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Q3 has seen another successful month for clients on the Poq platform and with mobile commerce (mcommerce) predicted to overtake ecommerce this peak trading we’ve seen app commerce taking a larger slice of both the ecommerce and mcommerce pies.

Our latest platform release, Aurora, brings a range of new features that will increase self-service on the platform, provide easy internationalisation, and most importantly increase speed just in time for the peak trading season. However, we also ensure that our latest release includes improvements and updates to coincide with the release of iOS12.

Contemporary high street fashion brands, Oasis and Warehouse, have today announced that they will be launching new shopping apps with SaaS app platform Poq.

Just today, the brand launched native retail apps on iOS and Android as part of their global growth plans. The app which was built by Poq, a software-as-a-service platform, will make it quicker and easier for shoppers to purchase Chi Chi London products and engage with the brand.

We’ve had a sneak peek into what iOS 12 will be bringing and have examined the impact the new release will have on retailers. In this second half of our blog series we will be focusing on features that will put great power in the hands of iPhone users.

We’ve had a sneak peek into what iOS 12 will be bringing and have examined the impact the new release will have on retailers. In this first half of our blog series we will be focusing on the performance side of the update.

Q2 has been a successful quarter for the clients on the Poq platform, we’ve seen engagement driving app revenue. Building on the strong performance of last quarter our platform continued to break records we now see 2.5 million monthly active users on our platform.

Key takeaways from our second annual #AppCommerce event featuring talks and discussions from innovative retailers and the industry's experts.

Our latest platform release includes: Visual Search - to optimise the shopping experience, streamlined data analytics, ensured GDPR compliance, and increased Platform security. Read on to find out more.

App commerce company Poq announces the completion of a £9.5 million Series B funding round, led by Smedvig Capital and long-term investor Beringea. This round brings the total amount raised by Poq so far to £16.5 million.

App commerce has exploded over the last year seeing apps break records across the board. We look at how the apps have performed on our platform over Q1.

Leading UK beauty retailer Fragrance Direct is one of the first in the beauty sector to foray into the app commerce space.

The App Growth & Revenue Report dispels the myth that launching an app negatively impacts mobile website performance and in fact, shows growth.

In The Style has launched a brand new iOS shopping app on the Poq platform as the brand experiences a period of impressive growth.

This month we look at how the growth of mcommerce is booming and the influence of social media impacts the way we shop on mobile.

App commerce peak trading report shows increasing impact of app channel on peak performance.

Now the chaos of the holiday season is over we can take a look at how the demand for app commerce is changing with this month’s industry insights.

It was predicted that a large number of holiday shoppers would turn to mobile this peak trading season and they did so in record-breaking numbers.

Poq announced it ranked 108 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ EMEA list 2017. Poq grew 1015 per cent during this period.

Our final platform release of 2017 brings a range of new features that we are sure will excite ecommerce and marketing teams alike. Read on to find out more.

Apps save Black Friday. Apps’ contribution to online and mobile revenue doubled this Black Friday and like-for-like revenue grew by 36% this Black Friday.

Poq has been ranked number 26 fastest growing technology company in the UK in the 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 50.

Fast fashion womenswear brand QUIZ has just released brand new iOS and Android apps to the App Store and Google Play store, powered by Poq’s technology platform.

This month in the world of app commerce we cover what the industry experts predict will happen this peak trading season and how retail apps are evolving with the latest technology releases.

We're honoured to announce that we won the award for “Mobile Technology Vendor of the Year” at the Retail Systems Awards 2017!

With ecommerce taking shopping by storm and mobile becoming essential for today’s shoppers, we take a look at app performance in Q3. Total downloads for Q3 are up by 12% compared to Q2.

Key findings from Poq's first ever app commerce industry event focused on the integral role that mobile apps can play in omnichannel retail.

This year we've launched our first ever App Commerce event in response to increased interest in the field. Here are five reasons you should be there.

In this platform release, we have worked hard to add new features to the platform that encourage shoppers to view and engage with more products, with the aim of increasing conversion, revenue and sales for our clients.

In Q2 apps on the Poq platform averaged 5.2x the revenue per user seen by mobile web and 3.7x that seen by desktop. Read more Q2 app platform stats.

We're excited to announce that we have secured a further £3.5 million in our latest funding round, led by growth capital investor Beringea.

Retailers on the Poq platform experienced a 90% increase year-on-year in app conversion rates in Q1 2017. Read more comparable insights from Q1 2016 - 2017.

Poq today announced the availability of its newest client MADE.COM’s iOS app on the App Store.

We are honoured to announce that our client Missguided won the award for "Best App" at the Drapers Digital Festival Awards 2017.

In a gathering of app advocates, the app aware and the app curious, our first hosted event of 2017 saw retail heavyweights come together to discuss the growing importance of apps in an omnichannel strategy.

Our first platform release of 2017 focuses on enabling easy configuration of rich, interactive visual content.

We’re excited to announce that we’re joining Upscale in 2017. The Upscale programme from Tech City UK powers some of the fastest growing UK tech companies on their scaling journey.

Black Friday this year was immensely successful for apps, seeing a 17% increase in purchases made on mobile devices compared to last year. Find out how we've adapted to a cloud-first world in our Autumn platform release.

Mobile came out on top this Black Friday period, the large growth has been hugely fuelled by retail apps. We analysed Black Friday data from across over 20 Poq-powered retail apps and uncovered 4 key patterns.

The Missguided app, built on the Poq platform has been shortlisted for the Customer Technology Innovation award at the Retail Week Awards 2017!