• Passbook Program Drives Mobile Shoppers to Stores
    A mobile marketing and technology company announced the results of a successful mobile campaign aimed at engaging and increasing Build-A-Bear Workshop's customer base through their mobile phones.
  • Retailer Launches Mobile App for Placing Advance Orders
    ShopRite is making it easy for customers to complete their grocery shopping with a new mobile commerce application that lets users place an order and schedule a time for delivery or pick-up.
  • Tow Truck Operators Driven to Mobile Payments
    In an effort to curtail predatory towing practices, members of the Utah State House voted to mandate tow truck operators to accept debit or credit card payments.
  • Shoppers Who Scan More Likely to Research for Purchase
    While not many Europeans scan QR and 2-D bar codes, the consumers who do are three times more likely to research products for purchase on mobile devices than the average mobile population.
  • 90% of College Students Use Mobile to Search for Deals
    A new survey of U.S. college students shows that those pursuing their higher education are also overwhelmingly fond of pursuing the deals and discounts available to them through the mobile channel.
  • Retailers See Uncertainty About Mobile Payments as Leading Issue
    Uncertainty about the technical future of mobile payments was named as a top business challenge, with 76 percent of retailers agreeing, according to a new report from RSR Research.
  • Pandora Makes More Money from Mobile
    Pandora's mobile revenue growth outpaced mobile listener growth for the second quarter in a row, pointing to how the Internet radio company is improving its ability to monetize mobile.
  • Mobile Commerce Drives Sales in India
    In the next three years mobile commerce is projected to constitute more than 25 per cent of the total traffic in e-retailing in India, according to a recent reports,
  • Showroomers' Top Targets: Bed Bath & Beyond, PetSmart, Toys 'R' Us
    A new study suggests that the retailers most frequented by showroomers are Bed Bath & Beyond, PetSmart and Toys 'R' Us and consumers who have found an item they want at a store and then purchased it on Amazon are 27% more likely to visit Bed Bath & Beyond.
  • Shopping via Mobile Device Grows in South Africa
    Mobile platforms, diversity of payment options and improved search facilities are some of the crucial areas for online retail in South Africa in 2013. The proliferation of smartphones means that the growth of e-commerce is not limited to computer-based internet penetration.
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