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Wearables Seen As Changing How People Shop

  • Cnet, Tuesday, June 16, 2015 12:30 PM

Just days after it launched its first app for Apple Watch, eBay is talking up the future of wearables after seeing a massive increase in sales for smart watches and wristbands on its Australian site. The figures come out of a new eBay report, conducted by technology research firm Telsyte, which examines Australians' technology buying habits. Digging into more than 100 million technology-related searches and transactions on the e-commerce portal, it's the first time eBay has examined data from a particular product category on its platform, and the results paint an interesting picture of Australian digital consumption. According to "The Economics of Electronics" report, more than 50 percent of eBay shoppers bought in the technology category in 2014, buying items from more than 400,000 sellers that trade in electronics.

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