November 28, 2012
Africa Mobile Market Explodes In Q3
ABI Research has revealed that in In 3Q-2012, the 54 countries and 1.08 billion people in the African continent have accumulated 821 million subscriptions, up 16.9% year-on-year, resulting in a...
October 18, 2012
Africa At Forefront Of Payments Innovation
This summer saw the launch of a myriad of payment solutions in the African continent. African countries are leading a quiet revolution in payment methods which has been changing the...
October 12, 2012
U.N: World Has Nearly 6 Billion Cell Phone Subscriptions
The International Telecommunication Union says there were almost 6 billion cell phone subscriptions by the end of 2011, or one for every 86 out of 100 people, reports The Huffington...
September 18, 2012
Australia: Federal Court upholds $375’000 penalty
Two Australian providers of mobile premium services, Global One Mobile Entertainment Ltd and 6G Pty Ltd, have been dismissed the Full Federal Court to appeal against an earlier court decision...
August 17, 2012
Single-Click Your Way To Mobile Commerce Success
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July 10, 2012
China Smartphone Sales Surpass Those Of U.S.
Consumers in China bought 33.1 million smartphones in the first quarter of 2012, according to Needham & Co., far surpassing U.S. sales of 25 million. The continued global proliferation of...
July 09, 2012
Africa Beats U.S. In Mobile Phone Subscriptions, Is Ripe for...
In Africa, where there are twice as many mobile phone subscriptions as in the U.S., consumers appear ready for a new approach to commerce. But a mobile technology specialist in...
July 04, 2012
Africa Has Twice The Mobile Devices Of U.S.A., Is Ripe...
In Africa, where there are twice as many mobile phone subscriptions as in the U.S., consumers appear ready for a new approach to commerce. But a mobile technology specialist in...
May 30, 2012
Why Facebook and Google Have to Worry About Mobile
There’s plenty of reason to look at all 112 of Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker’s latest slides. And the title of her presentation is appropriately broad: “Internet Trends.” Get the...
Subscription merchants that fail to offer multiple ways for consumers to buy their products will see their sales take a hit, says Bean Box CEO Matthew Berk. Only giving consumers one way to buy and pay is a key driver of voluntary churn, especially in these times. Read the “Subscription Commerce Tracker®,” a collaboration with Vindicia, for more.
Retail subscriptions are changing the shopping landscape, and nearly one-third of subscribers purchase most or all items using scheduled or auto-fill subscriptions. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 2,011 consumers and 188 retail subscription merchants, “The Replenish Economy: A Household Supply Deep Dive,” a collaboration with sticky.io, details the replenish economy and its impact on in-store shopping habits.