Welcome to another show of mspinoLIVE. Today is our 152th LIVESTREAM TV Show and it is about : "WHY IS SO IMPORTANT TO BUILD YOUR WEB PRESENCE TO BE MOBILE-FRIENDLY?." 2015 is the year that a retail mobile presence goes from a nice-to-have to a necessity — a necessity that performs beyond your customers’ expectations. Is your company still not thinking mobile first? Here are the stats to convince your executive team that the time to invest in mobile is now: 1. The number of smartphone users is predicted to hit 5.9B in under five years. 2. More than 50% of e-commerce traffic is now driven by mobile. 3. 83% of the US’s 80M Millennials own smartphones and almost three-quarters of them have made a purchase from their phone. 4. We spend over three hours a day interacting with our mobile devices. 5. In 2014, time spent on the mobile web increased 17% and use of mobile apps jumped a whopping 52%. 6. Almost a third of all North American web traffic comes from mobile devices. 7. In 2014, mobile shopping revenue grew 48% year-over-year. 8. Mobile shopping accounts for 11.1% of all ecommerce transactions. That jumps to 21% for the 500 leading merchants in global m-commerce. 9. 53% of retailers have identified mobile as a key strategic priority. Almost 1/3 have already integrated their various marketing channels. 10. Online pre-purchase product research (i.e., webrooming) will drive $1.8T in retail sales by 2017. 11. 68% of consumers say it is somewhat or very important that companies they interact with are seen as tech leaders. 12. Almost 50% of customers say integration of bricks-and-mortar, online & mobile is how retailers most need to improve the shopping experience. 13. 76% of men 18 – 34 say they typically purchase via their smartphones in a given month. 59% of women in the same age range do likewise. 14. Smartphones and tablets together account for 70% of a brand’s digital engagement time with consumers. 15. 69% of shoppers expect sales associates to be armed with a mobile device to look up product info or inventory levels on their behalf. *****CONTENT SOURCE: ***** Article written by Jennifer Henderson on Jan 9th, 2015. Click on this link to read the article: http://insights.mobify.com/15-stats-convince-boss-invest-in-mobile-2015/ And don't forget to: LAUGH. LEARN. LIVE AT YOUR BEST....that's our LATEST slogan for the show... because we want to make you laugh every time you watch our shows... we want you to learn new things, new ideas, new strategies that will help you in your own life every day... we want that you live a better life ... WE WANT YOU TO LIVE AT YOUR BEST... you deserve it... we all deserve it... so why not start TODAY. We are very happy to bring this show to you and we are committed to make you LAUGH, LEARN & LIVE AT YOUR BEST. Feel free to reach out to us and if you or someone you know would like to be part of our LIVE show, give us a call, send us an email, chat on Facebook. Thank you for watching our show today and please, please , please share with the world. Remember, someone out there needs a word of hope TODAY. We are LIVE Monday-Friday at 12:00 Noon (EST) on www.mspinolive.com