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Mobile Gifting

Apps for giving presents target the connected consumer craving convenience

Implications - Upgrading the online shopping experience to be even more convenient, gifting apps are helping consumers to give with less effort. The rise of eCommerce has augmented consumers to demand convenience and guidance when purchasing goods, which brands are responding to by offering apps focused on efficient buying.
Trend Themes
1. Demand for Convenience - The rise of eCommerce has augmented consumers to demand convenience and guidance when purchasing goods, which brands are responding to by offering apps focused on efficient buying.
2. Personalization - Apps like Sweetness provide personalization and convenience with their hand-delivered, nicely wrapped baked gifts along with a link to a video message from the gift giver.
3. Mobile Gifting - Mobile apps like SwiftGift and Nack provide a user-friendly platform allowing people to purchase and send gifts from anywhere, anytime.
Industry Implications
1. Ecommerce - The rise of demands for convenience when purchasing goods has led to innovation in eCommerce, pushing its technology and features to meet the needs of consumers.
2. Retail - The adoption of Same-Day Delivery Apps is one of the retail's attempts to meet consumers' demands for convenience.
3. Customer Engagement - The introduction of Coffee eGifting Software provides businesses with a new way to increase customer engagement through gifts with their clients.
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