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Cyber Monday gives a big boost to mobile commerce

  • Written by A. Ant Ozok, Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageShopping by smartphone is taking off.Credit card and mobile phone via shutterstock.com

Here is an accurate prediction for a change: No matter how Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales turn out, one big winner of the Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza will be mobile commerce.

Mobile users accounted for half of all product browsing last Cyber Monday....

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