Hearst’s Marie Claire is letting readers shop must-have fashion and beauty products featured in the magazine via an iPhone application.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to have the No. 1 lifestyle app in Apple’s App Store? What if I told you for $4,255 – and $7,310, respectively – your app could be in that No. 1 slot within 24 hours?

Online retailer Bluefly.com launched an iPhone application to let consumers snag clothing and accessories from some of the world’s most coveted designers at discounted prices.

NEW YORK – Mobile Web traffic is now 3-8 percent of the PC Internet, according to NearbyNow CEO Scott Dunlap.

If you want to understand the effect that Apple’s iPad will have on the magazine industry, look no further than the face of a publisher when you put one in her hands.

NearbyNow has rolled out a mobile shopping platform that lets retailers, brands and publishers create a white-labeled mobile application for the iPhone, with Android and iPad coming soon.

As soon as Apple announced its newest creation, the iPad, app developers such as NearbyNow and Big in Japan announced plans to extend their products to the platform.

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. is sponsoring GQ magazine’s new mobile application in an effort to promote the preppy retailer’s fragrances.

Major retailers such as Macy’s, Nordstrom, Bon-Ton, The Buckle Inc. and Charlotte Russe are releasing their holiday gift guides on mobile as part of a new iPhone application.

Walmart Canada has launched the beta version of a mobile site where consumers can browse the items of their local retail location.