Walmart has been named 2012 Mobile Retailer of the Year, the highest accolade in mobile commerce and retail. The honor tops the Mobile Commerce Awards handed out each year for outstanding work that moved the mobile commerce needle for retailers, financial services firms and marketers.
Walmart has been named 2012 Mobile Retailer of the Year, the highest accolade in mobile commerce and retail. The honor tops the Mobile Commerce Awards handed out each year for outstanding work that moved the mobile commerce needle for retailers, financial services firms and marketers.
Flash sales site Rue La La saw a record amount of traffic and sales during Thanksgiving Day last week with mobile playing a key role.
Flash sale retailer Rue La La continues to take a leading role in mobile by bringing out an application for the new Apple iPhone 5, which was introduced last month and has a bigger screen than previous models.
BOSTON – A Rue La La executive at the eTail Boston Mobile Shopping Summit said that mobile continues to be a strong revenue driver for the company with half of sales coming via tablets, predominately from iPads.
For the first time in flash sales site Rue La La’s history, mobile sales surpassed online sales on April 14, representing 53 percent of the day’s total revenue.
Flash sales site Rue La La has steadily increased its use of push notifications over the past year and is finding that the strategy has helped it drive a 25 percent increase in user sessions.
While reports are mixed about how strong the holiday sales have been overall so far this year, one thing is for certain: Mobile is a bright spot for retailers this holiday season.
Flash sales site Rue La La is introducing a new mobile-only feature as it takes a mobile-first approach to capitalize on its growth in the medium.
BOSTON – A Rue La La executive at Shop.org’s Annual Summit said that 22 percent of its sales com from mobile devices, particularly iPads.
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June 19, 2013