Mobile Shopping Research Paper

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2. MOBILE SHOPPING 2.1. Introduction Given that the objective of the current dissertation is to identify and understand the factors that influence m-shopping adoption from a consumer experience perspective, it is significant to have a clear view of what mobile shopping actually means for consumers and businesses. As such, this chapter provides a definition of the mobile shopping term, a short overview of its background and evolution in the past years, both globally and with a particular focus on the United Kingdom market and an initial glimpse at the main advantages and barriers to mobile shopping adoption from consumer perspective. As the primary research has been conducted within the UK population, it is relevant to understand not only the …show more content…

The research highlighted that a major reason why mobile users increasingly prefer mobile shopping is the ability to personalize their transactions, modify their settings and adapt the mobile experience the way they want. Sadeh (2002), Balaji et al. (2013) and Mahatanankoon and Vila-Ruiz (2007) discuss the issue of convenience together with the time saving benefits of mobile shopping, concluding that mobile shopping does not require a lot of time and concentration from their user, enabling faster transactions, multi-tasking and not taking as much time as computer …show more content…

Studies by Linck, Pousttchi, and Wiedemann (2006) and Mallat and Tuunainen (2008) reflected on the dominant issue of privacy and the numerous cases of hacking and abuse of personal information. These are among the major causes which have stopped or created fear among many mobile users in engaging in mobile shopping. Anckar, Carlsson, and Walden (2003) additionally mentioned the type and quality of the service that the consumers get as another major issue that has challenged the adoption of mobile shopping. Even with mobile shopping being easy and convenient, there are still some requirements for delivery of the service or good that may affect the overall quality and speed of the shopping experience. In this case, the timely delivery issues and the poor quality of the actual service or product have raised concerns (Wu et al.

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