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Mcommerce is hot. As the ecommerce business has become a serious, solid and mature industry in the retail world, it’s now time for the mobile commerce. More and more consumers are using their smartphones and tablets to visit retail sites and order products and/or services online.As a retailer you definitely have to be ready for these kinds of visitors as not every site is easy to visit from a mobile device. And you don’t want to lose customers, because you were to late chaning your website…

34% of Dutch shoppers prefer mcommerce

34% of Dutch shoppers prefer mcommerce

Ecommerce is booming, which has caused mcommerce to become more popular as well. More than one third of Dutch consumers prefer using their mobile phone while shopping. Not only do consumers use their smartphone during online shopping: a mobile search also precedes purchases in brick-and-mortar stores.

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Chiquelle launches AR shopping app

Chiquelle launches AR shopping app

Fashion retailer Chiquelle has launched its augmented reality shopping app. The Swedish company's latest app enables users to customize their own model and style it with fashion items sold by Chiquelle. Users can also add makeup and different hairstyles to the avatar.

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Ikea renews its augmented reality app

Ikea renews its augmented reality app

Ikea is launching a new app, which enables customers to visualize products in the context of their own homes and then order these items through the app. The new Ikea app will be launched first in France and the Netherlands.

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UK is the third largest mcommerce market in the world

UK is the third largest mcommerce market in the world

The United Kingdom is the third largest mobile commerce market in the world. Mcommerce in the UK is worth 55.9 billion euros. With this mobile sales figure, the European country ranks third world wide, with only China (652.6 billion euros) and the US (183.2 billion euros) performing better.

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Amazon app now available for international shopping

Amazon app now available for international shopping

Amazon has updated both its mobile shopping app and its mobile website, so customers can now browse and ship millions of products to their country. The 'International Shopping' experience is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Brazilian and German and 25 currencies, with more to be added later this year.

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Zara AR app lets customers see virtual models

Zara AR app lets customers see virtual models

Fashion retailer Zara has announced plans to roll out an augmented reality experience across 120 stores worldwide. The app can also be used by online shoppers, who will be able to hover their smartphone over a package delivered from the Zara website.

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