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Columbia Sportswear outlines mobile commerce strategy

March 10, 2010

Mobile Commerce Daily interviewed Paul Zaengle, senior director of ecommerce at Columbia Sportswear, regarding the company’s mobile strategy in terms of commerce.


AreYouInterested sells virtual gifts via mobile to engage social networkers

March 10, 2010

AreYouInterested.com’s iPhone application has been downloaded more than 100,000 times and thousands of dollars worth of virtual gifts are being bought daily, per a company executive.

Will mobile phones replace the local bank branch and tellers?

March 8, 2010

A recent study from the Gartner Group shows that 59 percent of United States banks will be ramping up their mobile banking services within the next two years.

Big in Japan acquires Snappr to expand ShopSavvy’s bar code scanning

March 8, 2010

Mobile Commerce Daily briefs - Big in Japan acquires Snappr to expand ShopSavvy’s bar code scanning; and Aberdeen Group releases a guide for food retail technology.

Online grocer FreshDirect enters mobile commerce to drive sales

March 4, 2010

New York City’s online grocer FreshDirect has made its debut into the mobile commerce arena with the launch of an iPhone application that lets users shop the store’s inventory on the go.

Mercedes-Benz Financial lets customers make car payments via mobile

March 4, 2010

Mercedes-Benz Financial has expanded its personalized and convenient account management features to all of its customers using smartphones like iPhone, BlackBerry and other mobile devices with Internet capabilities.

Retailers are quite active in mobile: Study

March 3, 2010

Only about 10 percent of retailers are full mobile players, with services such as a mobile-optimized app and a mobile Web site with commerce capabilities, according to Rosetta research.

Are consumers willing to buy goods, services via mobile?

March 2, 2010

Mobile Commerce Daily writers polled their Facebook friends to see whether consumers are interested in buying goods and services via their mobile phones.

Best Buy, Steve Madden, Wet Seal execs to present at Mobile Boot Camp

March 2, 2010

Best Buy, Steve Madden and Wet Seal will discuss their mobile strategies at the Mobile Boot Camp hosted by Mobile Commerce Daily and the NRF in San Francisco March 2. Registration is open.

Panda Express testing mobile ordering system to drive sales

February 26, 2010

Panda Express, a Chinese takeout chain with more than 1,300 locations in the United States, is running a pilot program to test the effectiveness of online and mobile ordering.