11 Exceptional Reads about E-commerce and Mobile: E-commerce Link Digest

Busy day today, Big Thinkers. So I hope you’ll pardon me if I skip the setup and just get straight to this list of 11 exceptional reads about e-commerce and mobile. Enjoy:

1. Linda Bustos at GetElastic outlines omnichannel vs multichannel and the store of the future
2. Thinks highlighted 4+ outstanding e-commerce insights to kick off your week.
3. Mobile Commerce Daily uncovers a study where 32% of respondents say mobile emails are too small to interact with.
4. eMarketer asks will holiday gift-givers use mobile in-store payments?
5. Our Thinks Out Loud digital marketing and e-commerce podcast suggested that it’s all m-commerce and explains why mobile commerce will win.
6. eMarketer explores how to bridge the gap between in-store and digital.
7. Mobile Commerce Daily asks can in-store mobile save the day as retail foot traffic plummets?
8. GetElastic reveals that 47% of e-commerce sites commit this usability SNAFU.
9. Biznology looks at why google’s latest change should worry you
10. 8 Best Practices to Enhance Your mCommerce Store – exploreB2B
11. eMarketer says mobile search will surpass desktop in 2015

If you’re interested in more, check out these 5 Must-See Black Friday and Cyber Monday Trends: E-commerce Link Digest and these 9 Outstanding Marketing Posts to Warm Up Your Weekend: E-commerce Link Digest from our regular E-commerce Link Digest series, as well as 10 Exceptional Marketing and E-commerce Essays: The Top Posts from November, too.

You might also want to check out some of our past coverage of the e-commerce, mobile commerce, and digital marketing overall, including:

• 10 Key Posts about Millennials and Mobile: E-commerce Link Digest
• The Secrets Behind “It’s All E-commerce” for 2014
• The Zen of Digital Marketing Strategy
• 7 Steps to E-Commerce Heaven
• Today and Tomorrow: Mobile and The Changing Customer Journey
• Mobile Makes E-commerce Even More “Frictionless”
• Your 2014 Internet Marketing New Year’s Resolutions – Thinks Out Loud Episode 56

Plus, don’t miss these slides and video from my recent webinar, “Digital Marketing Directions: Three Key Trends Driving Your Marketing Next Year”:

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