Travel guide publisher Fodor’s Travel has enhanced its mobile applications with several integrations designed to make it easy for users to go from researching to booking reservations or purchasing tickets without having to leave the app.

Flash sales site Rue La La has steadily increased its use of push notifications over the past year and is finding that the strategy has helped it drive a 25 percent increase in user sessions.

In a sign of the growing importance of mobile for reaching grocery store shoppers, Catalina Marketing Corp., which delivers coupons to shoppers at checkout, has acquired mobile commerce solutions provider Modiv Media.

Peapod is giving Chicago commuters a way to simplify grocery shopping by using their smartphones to scan and order items from inside a train station.

NEW YORK – A Citi executive at Mobile Commerce Daily’s Mcommerce Summit conference yesterday said that tablets are driving a much deeper level of engagement with customers than smartphones.

NEW YORK – A General Growth Properties executive at Mobile Commerce Daily’s Mcommerce Summit conference said that mobile is helping the mall operator build a relationship with shoppers and, as a result, help drive sales and traffic for its retail tenants.

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA is piloting a new mobile shopping application in several countries, including Canada, as a way to enhance the customer experience by enabling users to check stock availability, create shopping lists and access a store map.

Domino’s Pizza was quick to embrace mobile as a way to enable customers to place orders and the numbers speak to the company’s success, with more than 20 percent of digital orders now taking place via the company’s mobile site and apps.

Mobile point-of-sale solutions are turning into a core strategy for businesses in the retail, hospitality and field services industries, according to a new report from Motorola Solutions Inc.

Convenience store chain Kangaroo Express is enhancing its loyalty program with QR codes and SMS to make it easier for customers to access content and special offers.