US Mobile Commerce Sales – Statistics and Trends [Infographic]

Khalid Saleh

Khalid Saleh

Khalid Saleh is CEO and co-founder of Invesp. He is the co-author of Amazon.com bestselling book: "Conversion Optimization: The Art and Science of Converting Visitors into Customers." Khalid is an in-demand speaker who has presented at such industry events as SMX, SES, PubCon, Emetrics, ACCM and DMA, among others.
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The US mobile commerce industry is growing. Check out this infographic to know the latest US M-commerce retail sales statistics, along with why consumers prefer mobile shopping, and how much time consumers spend on mobile shopping and much more.

US Mobile Commerce Sales - Statistics and Trends

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By 2015, US Mobile commerce retail sales are expected to account for 24% of the total e-commerce sales.

US M-commerce Retail Sales Statistics(In Billions)

Year M-commerce Retail Sales US E-commerce Retail Sales %Age Of Retail E-commerce Sales
2012 $24.66 $224.18 11.0%
2013 $38.40 $256.00 15.0%
2014 $52.17 $289.83 18.0%
2015 $68.29 $325.19 21.0%
2016 $86.86 $361.91 24.0%

US M-commerce Retail Sales by Device (In Billions)

Devices 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Tablets $13.86 $24.00 $34.33 $46.44 $61.06
Smart phones $9.86 $13.44 $16.69 $20.49 $24.32
Other Mobile Devices $0.94 $0.96 $1.15 $1.37 $1.48

Reasons For Consumer Preference Of Mobile Shopping

Reason %age
Timesaving 73%
Easy to locate good deals 69%
Can do it on-the-go 69%
Can do while multitasking 63%
Don’t have to wait in line 55%

Consumer Time Spent On Shopping Sub-categories

Shopping Apps sub-category %age of time spent
Retailer Apps 27%
Online Marketplace 20%
Purchase Assistant 17%
Price Comparison 14%
Daily Deals 13%
Other 9%

Growth In Consumer Time Spend Across The Top 5 Shopping Sub-Categories In 2012

Shopping Apps Sub-category Growth In Time Spent
Retailer Apps 525%
Price Comparison 247%
Purchase Assistant 228%
Online Marketplace 178%
Daily Deals 126%

By 2015, 81% of all U.S. cell phone users will have smartphones.

62% of smartphone users said they’ve bought physical goods through their mobile devices in the last six months.

74% of online retailers have already developed, or are currently developing a mobile strategy.

48% of US retailers have a mobile-optimized website. Out of which, 35% have deployed an iPhone app, while 15% deployed an Android app and 15% deployed an iPad app.

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Khalid Saleh

Khalid Saleh

Khalid Saleh is CEO and co-founder of Invesp. He is the co-author of Amazon.com bestselling book: "Conversion Optimization: The Art and Science of Converting Visitors into Customers." Khalid is an in-demand speaker who has presented at such industry events as SMX, SES, PubCon, Emetrics, ACCM and DMA, among others.

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