all other retail channels. This was, however, connected to its relatively ...

As demand for online grocery was rising during the pandemic, Uber was among some of the first delivery platforms that took the opportunity to launch grocery delivery services through mobile apps in 2020. Thanks to a new update, Uber Eats users will ...

E-commerce was a saving grace for retailers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in 2020, as non-essential stores closed and even essential outlets witnessed limitations on capacity, sanitisation and social distancing regulations and long queues ...

Lockdowns, social distancing measures, and fears of contracting COVID-19 forced many individuals to stay at home during 2020. As a result, the convenience of e-commerce became especially attractive to an increasing number of Israeli consumers during ...

Mobile e-commerce had been expanding rapidly during the review period, albeit from a very low base, but the rate of growth in its retail current value sales slowed significantly during 2020. The economic shock of COVID-19 played a role in this, as it...

Much like overall e-commerce, mobile e-commerce turned out to be a winner amidst the pandemic in 2020. Throughout the pandemic, there was increased traffic in app stores which translated to an increase in sales through the mobile channel. In fact, ...

Mobile e-commerce saw exceptional growth in 2020, partly as a result of the pandemic, but also in line with underlying trends. Over the review period, mobile phone operators have aggressively courted consumers with low-priced connectivity plans. This...

2020 was a very successful year for mobile e-commerce, thanks to COVID-19, and consumers’ desire to avoid exposure to infection. For Zakaz.ua, the largest local food delivery service, its timing could not have been better. It launched a mobile app in...

Due to COVID-19 lockdowns and the rapid need for retailers to have e-commerce platforms up and online, correlating platforms such as digital payments and mobile e-commerce also benefitted. At the end of the review period, some recently launched ...

Mobile e-commerce witnessed significant growth in 2020. During the pandemic many consumers opted to purchase goods through e-commerce and mobile e-commerce to avoid having to visit stores and risk personal contact. Mobile e-commerce growth was ...

At the beginning of the review period, mobile e-commerce was close to being negligible in Serbia. However, towards the end of the review period, the situation changed notably. The country is still far behind the more developed landscapes, but the ...

Mobile e-commerce retail current value sales exhibited their fastest growth rate of the review period during 2020. With many physical stores closed for several months due to lockdown measures, a growing number of consumers used smartphone apps to ...

Mobile e-commerce experienced dynamic growth in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Last mile apps, such as Rappi, Merqueo and Uber Eats, played a key role in driving the channel’s growth during the year. Providing low-value purchases and ...

Mobile e-commerce is booming and is rapidly moving towards becoming Malaysian’s favourite channel for e-commerce. The main reason for this is the high penetration of smartphones among the Malaysian population. Indeed, recent years have seen a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic had no direct or significant impact on mobile e-commerce in 2020 as the category had already been showing strong double-digit growth over the review period. However, it did act as a catalyst to boost usage of mobile apps, some ...

In 2020, mobile e-commerce benefitted from the general boom of e-commerce due to the pandemic. Smartphone penetration is extremely high in Norway, with close to 95% of the adult population owning a smartphone in 2019. Norwegians are increasingly ...