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Case Study

State of the App Economy: 2017 and 2018

By Eric Benjamin Seufert
July 10, 2017

Below is an edited version of the presentation that I gave at the Applause conference in Barcelona in late May. It provides a broad overview of current commercial themes in the mobile apps ecosystem that are relevant to marketers and developers.

State of the app economy: 2017 and 2018 from Eric Seufert

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