UK consumers’ mobile retail spending to double over Christmas 2013

Christmas shoppers will spend twice as much through mobile devices in 2013 than they did in the festive period a year before.

UK consumers will shell out £2.9bn through tablets and smartphones during the 2013 festive season compared with £1.45bn in 2012, according to research by e-retail industry group IMRG and consultancy firm Capgemini.