The company credits its m-commerce and mobile payment initiatives as the primary driver of growth.
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So the market for accessing the Internet via mobile phones m-commerce in the jargon remains wide open.
Unquestionably, the position of the mobile-telephone operators in the new m-commerce value chain will be pivotal.
We expect it to continue its rapid growth helped by the growing adoption of m-commerce and PayPal.
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Like e-commerce before it, m-commerce is sure to grow fast as the infrastructure to support it gains maturity.
Mobile commerce - or M-commerce - is the fastest growing area of retail.
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Nor, as late and reluctant Internet users, will they take to m-commerce with the enthusiasm of the early adopters.
Teen apparel retailer Aeropostale is looking to revamp its m-commerce (e-commerce through mobile) channel to strengthen its direct-to-consumer business.
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With WAP and M-commerce on tap soon, it won't be long before we see people delivering dissertations at expressway tollbooths.
Although the revenue contribution of m-commerce is very low for now, it is necessary for Aeropostale to continue investing in it.
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Businesses that are ready to take their mobile presence one-step further into the realm of m-commerce may find even greater rewards.
Moreover, the introduction of mobile payment solutions and growing influence of social media are likely to complement growth in e-commerce and m-commerce channels.
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Buying books and music, still the web's most popular shopping items, will not happen much in m-commerce because they are not usually time-sensitive.
Aeropostale launched its m-commerce business in June 2010 and recently added new features to its iPhone app to make shopping more convenient and interactive.
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Although m-commerce as a percentage of total online retail sales in the U.S. remains low, it has registered triple digit growth in recent years.
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This, combined with the anticipated growth in online retail sales (CAGR of about 10% for next few years), provides an optimistic outlook for m-commerce.
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The year should see investments doubling overall, with a focus on m-commerce and mobile services for food delivery, mobile learning, and even mobile dating.
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The other big uncertainty is about the size of m-commerce revenues.
M-commerce, which is e-commerce conducted from a mobile phone or tablet.
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Moreover, Ready believes that a new generation of payments companies will lead m-commerce just as PayPal and three others took over e-commerce payments from traditional credit card payment processors.
Vodafone says, even so, that it is expecting to make 25% of its revenues in Britain from m-commerce by 2005 and as much as 50% only two years later.
Yet the nature of m-commerce transactions, most relatively small in size and concentrated on items that are time- or location-sensitive, will limit the overall size of the m-commerce market.
In that way, third-party stores may get trapped into their niche as a simple aggregator of apps , and fail to build the m-commerce features desired by developers (and often by endusers).
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New mobile innovations allow businesses with mobile storefronts to track sales, inventory, and customers through m-commerce platforms that are integrated with their brick-and-mortar systems, and to set up easy-to-use, secure mobile transaction channels.
M-commerce only popped into focus this year.
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