Study: Consumers More Likely to Shop On Mobile Devices Than PCs
While the “Year of Mobile” remains elusive for advertisers, it appears to have already arrived for e-commerce. Smartphone and tablet users are more likely to visit a retail website or app than desktop computer users, and more than a third of visits to the top 50 e-commerce sites come exclusively from mobile devices, according to a new study from analytics firm comScore.
In June, 91% of tablet users and 90% of smartphones users accessed a mobile e-commerce web properties. That’s compared with the 78% percent of desktop web users that accessed e-commerce sites. The importance of e-commerce on mobile devices is further reinforced the study’s finding that 35% of visitors to the most popular e-commerce sites only access those websites from mobile devices.
“Retailers who do not (at a minimum) optimize their mobile browsing experience or introduce mobile apps are effectively turning away a third of their potential customers,” comScore said in a blog post about the study.
