Mother’s Day Online Spending Jumps 15%
Mobile commerce helped Mother’s Day online spending rise by 15% compared to 2012, according to an infographic from IBM.
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Google Wallet Comes to Gmail
Google announced this week in this video that going forward there will be a dollar sign in Gmail attachments. The video shows all it takes is a simple click and you can transfer cash through Google Wallet, according to an article on Mashable.
How to Snag the Mobile Shopper
While more and more consumers are researching products and comparing prices on their mobile devices most showroomers are not using their device to finalize a purchase.
Key Tools to Target Audience Data Analysis
In this video by R2Integrated, a digital marketing and technology firm discusses the importance of conducting offline and online research and reviewing big data analytics to reveal a deeper layer of information on the triggers and motivations of potential customers, according to a press release.
PayPal Offers PayPal Here Customers Free Payment Processing
PayPal announced this week they will be offering free payment processing through the rest of the year for some U.S. businesses that use its PayPal Here mobile payment system, according to an article on Mashable.com.
Ron Johnson Saga Showed Why Data Still Matters
Making business decisions that are based on gut-instinct rather than data is like trying to pick stocks based on how you like a shirt you bought at a some store back in February.
iPayment Selects ROAM to Deliver Mobile POS Solutions
ROAM, an Ingenico company and mobile commerce platform provider, and iPayment, Inc., today announced a new program in which iPayment will use ROAM’s mobile commerce platform to deliver a suite of … Continue Reading →
The New Paradigms of Retail Analytics
Analytics are rapidly transforming and Vinod Kumar, eCommerce strategist for Demandware shared some of the highlights from a particular session he attended during the Demandware XChange Conference that covered the evolving usage of analytics within a retail organization, in a blog post. Speakers for the session included Greg Girard of IDC Retail Insights, John Esquire of eCommera, and Cortney Easterwood of Demandware.
Mobile Commerce to Account for 24% of Total Ecommerce Sales by 2015
U.S. mobile commerce in retail sales are expected to account for 24% of total ecommerce sales by 2015, according to an infographic by Invesp Consulting. The infographic projected growth for 2013 and beyond.
Foot Locker Signs Deal to Acquire Runners Point
Foot Locker announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Runners Point Group, a specialty athletic store and online retailer based in Germany, for approximately $94 million.