Revenue from mobile accounts for more than 1% of all online sales in Europe and is growing at a compound rate of 43.1% a year and in four years is expected to account for seven percent.

Hooters of America is attracting consumers to its locations with new coupons that can be downloaded to mobile phones and shown in-store to redeem.

With a new update, Apple Store mobile shoppers will be able to choose different shipping options for different items in an order, a long-awaited feature.

PayPal is acquiring a mobile app development studio, which adds to the company a team of engineers will join the PayPal technology team to help further develop the company's digital wallet.

Online retail sales increased 13 per cent year-on-year last month despite a continued slowing of mobile sales, figures released today reveal.

Consumers now equate apps with entertainment, banking, paying bills, shopping, booking hotels and travel, staying productive and connecting with both home and office tasks.

Build-A-Bear Workshop recently leveraged Passbook's location-enabled push notification feature and drove consumers to its stores to claim a promotional offer. The company worked with Vibes on the mobile campaign. In addition to the 58.7 percent Passbook install rate, Build-A-Bear also saw an overall click-through rate of 5.3 percent.

A mall network is installing near field communication technology into 140 malls to interact with shoppers in a new way. Consumers can tap or snap smart screens for brand-specific mobile content.

A retailer is letting consumers shop directly from the catalog by tapping on items that interest them and see more images as well as zoom, read product details and purchase. When shoppers hover over images, price tag icons appear.

Visa first announced a program that certifies that devices such as mobile point of sale readers are compatible with Visa's requirements and a partnership with Samsung to include Visa's mobile payment technology on Samsung handsets.