Shoppers Bought $5 Billion in Goods on eBay via Mobile Devices

eBay reached $5 billion in mobile GMV ("gross merchandise volume") in 2011, meaning shoppers bought $5 billion in goods from eBay sellers using mobile devices. eBay is predicting it will reach $8 billion in mobile GMV in 2012. eBay CEO John Donahoe revealed the numbers during his keynote at the CEA Leaders in Technology dinner at the 2012 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas last night. He said there was a disappearance of past distinctions between online and offline commerce, creating a "new normal" for retail in which consumers engage where, when and how they shop across