ATLANTA, Sept. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kobiton, the mobile testing platform that centralizes mobile app testing across public, local and private devices, announced renewal of a large contract with an $11 billion national retailer. The retail chain, which has over 30,000 employees and over 1,200 stores across the U.S., represents a pervasive industry need to reduce the time and cost of getting mobile retail apps to market.
“The addition of several large enterprise retail customers, over 25,000 users experiencing the Kobiton platform, and a resulting 700-percent increase in our monthly recurring revenue since June of 2017 proves a widespread demand for streamlined mobile app testing,” said Kobiton CEO Kevin Lee. “QA becomes a difficult and expensive bottleneck for many large retailers that lack the tools to properly test and deliver apps as quickly as consumers need them. The Kobiton platform uniquely streamlines the mobile testing experience, allowing these customers to pounce on huge opportunities to impact CX and increase sales with digital.”
At the top of retailers’ priority lists are any apps that improve CX, such as self-service, MobilePay and AI. According to recent reports, 16 percent1 of consumers said they would spend more for a positive customer experience. However, with app abandonment hovering around 24%, it is clear that companies need to invest more in the mobile experience so as to not hurt the Customer Experience.
Kobiton reduces the cost of testing mobile retail apps. This is essential, Lee says, given that 36 percent of organizations spent more than $100,000 on mobile testing last year and 79 percent will spend even more next year. Kobiton reduces these costs by allowing QA to conduct and share increasingly complex testing activities across Android and iOS devices, in a common platform.
“Before we purchased Kobiton, knowing which devices and OS our app had issues with was a guessing game; we relied on user reports to inform us,” explained one Kobiton customer. “Now, we're able to understand exactly how our app interacts with each device, replicate issue reports quickly, and gain understanding on what our users see. Kobiton's test-view allows every team member to view any tests, and leave detailed notes on any test as well, for maximum information output.”
“Development teams are in a constant struggle between speed and quality assurance,” said Lee. “You have to have both, especially in retail, where shoppers have endless buying alternatives at their fingertips and zero tolerance for app defects.”
Kobiton has experienced 700% growth since June 2017 and has more than 370 customers and users utilizing over 80,000 test minutes per month. Learn more about Kobiton’s mobile testing solution in this retail whitepaper or visit this blog post.
About Kobiton
Kobiton is a powerful mobile device cloud that allows companies to manage the devices they own and access real public cloud devices for efficient, comprehensive test coverage. Simple to use, easy to access from anywhere, and highly flexible, Kobiton minimizes costs while increasing productivity, so businesses can get apps to market sooner. The mobile device cloud platform offers centralized testing history and insights to improve collaboration across teams; access to the most in-demand mobile devices to supplement existing inventory; significant cost savings; and easy integration with preferred IDEs and development tools.
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