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“Twilight” breaks record for top mobile movie ticket sales: Fandango

November 22, 2011

Twenty-two percent of Fandango’s sales for the “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1” movie came through mobile during opening weekend, setting a new mobile percentage record for the company.


EBay expects $5B in mobile sales in 2011

November 7, 2011

EBay confirmed that 2011 will be its largest mobile shopping season to date with an expected $5 billion in mobile sales, driven in part by the holidays.

Magic Beans exec: 12pc of holiday transactions were completed via mobile

October 20, 2011

NEW YORK – A Magic Beans executive at the Mobile Shopping Fall conference said that 12 percent of all transactions done during the 2010 holiday season were done via its mobile application.

New Look drives mcommerce sales by more than 500pc

September 20, 2011

Fashion retailer New Look saw an increase in mobile sales of more than 500 percent after launching its commerce-enabled site in April.

Fandango mobile site, apps generate 20pc of its summer movie ticket sales

July 25, 2011

Mobile is proving to be a key moviegoer choice with Fandango generating 20 percent of its summer movie tickets sales from the company’s mobile applications and optimized-site.

Harry Potter breaks records for top mobile movie ticket sales: Fandango

July 19, 2011

Fandango has sold 19 percent of all ticket sales for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2,” which also broke records for top mobile movie ticket sales of all time.

Mobile payments expected to reach $670B by 2015: Juniper

July 6, 2011

Rapid growth in mobile ticketing, Near Field Communication and purchases of physical goods will help drive up the volume of mobile payments, which are expected to total $670 billion by 2015, according to Juniper Research.

Pizza Hut goes for larger slice of mobile pie with plans for iPad, Android

May 20, 2011

Pizza Hut is expanding its mobile offerings with applications for the iPad and Android platforms and is updating its existing iPhone app at the same time.

GrubHub mobile orders 25pc of total sales by year-end: exec

April 11, 2011

After launching its updated iPhone application in October, GrubHub saw a 330 percent increase in mobile food orders and expects that robust growth to continue.

Steve Madden mobile revenue exceeds $1M in 2010: exec

January 27, 2011

A Steve Madden executive said that the footwear retailer made more than $1 million in mobile sales in 2010 with an average order price of $89.