SLI Systems to Go Public
The site search provider SLI Systems has announced plans to proceed with an initial public offering in its home country of New Zealand.
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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.
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.
Designing Your Site for the Mobile Customer
Have you taken a look lately at how many of your website visitors are viewing your web pages on a mobile device? Has that number grown over the past several … Continue Reading →
3 Tips to Spring Clean Your Ecommerce Strategy
Spring is the perfect time of year for small-to-medium size multichannel merchants to identify new ways to streamline their business operations and improve go-to-market programs. A good spring cleaning is … Continue Reading →
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.
Using Social Media as a Customer Service Tool
brand followers are not just about using social media to gain coupons or deals from retailers, it’s the place to be heard. This infographic touches on the many ways retailers can use social media for customer service and how that can turn your company from “good” to “great.”
Consumers Want Customized In-Store Experience Over Online Shopping
More than two-thirds of Americans prefer to shop in traditional, brick and mortar stores than online commerce sites, according to a recent survey. The survey found that shoppers gravitate towards retail locations that offer customized shopping experiences.
The Power of SMS Marketing
When it comes to reaching out to the consumer and getting them to act, it appears that SMS marketing maybe the trick.