Mood Media, Shazam announce 'Shazam In-Store'

November 25, 2014

According to the companies, Shazam-In Store, part of Shazam's larger expansion strategy into consumer-facing environments, is integrated into the existing…

Survey: Online shoppers have become deal-hungry

November 25, 2014

Eighty-one percent of survey respondents said the accessibility of discount, deal and coupon sites have affected their willingness to pay full price. In fact…

Square plans to accept Apple Pay

November 24, 2014

Founder Jack Dorsey says support will come in 2015.

Webinar spells out five big mistakes retailers are making with mobile this year

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

As the holiday shopping season really gets underway, retailers need to make their online shopping experiences as frictionless as possible. This presentation…

Mood Media and Shazam Announce "Shazam In-Store" Mobile Marketing Solution

Mood Media Corporation, the global leader in Experience Design, today announced a new partnership with Shazam that includes the official launch of Shazam…

Deloitte releases pre-Thanksgiving survey results

November 24, 2014

Consumers still have a lot of shopping to do, and more than half will shop over Thanksgiving weekend.

The key piece missing from Apple Pay

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

Apple Pay diminishes the ability to track shopper behavior. This is among the reasons that some major retailers are not accepting it.

Study finds differences between men and women when it comes to impulse purchases

November 24, 2014

Nearly 90 percent of millennials said they had made an impulse purchase, compared to just 56 percent of seniors.

Most consumers prefer gift cards to gifts, but many feel guilty asking for them

November 24, 2014

Survey finds 78 percent of consumers think gift cards make shopping easy, but one in three consumers feels guilty putting them on their wish lists.

Black Friday in-store shopping still tops, Cyber Monday actually draws one-third of consumers to physical stores

November 24, 2014

Younger consumers are the most likely to shop in physical stores Thanksgiving Thursday through Cyber Monday, with 25-34 year-olds most likely to shop in a…

GlobalShop, IIDA announce partnership

November 21, 2014

IIDA will endorse, promote and act as Knowledge Partner for GlobalShop beginning next year at its annual retail design trade show and conference, March 24-2…

LevelUp, Cardpool partner for gift card exchange program

November 21, 2014

Cardpool can enable LevelUp users to sell their unused and partially-used gift cards in exchange for LevelUp credits.

US smartphone owners want to use Apple Pay and Google Wallet

November 21, 2014

Survey found some 30 percent of respondents want to use the mobile wallets but are unsure where they're accepted.

6-year-olds with smartphones? That's what Ericsson predicts

November 21, 2014

Yes, you read that right. What's more, the mobile network provider predicts that units will exceed 6.1 billion by 2020.

Shazam coming to 200 shopping malls

by Christopher Hall — w, t

The Shazam mobile app will now bring shoppers and advertisers even closer together at ground zero for the retail experience, the shopping mall, via digital…

RewardsPay allows its online shoppers to pay using bitcoin

November 20, 2014

Partners with Coinbase to provide customers with additional payment option.

Survey: Most shoppers will buy at least one digital gift card this holiday season

November 20, 2014

Of the consumers surveyed, 72 percent have previously bought a gift card from an online website or mobile website/app.

Providence Equity Partners Invests in VendorSafe Technologies, Names New VendorSafe CEO

New financial partner enables cloud-managed IT security services leader to accelerate growth and capitalize on rapidly growing data breach protection market.

Microsoft wins award for Titanfall retail launch

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The launch included midnight debuts of the game, and featured 10 minutes of original content unique to the stores.

Most Americans say they won't shop on either Black Friday or Cyber Monday

November 19, 2014

Millennials are the most likely to shop on those dates.