REPORT: Facebook Commerce Will Rise Sixfold By 2015

That comes from a report by Booz & Company. The consultancy talked to consumers who spend at least one hour a month on social media sites and who’ve purchased something online at least once over the past year, and learned that 27 percent of respondents would purchase physical goods through Facebook or other social media. Ten percent said such shopping would be in addition to purchases already planned to occur via other media.

However,