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THE INVESTOR
March 29, 2024

Mobile & Internet

Mobile shopping sales hit record high in April

  • PUBLISHED :June 02, 2017 - 14:17
  • UPDATED :June 02, 2017 - 14:17
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[THE INVESTOR] Mobile sales accounted for record high levels in April, government data showed on June 2.

Mobile transactions through smartphones and tablets reached 3.68 trillion won (US$3.28 billion) in April, surging 42.2 percent from a year earlier, according to the data by Statistics Korea.

The amount was equal to 60.6 percent of all online purchases made in the cited month that reached 6.08 trillion won, and outpaced the earlier record of 59 percent set in March.

Mobile purchases in Korea have been on a steep rise for years as a growing number of people are spending more on their smart devices.

The percentage of mobile transactions within total online sales was in the 40-percent range in 2015 and went up to the 50-percent level in 2016 before rising to the 60 percent range this year.

By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)

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