"Are mobiles changing how we shop?":

The article discusses how mobiles once changed peoples' social lives and work ethics, but now it has taken its toll against people's wallets and as a result, changing peoples' buying habits too. Tina Spooner, chief information officer at IMRG claims smartphones manage too much of peoples' lives, therefore it is no surprise that people use it for almost everything too that's possible with it. It is simply more convenient, maybe too much that it makes people lazy.

•  49 per cent of online sales came through traditional computers
• 51 per cent of online sales between November and January in the UK involved hand-held devices rather than traditional computers or laptops.

Online shopping comes with consequential risks such as getting your credit card stolen if a user enters it on a non-trusted site or has their machine infected. Another reason to not shop online is also that it undoubtedly has made buyers lazier, perhaps made them even easier to want to spend money, necessary or not simply from online convenience. Pictures can also deceive people, in the shopping sense that when it arrives it looks different or doesn't fit a certain function, leaving consumers unsatisfied. This is apparent with clothing shopping, where for example a certain size may not be what it is labelled at etc. Conclusion: recommend to shop for clothes in stores!