Brands such as Philips, Hamilton Beach, Elmer’s, Murphy USA and Seagate are offering prizes to consumers who check-in to Walmart, Target and Best Buy via Whrrl.

Target, Best Buy and Macy’s are among the retailers participating in shopkick’s The 12 Days of Kickmas campaign, rewarding mobile shoppers for simply visiting their stores.

Best Buy is running ads within TheFind application, giving consumers discounts to products for which they are looking and shopping.

Best Buy has taken third place in the 2010 Mobile Retailer of the Year awards due to its all-round excellence in mobile marketing and commerce, offering a strategy that is worthy of emulation.

While many retailers have plenty of room for improvement, Aveda, Best Buy, Crate & Barrel, Dockers and REI are all best-in-class mobile merchants, according to the e-tailing group’s Mobile Commerce Mystery Shopping study.

The holiday season presents an opportunity for retailers to enhance marketing messaging with tools to integrate shopping channels for a seamless experience, according to Retail TouchPoints’ Holiday Outlook 2010.

DALLAS – Retailers should not formulate a separate strategy for mobile but rather focus on reaching consumers wherever they want to interact with their brand across all channels.

Best Buy and Fuse Capital unveiled the Tecca personal electronics shopping service that is available via applications and soon via the mobile Web and tablets.

Camera manufacturer and digital-imaging giant Canon U.S.A. is engaging shoppers throughout North America with a multifaceted mobile marketing program.

Best Buy is letting Canadians access products, view deals and buy items from its entire catalog via any Apple mobile device.