Jos. A. Bank saw mobile traffic increase 3,000 percent on Black Friday compared to its daily traffic.

As this year’s holiday season approaches I thought I would share some valuable make-it-or-break-it lessons from my decade of experience.

Roughly 50 percent of homes nationwide will have a child returning to school in September, spending an average $400-plus in apparel, backpacks and electronics – generating $50 billion in sales.

Staying true to its multichannel retail support strategy, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers has rolled out an iPhone application and a mobile Web destination to engage with customers in-store.

There is an exciting new retail revenue driver emerging in mobile: “bricks-and-mobile,” a clever term to describe the innovative in-store mobile marketing opportunity opening up to retailers this year.

Even five-plus years out, no analyst suspects that more than 1 percent of retail revenue will be bought through the phone. The sweet spot for mobile commerce is low-price-point, low-consideration items.

The release of the Samsung’s Galaxy tablet and Sony’s Google TV are heralding in a new era in the mobile ecosystem – the Android Age.

As part of a stealth push begun earlier this year nationwide, lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret is now running a mobile campaign to drive traffic to a new store opening this week in Chicago.

Sunglass retailer Sunglass Hut has launched a campaign in Australia that uses mobile coupons to drive traffic in-store.