QVC clearly recognizes the importance of mobile performance and chose speed over dense content to provide mobile users with the fast response times they are looking for, according to a new report from Compuware.

Home shopping giant QVC Inc. has rolled out an HP TouchPad App that not only lets consumers shop wherever they are, but also shows how big a role mobile plays in the company’s overall strategy.

Gomez announced its 2010 Best of the Web and Mobile Performance Awards winners, with JetBlue leading the way in travel, QVC topping the charts in retail and Capital One coming out on top in banking for mobile Web site performance.

The industry has established that 2010 was the year that mobile commerce really took off and applications were a big part of that.

Retailers QVC and Newegg should be applauded for closing the performance gap that exists between the mobile and traditional PC Web worlds and for which consumers have diminishing tolerance and patience, according to Gomez.

BALTIMORE – Retailers should prominently feature major promotions of the moment on their mobile commerce site’s homepage, per a QVC executive.

QVC Inc., no stranger to the mobile platform, has launched an application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch to expand its commerce capabilities.

While actual mobile payments are still nascent, more consumers shopped on Black Friday using their mobile phone than ever before.

Gomez found that between Nov. 1-15 the average response time for 14 mobile retail sites was 4.73 seconds and that the sites were available on average 98.74 percent of the time.

ORLANDO, FL — Television and online shopping destination QVC may go mobile.