{"id":1421425,"date":"2013-11-12T03:46:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T11:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/11\/12\/e-retail-up-14-6-percent-as-mobile-commerce-rises\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T14:20:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T22:20:33","slug":"e-retail-up-14-6-percent-as-mobile-commerce-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/11\/12\/e-retail-up-14-6-percent-as-mobile-commerce-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"E-retail up 14.6 percent as mobile commerce rises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Powerful ecommerce software<\/a> is more important than ever as customers are increasingly shopping online. Recent comScore findings for the third quarter revealed that desktop spending on e-retail rose by 13 percent<\/a> from the $41.9 billion earned last year. ComScore chairman Gian Fulgoni noted that this represents a minor deceleration from the last quarter, but he suggested that the increase in major purchases such as homes and automobiles may have reduced discretionary budgets. <\/p>\n

"Nonetheless, we are confident that the growth rate in online spending will once again far exceed that in bricks and mortar stores, reflecting the ongoing channel shift to ecommerce," said Fulgoni. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, mobile commerce helped spur some year-over-year growth, with Internet Retailer noting that it now accounts for 10.9 percent of all Web sales<\/a>, up from 9.9 percent last year. The total was split between smartphones (62 percent) and tablets (38 percent) and amounted to $5.8 billion in expenditures. <\/p>\n

Because of changes in the ecommerce market, retailers should deploy the latest retail software<\/a> and emphasize mobile compatibility. Desktop sales remain important, but market trends suggest a gradual shift to other devices. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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