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the above charts by Mary Meeker (kleiner perkins )reflects the change in world internet penetration vs its mobile penetration. Currently internet penetration across the world is at 39%, (2.8 billion )out of which 23% users are from US and 19% are from China
Whereas mobile penetration across the world stands at 73%( with 5.2 billion users ) out  of which 60% use feature phones compared to 40% users using smartphone

Users Britain and Denmark rank among the top 2 nations with highest frequency of online shopping a
75% of UK users shop online and over 52% used online banking in 2014.A whopping 53% UK adults bank online, compared to a mere 30% in 2007.The number of UK users with internet access doubled to 38million in 2014

 What does UK Shop for and  who buys

1. every 6 of 10 British adults use the internet to buy products such as food, clothing, music or holidays, clothes and sports are most online purchases in UK
2.  This is twice the average of the OECD’s 34 member states, which include the US, Germany, Australia and France. 
3. Most bought items in UK apart from clothes  and holidays are consumer electronics ,gaming items  and  household appliances
4. Seniors shopping online has seen a big jump recently with 40% of them buying online in 2014 
5. Usage of laptops and tablets has also seen a growth  uptake, in UK from 32 % adults using one in 2013 to 43% according to the ONS

This timeline displays a forecast of the number of U.S. digital buyers up to 2018, based on factual numbers from 2010 to 2013. In 2015, 169.1 million people in the United States are projected to buy goods and services online. Mobile shopping activities via smartphones and tablets contributed to the continued rise in online shopping.

United Kingdom Mobile Commerce spends per user

Amazon, Apple and  Jingdong Mall are among the top 3  online retailers with highest mobile sales in 2014.  Amazon.com generated 16.8 billion U.S. dollars in mobile commerce revenues, representing a 110 percent year-on-year growth.

THE BIGGEST NATIONS WHO SHOPS ON MOBILE Asia leads the world when it comes to mobile shopping, with Japan and south Korea taking the first 2 places.UK, Spain and Unites states is ranked 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively. Among the many reasons why  Asian countries are in the top 2 , is the availability of   one of the fastest  broadband  speeds   and  mobile devices .

The  Mastercard  Mobile Commerce readiness index  ranks  34 countries, which  in the current Index achieved an average score of 33.2. No market reached a score of 50, which shows that the mobile commerce ecosystem has a lot of catching up  to do across the world

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MOBILE COMMERCE READINESS  INDEX : BRAZIL VS ARGENTINA

The chart compares the mobile commerce readiness  between the 2 countries and ranks them in terms of acceptability and preparedness  towards moving to ” the mobile economy” ecosystem..Amongst a range of metrics  some of them has been outlined  in the above chart .. These 6  benchmark metrics were .1)consumer readiness 2)mobile clusters 3)environment 4)financial services 5)mobile infrastructure and  6)Regulatory issues

Overall Argentina is ranked 34th (last ) compared to Brazil’s 16th rank

The 34 countries in the current Index achieved an average score of 33.2. No market reached a score of  50, which shows that the mobile commerce ecosystem has a lot of catchingup to do across the world

The MasterCard Mobile Payments Readiness Index (MPRI) guide  ranks 34 nations by their   mobile economy readiness index,  which is based on a  Mastercard survey  shows    a countries  preparedness and receptivity  towards moving to a complete mobile economy which includes ( mobile commerce,mobile transactions and mobile payments .

The scale runs from zero to 100,with 100 representing complete replacement of plastic cards by mobile devices, an unlikely scenario. However all nations are ranked based on  6 metrics outlined in the above chart 

However In MasterCard’s judgment, the point of inflection—the stage at which mobile devices account for an appreciable share of the payments mix—is a Mobile Readiness score of 60. US ranks 42 and  canada ranks 42.5 out of 60

This charts show how much mobile commerce in UK has contributed  to overall online sales  In UK “mobile commerce” contributed a mere 4% out of total eCommerce  in 2011. By 2013 this number rose by more than 4 times with mobile forming  19%, of total online retail sales in UK. This was followed by 27% in 2014. In 2015, mobile commerce retail sales is set to outnumber all previous record according to  forecasts by emarketer “mobile is set to contribute almost 30% of UK’s total online retail sales”  2016 to 2018  are forecasts made by emarketer .