Smartphone owners love shopping with apps – use them on average 17x month

From the Nielsen Wire: …Nearly half of American smartphone owners (47%) used shopping apps in June 2012, according to Nielsen.  Overall, 45 million smartphone owners used apps in the Shopping/Commerce category, accessing shopping apps 17 times on average during June 2012.     More analysis: eBay, Amazon, and Groupon dominate with 60% of all uniques. …

Too many deal sites out there, we need an aggregator – Yipit.com

I’ve already bought movie tickets, a whale watching tour, chocolate, and a Christmas gift. You could say I’m addicted to deal sites, or you could say I’m a “super user”. I subscribe to several of them and have this complex filter/label/folder system running in my Gmail account. No longer. Now, I just visit Yipit.com and they …