By: Michael Powell

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• Mobile marketing and online shopping are intrinsically linked, and may drive many physical stores (i.e. ‘brick-and-mortar’) out of business due to competition with online retailers. These online companies use the accessibility of the smartphone to ensure products are always dancing in front of your eyes, with mobile ads placed on every major social networking website.

• As a result, the social aspect of shopping will eventually be lost, and consumers will make all their purchases online, alone.

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