Mobile
October 22, 2015
Image courtesy of Bloomingdale's
By Chantal Tode
While mobile’s influence on holiday shopping will reach unprecedented levels this year both online and in-store, the impact of mobile payments is likely to be insignificant – except for retailers catering to higher income brackets.
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