Why payments providers can beat Amazon

In an increasingly crowded payments space, providers who keep it simple still stand a chance of maintaining market share.

VeriFone, NPCA will let drivers pay at pump with smartphone

October 14, 2013

VeriFone Systems and the National Payment Card Association have introduced a mobile payment and rewards solution for convenience stores and petroleum…

Study: Showrooming up 156% over last year

October 10, 2013

Since 2012, there has been a 156-percent increase in consumers who purchased a product from a competitor while in a retail store, according to "Mobile Consumer…

Breadcrumb launches new customer relationship features

October 10, 2013

Breadcrumb, owned by Groupon, has released several updates to its free point-of-sale app that help local merchants build deeper relationships with their…

When does personalization become an invasion of privacy?

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

Without realizing it, you are creating a digital trail of your behaviors with every click and tap that you make. E-commerce has been using our cookies to track…

PayPal letting shoppers pay by QR code

October 8, 2013

Payments giant PayPal may finally have found a way to get people to use QR codes.

FineLine and Scanbuy collaborate on mobile engagement solution

October 8, 2013

FineLine Technologies Inc. and Scanbuy Inc. have announced an agreement that will enable retailers to easily implement a QR code, Microsoft Tag, and/or an NFC…

US Bank, Monitise partner for mobile commerce

October 8, 2013

U.S. Bank and the mobile money solutions provider Monitise today announced an agreement to accelerate the delivery of a product discovery and shopping service…

First Data seeks to simplify deal redemption

October 7, 2013

First Data Corp., providers of electronic commerce and payment processing technology, announced that the First Data OfferWise solution has been integrated with…

Facebook and Cisco combine forces for in-store mobile

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

The networking powerhouses created CMX for Facebook Wi-Fi to drive 'likes' and improve the connected customer experience.

The Brain Exchange: Mobile marketing strategy

At this year's Retail Customer Experience Executive Summit, David Drain of the Digital Screenmedia Association led a table discussion on mobile marketing. Here…

Global omnichannel study finds categorical, geographical variations

October 2, 2013

A new study from the research firm GfK study suggests that consumers are freely mingling in-store visits, online product research, and other information…

Jeff Fromm talks marketing to Millennials

At this year's Retail Customer Experience Executive Summit, Barkley marketing executive Jeff Fromm discussed showrooming, marketing to Millennials, and why…

Report: M-commerce grew 24 percent over the last 12 months

Consumers are increasingly turning to their smartphones and tablets for specific retail activities.

Amazon notches top spot on mobile retail benchmark

September 30, 2013

Amazon has topped the latest eChannel Retail Benchmark study from eDigitalResearch after the Internet giant's mobile channels outperformed the brand's popular…

After pilot project, regional grocery will expand mobile payments program

September 30, 2013

An Oklahoma City-based supermarket chain has concluded a mobile payment pilot program and will soon expand it. Homeland Stores, a 78-store regional chain…

Webinar on mobile app conversion rates available on demand

September 27, 2013

Mobile Payments Today and Jumio presented a live webinar, "How Travelocity Increased Conversion Engagement on its Mobile Apps," on Sept. 19.

M-commerce app moves to modular pricing method

September 27, 2013

Mobile commerce solution provider Shopgate Inc. has announced the availability of a new flexible pricing model that enables online merchants to set their own…

Rent the Runway makes the move to mobile

September 26, 2013

Rent the Runway has officially made the leap from online to mobile, as the high-end fashion rental service announced the launch of an iPhone or iPod touch app…

Facebook testing 'autofill' mobile payments product

September 24, 2013

After testing with a small group of retailers a feature that lets customers automatically enter payment information into mobile devices through their…