Posts Tagged ‘shopping’
Mobile checkouts will be game-changer for retailers
Last week’s announcement that JCPenney will replace its cash registers with mobile checkout devices by 2013 is further proof that the growing medium will change the shopping experience for the better. By ditching traditional checkouts and replacing them with mobile [Read More]
Are mobile privacy concerns stalling consumers from shopping?
While 82% of mobile owners store contact information on their devices, 81% of device owners would probably (30%) or definitely (51%) not allow social networking applications to mine those contacts for friend suggestions, and 93% would probably (18%) or definitely (75%) not [Read More]
Check out ‘Swivel’ the virtual dressing room from FaceCake
Swivel(TM), a transformative fashion retail technology created by FaceCake Marketing Technologies, Inc., was showcased in Microsoft’s booth at COMPUTEX 2012. Swivel by FaceCake is a 3D virtual dressing room that enables shoppers to “try on” limitless [Read More]
Is your website ready for mobile?
90% of brands are ignoring mobile shopping trends! That’s correct, I said 90% of brands are ignoring online mobile shopping. According to a recent study, less than 10% of the web is ready for mobile. This is hard to imagine when projections for 2012 search volume [Read More]
Fashion brands find success on social networks
Fashion brands have some of the highest profiles on social networks. From Burberry broadcasting catwalk shows on Twitter to ASOS setting up shop on Facebook, retailers in this sector have really nailed how to make social media work for them. So why does the medium work so [Read More]
Smartphones will Influence $689 Billion in Retail Store Sales by 2016: Deloitte Study
Smartphones currently influence 5.1 percent of annual retail store sales, translating into $159 billion(i) in forecasted sales for 2012, according to new Deloitte research. For the first time in the industry, the in-depth study measures the “mobile influence [Read More]
CrossView study finds retailers adding mobile for their customers
Top retailers including Macy’s, Home Depot, Target and Apple are on the right track with mobile sites and apps that extend a consumer’s shopping experience, according to a new study from CrossView. CrossView’s 2012 mobile survey looked at how 95 retailers are stacking [Read More]
Retailer uses 3D QR codes to stimulate traffic during slow shopping hours
Korean Emart recently placed 3D QR code sculptures throughout the city of Seoul that could only be scanned between noon and 1 pm each day — consumers were given discounts at the store during those quiet shopping hours. Read more: Springwise.com [Read More]
Paypal offers to turn website into mobile commerce site in under an hour
PayPal is offering a shopping cart plug-in that can help turn e-commerce sites meant for desktop PCs into a mobile-optimised store in less than an hour, as part of its efforts to make payment easy on the phone. This “Mobile Commerce in a Box” concept means [Read More]
Paypal-Nielsen study shows mobile is 48% of all web shopping
In an industry thought-leadership event yesterday, Paypal announced some statistics from its mobile commerce study conducted by The Nielson Company: Mobile shopping comprised about a quarter (23%) of all online shopping in 2011, nearly six times its share (4%) of the [Read More]
