B
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64%
64% -- mobile shopping adoption rate for UK smartphone owners (2026)
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64%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
eDigitalResearch and Portaltech Reply
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Tier C
https://digitalstrategyconsulting.com/uncategorized/mobile-commerce-trends-uk-mobile-shopping-sales-… ↗
Source Article
Mobile commerce trends: UK mobile shopping sales ‘quadruple in just two years’
More than two-thirds (64%) of smartphone owners are now using their mobile device to shop online, a number that had quadrupled in just two years. The research, from eDigitalResearch and Portaltech Reply, track the growth and development of smartphone devices in mobile retail commerce.
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eDigitalResearch and Portaltech Reply
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Methodology
Third wave of eDigitalResearch/Portaltech Reply mobile retail commerce study; article states figure quadrupled in two years (implying ~16% baseline); no explicit fieldwork date given, so collection year used.
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UK smartphone owners: 64% mobile shopping adoption rate. Source: eDigitalResearch and Portaltech Reply (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-smartphone-owners-mobile-shopping-64pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-smartphone-owners-mobile-shopping-64pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>64%</strong> -- mobile shopping adoption rate for UK smartphone owners<br><small>Source: eDigitalResearch and Portaltech Reply (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-smartphone-owners-mobile-shopping-64pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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