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Web site development
Why retailers need to be mobile for the 2010 holidays

This year has opened up consumers’ minds to using mobile for doing research, gathering opinions and making purchases, according to a Steve Madden executive.

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Applications
Blockbuster lets Verizon customers buy and rent movies via mobile

Blockbuster is offering on-demand videos to Verizon’s Droid X consumers who can rent or buy movies straight from the pre-installed application.

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Payments
PayPal introduces mobile payments program for employees

PayPal is offering its San Jose, CA-based employees BlingTags that let them make purchases throughout the company’s entire campus and at participating merchants.

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Marketing
Kenneth Cole, ESPN to keynote holiday Mobile Marketing Summit Sept. 2

How will Kenneth Cole, Kraft, Steve Madden and Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton tie mobile into their holiday strategies? Register now to learn at the Mobile Marketing Summit New York: Holiday Focus.

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Database/CRM
Ibersol’s Pans debuts first mobile loyalty program

Ibersol, which operates QSR franchises such as Pizza Hut, KFC, Burger King and Pans & Co., has launched its first mobile loyalty initiatives to enhance its CRM strategy.

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Events
American Red Cross to keynote Nonprofits Mobile Day

How are the Red Cross, ASPCA and Saddleback Church adding mobile to their fundraising and messaging programs? Register now for the Nonprofits Mobile Day.

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