Articles Tagged ‘mobile retail’


Mobile’s threat to traditional retail

December 13, 2012

It is time to think differently about how retail works as lines become blurry.


EBay, PayPal to transact $10B each in mobile payments this year

July 20, 2012

Mobile continues to be a game-changer for eBay and PayPal, with both companies expecting to each transact $10 billion in volume in 2012.

Boosting customer loyalty is key to retail success: NRF exec

January 18, 2012

NEW YORK – A Printemps Haussmann executive at the National Retail Federation conference said boosting customer loyalty through interactive promotions management has helped the Parisian department store build its database.

How retailers should be incorporating SMS for the holidays

October 25, 2011

Retailers should be incorporating SMS into the their mobile commerce sites this holiday season to let consumers share, sign up for mobile loyalty programs and to remind users of abandoned shopping carts, according to industry experts.

BuyCostumes.com celebrates Halloween with mcommerce site

October 21, 2011

Online retailer BuyCostumes.com is getting into the spirit of Halloween by letting consumers buy costumes via a mobile version of its desktop site.

Papa John’s exec: QR codes are best way to bridge digital to print

October 19, 2011

NEW YORK – A Papa John’s executive at the Mobile Shopping Fall conference said that QR codes are the best way to bridge digital to print, connecting consumers with interactive content within a static medium.

ShopSavvy mobile shopping assistant app exceeds 16M installs

April 12, 2011

ShopSavvy claims that its mobile shopping assistant application has surpassed 16 million installations and 8 million active users across multiple smartphone platforms.

Mobile commerce and shopping experiencing phenomenal growth rates: report

March 25, 2011

Almost half – 48 percent – of consumers use their mobile devices to research or browse products and services, according to Oracle’s “Mobile Trends: Consumer Views of Mobile Shopping and Mobile Service Providers” report.

AT&T first US carrier to launch location-based marketing service

March 1, 2011

AT&T has beaten its competitors to the punch by becoming the first wireless carrier in the United States to offer a large-scale, location-based mobile marketing program to consumers and advertisers.

Dover Saddlery spurs sales with mobile commerce

February 25, 2011

Multichannel retailer Dover Saddlery has launched a commerce-enabled mobile Web site to increase its consumer touch points and boost sales of its equestrian products.