December 17, 2013
India: Wal-Mart takes bigger bite out of wholesale venture
Global retail giant Wal-Mart has reportedly been cleared by the Competition Commission of India to acquire the rest of its joint venture with Bharti group, a partnership to operate wholesale...
December 16, 2013
Rebtel Launches Prepaid Phone Credit Transfer Service
Rebtel Launches Prepaid Phone Credit Transfer Service Issuers, Playmakers KW: Prepaid phones, prepaid, credit, consumers, Sendly, app, consumer app, prepaid phone credit app Meta: Prepaid phones, prepaid, credit, consumers, Sendly,...
December 12, 2013
Target Most-Browsed Retailer On Mobile Channel
A new study from Mobiquity shows that mobile consumers are more drawn to Target’s app and website than Walmart’s, Mobile Commerce Daily reported on December 12. Thirty-nine percent of smartphone...
December 12, 2013
Raise.com Pulls In $18.1M In New Funding
Raise.com, an online gift card marketplace, has raised $18.1 million in new funding from an undisclosed investor group, TechCrunch reported on December 11. The amount adds to the $4.5 million...
December 09, 2013
12 Retailers Innovating With Mobile
“Mobile blurs the on and offline worlds, making it possible for everything with a physical component to have an online component … Having the ability to communicate with consumers in...
December 04, 2013
Who’s More Viral – Amazon or Nordstrom?
By Michael Patrick McSweeney (@mpmcsweeney) As consumers move more of their social activity onto social networks, retailers have taken full advantage of the opportunity to make their brands visible on...
December 01, 2013
Mobile Drives 53% Of Walmart’s Thanksgiving Traffic
More than half of Walmart’s Thanksgiving sales traffic came from mobile channels, VentureBeat reported on November 29. The company announced that 53 percent of its customers that day used mobile...
December 01, 2013
Online, Mobile Surge Drives Modest Black Friday
While known for its unpredictable and unprecedented savings opportunities, Black Friday 2013 progressed largely according to expectations: Online and mobile commerce were the biggest drivers of sales increases, with IBM...
November 27, 2013
How Top Retailers Are Courting Holiday Spend
By Pete Rizzo (@pete_rizzo_) (https://twitter.com/pete_rizzo_) If you’re a retailer, recent holiday headlines, might not fill you with optimism – the 2013 season is likely to be the weakest since 2009,...
