Research: Half of Americans with mobile phones using them to shop

Users are comparing prices, reading reviews, downloading coupons and making purchases on their phones.

Report: Four out of five mobile shoppers frustrated with the experience

Whether the platform is a mobile device, tablet or computer, online customer experience is still fraught with issues.

Miva Merchant offers mobile commerce option to online store owners

March 23, 2011

Miva Merchant, an e-commerce software company, has released a new mobile e-commerce framework designed to give online store owners the ability to develop…

Mobile Monday: Home Depot app

The app makes shopping easy, and makes customers better shoppers with tools that help avoid extra trips to the store.

Google to pilot NFC POS system

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March 14, 2011

Google Inc. is looking to test a contactless, point-of-sale system allowing consumers to pay for in-store purchases using phones equipped with near field…

The three key attributes of effective mobile retail apps

Very few successfully incorporate all three, and without all three, an app will likely be short-lived.

Mobile POS providers earn customers and merit badges

by James Wester

Players in the emerging mobile point-of-sale business are facing an increasingly competitive market.

Mobile Monday: Champs Sports

The app is built around two primary features, a product selector and a product/store locator.

MFoundry connects consumers to money and coffee

by James Wester

Drew Sievers, CEO of mFoundry, talks about how his company is helping companies like Starbucks offer mobile convenience.

Square drops transaction fees for merchants

by James Wester

February 21, 2011

Mobile payment start-up Square has announced it will be dropping per-transaction fees charged to its customers. Merchants using the service to accept credit…

Mobile Monday: Best Buy

Electronics retailer's app copies the in-store experience, is designed from the buyer's perspective.

Deutsche Telekom spoils Apple's NFC surprise?

by James Wester

February 14, 2011

Reports from Deutsche Telekom's press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona seem to confirm Apple's entry into the world of mobile payments. In…

Mobile Monday: Bebe app

The Bebe app offers just about everything a customer would want, but can be difficult to navigate.

eBay and PayPal take out their digital wallet

by James Wester

eBay and PayPal revealed their mobile payments plan to analysts and investors.

Cellfire introduces location-driven grocery coupons

February 8, 2011

Cellfire Inc. has announced a partnership with Location Labs, a provider of mobile location-as-a-service infrastructure and applications, for its Store Alerts…

Opinion: Most mobile retail strategies aren't innovative enough

Many proposed scenarios are just new twists on old ways of doing business, says one expert.

Mobile Monday: Apple Store App

Mobile customer scheduling could be a game-changing application for the retailer.

Contactless mobile payment services coming to the UK

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

Barclaycard, Everything Everywhere will roll out contactless mobile payment using NFC tech later this year.

Kiosk vs. Mobile: Industry insiders weigh in

As the popularity of mobile technology grows, will it spell the end for self-service as we know it?

NFC developer Proxama acquires proximity-marketing company Hypertag

January 25, 2011

U.K.-based Proxama, a developer of mobile contactless payments and near field communications (NFC) technologies, announced earlier this week it has acquired…