Market America | SHOP.COM Named Fastest-Growing Mobile Merchant for 2013
Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) September 27, 2013 -- This week, Market America | SHOP.COM was named the fastest-growing mobile commerce retailer, according Internet Retailer’s newly released 2014 Mobile 500.
The Internet Retailer 2014 Mobile 500 analyzes the mobile commerce sites of the 500 leading retail, ticketing and travel companies, and breaks down the key details and operating metrics of each one.
Market America – coming in at No. 250 in the magazine’s rankings – will bring in nearly $7.5 million in sales through its mobile channels – including its SHOP.COM app available on both the iPhone and Android platforms.
That type of growth – an increase of nearly 600% compared to 2012 – ranks Market America | SHOP.COM ahead of other longtime mobile retailer giants. Steve Ashley, Vice President of Mobile and Social Products for Market America | SHOP.COM, attributed the company’s mobile growth to an expanded product inventory and continued investment into its mobile applications, which account for one-fifth of its mobile commerce sales.
“We’ve built an incredible mobile team here at Market America, and we’ve been able to really capitalize on mobile commerce,” said Ashley. “Even with this recognition, we still feel the best is yet to come. The future is very bright for mobile commerce, and we feel Market America is poised for continued success in this sector of the market.”
To see the full report from Internet Retailer Magazine on its 2014 Mobile 500, visit InternetRetailer.com. For more information about Market America | SHOP.COM mobile applications, visit SHOP.COM, Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store.
The Internet Retailer 2014 Mobile 500 analyzes the mobile commerce sites of the 500 leading retail, ticketing and travel companies, and breaks down the key details and operating metrics of each one. The publication is a fact-filled 304-page resource on the data, trends and market leaders driving mobile commerce and marketing forward.
More information is available at http://www.internetretailer.com/mobile500/
ABOUT MARKET AMERICA, INC. & SHOP.COM
Market America, Inc. is a product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing. Its mission is to provide a robust business system for entrepreneurs, while providing consumers a better way to shop. Headquartered in Greensboro, NC, the company was founded in 1992 by President and CEO JR Ridinger and has generated $4.3 billion in accumulated sales. Market America employs nearly 700 people globally with operations in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, United Kingdom and Mexico. Through the company’s shopping website, SHOP.COM, consumers have access to over 40 million products, including Market America exclusive brands and thousands of top retail brands. By combining Market America’s entrepreneurial business model with SHOP.COM’s powerful comparative shopping engine, Cashback program, Hot Deals, ShopBuddy™, social shopping integration and countless other features, the company has become the ultimate online shopping destination.
For more information: http://www.marketamerica.com or http://www.SHOP.COM
ABOUT INTERNET RETAILER
Published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC, Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine that is at the core of the leading retail information web site, an e-commerce conference and five directories that serve the retailing community. Internet Retailer's 42,500 subscribers and 250,000 monthly web readers represent senior executives primarily from retail chains, independent stores, catalogs, virtual merchants and brand name manufacturers. Internet Retailer's circulation represents the largest multichannel readership base of any retailing magazine.
Yann Perrigault, Market America, +1 (646) 339-3600, [email protected]
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