Editor's Pick: Is Your Site Mobile Perfect? How to Catch Buyers Who Never Stand Still

Is Your Site Mobile Perfect? How to Catch Buyers Who Never Stand Still

Dan Breeden Mar 9, 2019 5:00 AM PT
	Mobile search and buying continue to grow as the chosen means for consumers' online shopping, with the market set to reach an estimated $218 billion in 2019. By 2021, it's estimated that 72.9 percent of online purchases will be made on a mobile device. If you factor in the Millennial and Generation Z demographics, virtually all sales soon will be mobile-generated. [More...]

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Is Your Site Mobile Perfect? How to Catch Buyers Who Never Stand Still
Augmented Reality and E-Commerce: Bridging the Physical-Digital Gap
Google Images Now Display Shoppable Ads
Target Hits the E-Commerce Bull's-Eye

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Is Your Site Mobile Perfect? How to Catch Buyers Who Never Stand Still
Mobile search and buying continue to grow as the chosen means for
consumers' online shopping, with the market set to reach an estimated
$218 billion in 2019. By 2021, it's estimated that 72.9 percent of
online purchases will be made on a mobile device . If you factor in the
Millennial and Generation Z demographics, virtually all sales soon will
be mobile-generated.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85890.html

Augmented Reality and E-Commerce: Bridging the Physical-Digital Gap
I grew up thinking the Mall of America was an unbelievable epicenter of
retail commerce. Touted as the biggest mall in the world -- even
equipped with an amusement park -- the Minnesota complex boasted stores
of all kinds: toys, clothing, furniture, home furnishings. Then this
thing called "e-commerce" came along and basically made the Mall of
America seem like Main Street in small-town America.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85888.html

Google Images Now Display Shoppable Ads
Google wants to become your digital shopping catalog through shoppable
ads. The company on Tuesday said it is testing a new format on a small
percentage of traffic with select retailers. Merchants can highlight
multiple products available for sale within a sponsored ad among Google
Images results. Google is testing this approach on broad queries
surfacing on searches like "home office ideas," "shower tile designs"
and "abstract art."
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85883.html

Target Hits the E-Commerce Bull's-Eye
Target has reported higher gains in last year's holiday sales, largely
due to improved e-commerce strategies and store makeovers, and has
offered an upbeat outlook. Its stores fulfilled nearly 75 percent of its
fourth-quarter digital sales. Holiday sales increased 5.3 percent.
Physical stores open for at least 12 months saw a sales jump of 2.9
percent. Online sales soared 31 percent.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/85882.html

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The Morning After: Breaking up Big Tech

It's Saturday, March 09, 2019. Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend. Our SXSW crew is in Austin giving blood for the cause, while we look back at big stories from this week including our 15th birthday and the psychology behind the Momo hoax. Also, we’ll dive into a strange cryptocurrency story and go for a ride in a Rolls-Royce. (View in browser.) The details of Canada’s cyptocurrency scandal. QuadrigaCX's missing millions is the messiest Bitcoin saga yet QuadrigaCX was one of Canada's largest Bitcoin exchanges, controlling assets believed to be worth around $200 million CAD. Unfortunately, Gerald Cotten, its co-founder and CEO, passed away in December 2018. Unfortunately for customers, he was the only one who could access company funds. And then the story gets weird. She proposed undoing Facebook’s purchase of Instagram. Elizabeth Warren pledges to break up Facebook, Google and Amazon Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren published a post on Medium in which she detailed why she wants to break up large Internet companies such as Facebook, Amazon and Google. In her post, she accuses these companies of using their vast resources to shape the playing field and buy up potential competition. Get in line. Porsche's Taycan EV has pulled in more than 20,000 deposits According to Porsche’s CEO, it’s doubling production plans for the electric car after more than 20,000 people put down a couple of grand to show they’re interested in purchasing one. Sponsored Content by StackCommerce You can get Clip Studio Paint Pro for only $30 15 things you couldn't do 15 years ago when Engadget was born. Engadget at 15: A look at how much tech has changed A lot has changed since Engadget was born in 2004. Fitness trackers, voice assistants and electric cars were the stuff of fiction. Now, most of these are commonplace, so much so that we put our trust in them on a daily basis. To celebrate Engadget's 15th birthday, we pulled out 15 things that didn’t exist when this site first broke cover. There’s a reason for that. Adults are the only ones who fell for the Momo hoax The Momo Challenge, as it's called, reportedly encourages children and teens to commit increasingly brazen acts of self-harm and criminality. It's also a complete and utter, laughably obvious hoax. Andrew Tarantola spoke to Professor Chris Ferguson who explains, "It's ridiculous if you think about if for 30 seconds, but, nonetheless, this is an appealing sort of narrative." But wait, there's more... 1. 'The Division 2' has a 50GB day one patch waiting for disc buyers 2. 'Anthem' patch to fix crash, balance problems is rolling out 3. The Rolls-Royce Cullinan is the nicest office you'll never sit in 4. Harley's LiveWire electric motorcycle will go farther than we thought 5. Hyundai's Kona EV is the car you didn't know you were waiting for 6. The web just got an official password-free login standard

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Editor's Pick: Augmented Reality and E-Commerce: Bridging the Physical-Digital Gap

Augmented Reality and E-Commerce: Bridging the Physical-Digital Gap

Aaqib Usman Mar 8, 2019 5:00 AM PT

I grew up thinking the Mall of America was an unbelievable epicenter of retail commerce. Touted as the biggest mall in the world -- even equipped with an amusement park -- the Minnesota complex boasted stores of all kinds: toys, clothing, furniture, home furnishings. Then this thing called "e-commerce" came along and basically made the Mall of America seem like Main Street in small-town America. [More...]

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