Trend cluster
Category

Mobile
Gifting

Apps for giving presents target the connected consumer craving convenience.

Social Gifting AppsCharitable Coffee-Gifting AppsBaked Goodies Gift ServicesCoffee eGifting SoftwareSame-Day Delivery Apps

Trend

What is the Mobile Gifting trend?

Mobile Gifting: Upgrading the online shopping experience to be even more convenient, gifting apps are helping consumers to give with less effort. The rise of eCommerce has augmented consumers to demand convenience and guidance when purchasing goods, which brands are responding to by offering apps focused on efficient buying.

Trend themes

Themes within the Mobile Gifting trend

Three behaviours holding the trend together
01

Demand for convenience

The rise of eCommerce has augmented consumers to demand convenience and guidance when purchasing goods, which brands are responding to by offering apps focused on efficient buying.

02

Personalization

Apps like Sweetness provide personalization and convenience with their hand-delivered, nicely wrapped baked gifts along with a link to a video message from the gift giver.

03

Mobile Gifting

Mobile apps like SwiftGift and Nack provide a user-friendly platform allowing people to purchase and send gifts from anywhere, anytime.

Industry implications

What the Mobile Gifting trend means for industry

Where the trend changes the playbook
For

eCommerce

The rise of demands for convenience when purchasing goods has led to innovation in eCommerce, pushing its technology and features to meet the needs of consumers.

For

Retail

The adoption of Same-Day Delivery Apps is one of the retail's attempts to meet consumers' demands for convenience.

For

Customer Engagement

The introduction of Coffee eGifting Software provides businesses with a new way to increase customer engagement through gifts with their clients.

Trend signals

Trend signals for Mobile Gifting

Trend score 3.2 out of 10, from popularity 49%, activity 41%, freshness 8%.

Popularity49%
Activity41%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
  • Gen Alpha
  • Gen Z
  • Millennial
  • Gen X
  • Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America