Multichannel retailer Dover Saddlery has launched a commerce-enabled mobile Web site to increase its consumer touch points and boost sales of its equestrian products.

Internet marketing and product brokerage company Market America is integrating with recently acquired comparison shopping site Shop.com to create a new mobile social shopping destination.

There were many headline-grabbing advancements and initiatives in the areas of mobile commerce, retail, payments, banking and financial services in 2010.

This holiday season Jewelry Television is taking home shopping mobile with the launch of its free applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and for Google’s Android devices.

The growing use of smartphone technology and the economic downturn have encouraged cost-conscious consumers to explore alternative retail channels such as mobile to secure bargains.

Advance movie ticketing merchant MovieTickets.com is expanding its mobile offerings with free applications for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry.

With the increasing ownership of Web-enabled phones, a survey from Lightspeed Research has shown the potential for a new boom in mobile shopping.

Redcats USA’s sporting goods brand The Sportsman’s Guide is providing mobile access to its catalogs via newly launched commerce-enabled iPhone and iPad applications and a mobile Web site.

Financial services holding company Central Bancompany has taken its 13 operating banks into the mobile space with newly launched SMS and mobile Web platforms.

Columbia Sportswear partnered with Adobe Scene7 to spruce up its ecommerce site and launch a mobile commerce site to drive sales of its outerwear apparel and accessories.