Specialty retail/non-apparel


Lindt Canada adds 962 mobile subscribers with time-sensitive campaign

January 23, 2013

Lindt Canada ran a campaign in conjunction with its sponsorship for the Toronto International Film Festival that not only built up its mobile database, but also drove consumers to bricks-and-mortar locations to redeem prizes for participating.


Tilly’s personalizes shopping with new mobile commerce-enabled app

January 14, 2013

Specialty retailer Tilly’s has introduced a new mobile commerce application that aims to streamline the mobile shopping experience, as well as build the company’s loyal customer base.

Best Buy personalizes mobile deals through iPad app

January 9, 2013

Best Buy is continuing to grow its mobile presence with an iPad application that lets users shop deals by creating customized content.

Sur La Table breaks into mobile with optimized site

December 12, 2012

Sur La Table has launched a mobile site that serves as a digital hub by letting consumers shop and sign-up for cooking classes.

Brookstone segments tablet shoppers with device-specific site

December 3, 2012

Multichannel specialty retailer Brookstone has rolled out a mobile site formatted for tablets just in time for the holiday season.

HSN exec: Mobile year-to-date sales top $100M

November 16, 2012

With mobile sales growing significantly, HSN has launched its first gift guide designed for the iPad to engage tablet users with easy access to gift ideas across all categories.

Rockport streamlines mobile checkout via Google Wallet implementation

November 15, 2012

Footwear retailer Rockport has integrated Google Wallet as a payment option on its mobile site to streamline the checkout process for customers.

L’Occitane drives holiday sales via tablets with new digital catalog

November 7, 2012

Personal care products manufacturer and retailer L’Occitane is targeting mobile users with a new interactive digital catalog that can be viewed on tablets.

30pc of overstockArt.com mobile traffic comes from push notifications

September 24, 2012

Online retailer overstockArt.com is seeing that push notifications make a big difference in driving both traffic and sales for its application users.

Kiehl’s exec: 73pc of opt-in customers make a purchase after receiving a text alert

September 21, 2012

An executive with Kiehl’s said that 73 percent of customers who opted-in to receive location-based text alerts made a purchase after receiving one of these messages during a Mobile Commerce Daily webinar yesterday.