The early days of COVID brought a new sense of urgency to shopping for certain items. Toilet paper, pasta and bread flew off the shelves as people stocked up on vital supplies. Then came the must-have purchases to help with the tedium of lockdowns, with hot tubs, kitchen gadgets and new pets becoming extremely popular...
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What is the Klarna Super App?
The Swedish fintech Klarna has an app that offers the buyer everything: shopping, checking accounts and payment methods. Words like “revolution” are part of the normal vocabulary of Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the founder of Klarna. Klarna, is currently one of the most successful fintechs in all of Europe. Investors valued the start-up, which started as a...
Blibli’s PWA generates 10x more revenue per user than their previous mobile website
Blibli is a well known e-commerce marketplace in Indonesia. The company had over 29 million average monthly website visits in 2019. In a recent study, Blibli’s web team found that their mobile web platform is a significant visitor and user acquisition platform, with 70% of web users landing on mobile and 30% of web users...
What is the digital shopping neighborhood?
Much like our working lives, the pandemic forced retail to move entirely online. With this seismic shift, shoppers’ expectations have grown: customers no longer expect smooth transactions and prompt delivery. It’s now a standard expectation. At the same time, consumers all over the world want an enjoyable and rewarding online shopping experience and experience a...
Now Is the Time for Main Street Shops to Go Digital | WIRED
Now Is the Time for Main Street Shops to Go Digital. The heading says it all. If COVID19 has taught us anything, it’s that businesses need a digital channel to stay in touch with their customers. And, if their services allow it, deliver their services through a digital channel. This starts with a simple website,...
Trends, Costs and Benefits of mobile Shopping Apps
Having an App for your business is much more than “nice to have”. Basically, with your business App you engage your customer base and drive your sales. Trends Recent numbers by Apptopia show a strong trend towards shopping apps. Worldwide downloads grew to 5.70 billion in 2018, a plus of nearly 10% over 2017. Android...
Trends, Kosten und Vorteile vone mobilen Shopping Apps
Eine App für Ihr Unternehmen zu haben, ist viel mehr als ein “Nice to Have”. Mit Ihrer Business-App verfügen Sie über einen äusserst effizienten Kommunikationskanal und steigern Ihren Umsatz. Trends Die jüngsten Zahlen von Apptopia zeigen einen starken Trend zum Einkaufen in Apps. Die weltweiten Downloads stiegen 2018 auf 5,70 Milliarden, ein Plus von fast...
Mobile, Mobile, Mobile!
Recent studies in the US [1,2] emphasize the importance of mobile for retail. The numbers speak for themselves: 61% of online purchases were made via mobile 60% of consumers shopped via a mobile app If you think about it for a minute it makes absolutely sense: people use their mobile all the time. If your...
I want it all and I want it now
If you ask consumers what is most wantend and expected by online-retail (as Awin did in study in the UK [1]), same-day delivery comes out on top. Virtual changing rooms and plastic free packaging followed on the list. In particular, online shoopers like the simplicity of online shopping (21%) and the ability to be able...
The Shopping Avatar
Broadly defined, an “avatar” is a virtual being that represents a user in a virtual environment. This encompasses not only complex beings created for use in online gaming but any visual representation of a user in an online community [1]. However, avatars are most popular in online gaming, since they represent successful feats of users...
