Mobile Payment Users By Platform, 2018-2022 [TABLE]

Table: Mobile Payment Users by Platform, 2018-2022

In the ongoing effort to gain consumers’ attention, one effective media channel that’s often overlooked is the mobile wallet. eMarketer estimates that 55.0 million US mobile phone users will make a proximity mobile payment—one that’s completed on a mobile device at the point of sale—by the end of this year.

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Challenges To Mobile Commerce

Chart: Challenges To Mobile Commerce

The percentage of e-commerce sales made using a mobile phone decreased last year. That’s according to a report from Forrester Research, which says that mobile phones accounted for 36% of online retail sales last year, down from 43% in 2016.

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Local Business Voice Search By Device [CHART]

Chart: Local Business Voice Search

Some 58% of US adults have used voice search to find information on a local business at some point in the past 12 months. Most commonly, people are using their smartphones (56%) for voice search to find local business information, while about 1 in 5 (18%) have done so using a Smart Speaker.

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Important vs Well-Executed Restaurant Technologies [TABLE]

Table: Important vs Well-Executed Restaurant Technology

In a February 2018 survey of US internet users and restaurant executives by BRP (Boston Retail Partners) and Windstream Enterprise, restaurant operators met consumer expectations on only two factors: contactless/mobile payment, for which 32% of consumers valued it and one-third of operators offered it, and Wi-Fi availability (44% both valued it and offered it).

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