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Retailers See Impressive Pinterest Results, But Imagine Them With An iPad App

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

If being the third social network behind facebook and Twitter hasn’t validated Pinterest in your mind yet, maybe this will. Home Good retailers such as Wayfair (formerly CSN Stores) found that Pinterest referrals are more likely to make a purchase and spend … Continue reading →

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Retail Inspiration, Brought to You Via Pinterest

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

Heard of Pinterest? If you haven’t, you should start getting to know them now. I predict a new wave of social outreach is upon us– one that inspires product discovery. Pinterest is my latest addiction and is growing at Facebook-like … Continue reading →

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Why Retailers Need to Consider NFC

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

2012 looks to be the year that challenges the different mobile payment approaches, and every retailer is going to be charged with finding their optimal solution. In the end NFC will be the winner, but due to hardware constraints it … Continue reading →

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Black Friday Mobile Sales Soar 3,000% for JoS. A. Bank Clothiers

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

  Clothing retailer JoS. A. Bank, together with 5th Finger’s RedShop, sees explosive growth of mobile sales on Black Friday. On Black Friday, JoS. A. Bank’s mobile checkout saw an increase of over 3,000% compared to its previous daily average. … Continue reading →

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A Peek into the Black Friday Mobile Crystal Ball

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

Last year on Black Friday 5.6% of consumers visited a retailer’s website via their mobile phone per Coremetrics, and PayPal saw a whopping 310% increase in mobile payments. Pretty impressive statistics. If you thought that was mind blowing, you might want … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse into the Shop.org Annual Summit

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

We were excited to take an active role in this year’s Shop.org Annual Show; a highlight on the retail marketing calendar. Shop.org invited us to speak alongside three retailers about “Owning the Decision Point”, the emerging area of in-store mobile. … Continue reading →

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QR Code Guide for Grocers

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

Recently, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time looking at QR codes in the context of grocery and I thought it would be helpful to share some of the thinking for the greater good of humanity. There are a … Continue reading →

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When will you be using NFC? That may depend on Visa, Mastercard…or Google.

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Every so often a technology comes along that has the potential to really change the market, for me one of those technologies is NFC (Near Field Communications). NFC has been standardized since 2003 but recently gained popularity due to hardware … Continue reading →

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Gamification – it’s the new buzzword – but what is it all about?

Posted on April 4, 2011 by

If you’ve been to any digital marketing events over the last 12 months, you likely came across the term ‘Gamification’… but what exactly is Gamification? Gamification is the use of game play mechanics for non-game applications. It can be a … Continue reading →

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A service message from a mobile toting shopaholic…

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Lucky Magazine is one of my top 5 fun time-killer magazines that I almost always pick up when I’m waiting at the airport. On my last trip to SFO I noticed a fun new feature – mobile shopping!   Lucky is … Continue reading →

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