Retailers modify objectives in 2014 as mobile tops priority lists

January 29, 2014

Corresponding with the growing number of mobile users among shoppers, retailers overwhelmingly agree mobile must be the number one priority for their digital…

Valentine's Day study: Tablets beat smartphones for mobile shopping

January 27, 2014

Customer experience firm Maxymiser today released its latest research study, ″Valentine's Day: Retail's Love Affair With Digital.″ The report compares and…

Shoppers will expect more mobile content from brands, retailers in 2014

January 27, 2014

Most mobile shoppers redeemed a coupon directly from their mobile device last year, according to a recent study from mobile shopping app Key Ring. Key Ring is…

Hudson's Bay, Lord & Taylor offer mobile shopping from print ads

January 23, 2014

The HBC Department Store Group announced today the launch of a new mobile shopping application for both Hudson's Bay and Lord & Taylor. HBC is partnering…

Supermarket DIA adds mobile app, refrigerated pickup lockers

January 23, 2014

Madrid-based multiformat grocery chain DIA has announced a new partnership with mobile solution provider AIRTAG. The program, dubbed "Diadiscount," includes a…

Sears, Kmart using mobile marketing platform from Pikato

January 16, 2014

Pikato today launched its retail mobile marketing solution that it says personalizes the customer shopping experience to significantly increase consumer…

American Eagle Outfitters testing iBeacons

January 16, 2014

American Eagle Outfitters and app developer Shopkick have announced plans to launch shopBeacon in 100 top-performing American Eagle Outfitters and Aerie stores…

Facebook exec names 3 trends driving retail personalization

Online shopping is increasingly being driven by an "I'll know it when I see it" phenomenon.

SAP unveils new mobile retail apps

January 13, 2014

Today at the NRF Convention & Expo, SAP AG announced the launch of SAP Shopper Experience, a personalized retail mobile app that the company said…

Honeywell debuts new scanning and payment accessory for iPad mini

January 13, 2014

Honeywell announced the debut of the Captuvo SL62 enterprise sled, an encasement that transforms an Apple iPad mini into a customer engagement tool for retail…

Wincor Nixdorf launches Beetle mobile point of sale solution at NRF

January 13, 2014

Wincor Nixdorf announced that it is launching the Beetle mobile point-of-sale solution at this year's NRF Annual Convention & Expo. The tablet, designed…

Starmount Announces Version 3.0 of Starmount Connect and Engage

January 13, 2014

At the NRF Convention & EXPO, Starmount today announced version 3.0 of Starmount Connect, an advanced omni-channel commerce and customer engagement…

Juniper Research: Mobile retail purchases to exceed $700 billion by 2018

January 9, 2014

Annual retail payments on mobile handsets and tablets will reach $707 billion, or 30 percent of all e-Retail by 2018, compared with 11 percent in 2012 and 1…

Mobally publishes mobile commerce platform API

January 9, 2014

Mobile commerce specialist mobally said it has published its mobile engagement and shopping platform API, which it said empowers developers to rapidly design…

Shoppers who use mobile apps made 30 percent more store visits this holiday season

January 8, 2014

Mobile retail marketing firm Digby has revealed in-depth analysis of the holiday visit patterns of millions of shoppers with registered devices and retailer…

Tablets and smartphones surge on shopping websites

January 7, 2014

Tablets and smartphones are gaining in popularity as a means for visiting shopping websites, accounting for a quarter of total visits, according to the…

Mercury launches combined mobile payments, gift and rewards card

January 7, 2014

Mercury Payment Systems has launched the Mercury StoreCard, an all-in-one mobile payments, gift, rewards and promotions card.

Report says mobile retail purchases will exceed $700B annually by 2018

January 7, 2014

A new report from Juniper Research says that annual retail payments on mobile handsets and tablets are expected to reach $707 billion by 2018, representing 3…

InMarket announces first-of-its-kind retail beacon program

January 7, 2014

Technology company inMarket announced that it has deployed "the world's first multi-retailer iBeacon platform, and the first-ever grocery store implementation…

Digby announces upgrades to mobile marketing platform

January 6, 2014

Digby today announced the launch of several new upgrades to Localpoint, the company′s award-winning platform that facilitates consumer engagement in and around…