June 05, 2013
ShopSavvy Brings Sexy Back To Price Comparison
By Pete Rizzo, Writer/Editor (@pete_rizzo_) Billing itself as the “number one mobile shopping app” and promising users a full “red carpet experience,” ShopSavvy shouldered some hefty expectations when it announced...
May 23, 2013
Pinterest Improves Brand Collaboration With Rich Pins
After becoming a pop culture phenomenon in a relatively short timespan, Pinterest recently received an update that improves the service’s mobile commerce capabilities. According to Search Engine Watch, the content...
May 23, 2013
Target, Macy’s Headline New Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard
A group of prominent U.S. retailers headlined by Target and Macy’s have disengaged from the $7.2 billion Visa and MasterCard “swipe fee settlement,” and have started a separate lawsuit against...
May 23, 2013
Walmart App Update Will Let You Leave Your List At...
Last week, Target opened up a new, startup-inspired innovation facility in San Francisco to much media fanfare, but it seems Walmart has wasted little time in fighting back for its...
May 19, 2013
Two Years And Five Insights Later…
The Fed issued its update recently on the state of the mobile U.S. landscape two years after its Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup (MPIW) convened to provide guidance on how to...
May 08, 2013
Report: Walmart Eying Successors To CEO Mike Duke
A recent Bloomberg report speculates that Walmart has identified two potential internal candidates to succeed current CEO Mike Duke, and that the retail giant may name a successor in the...
May 02, 2013
Walmart Revamps eCommerce Home Page, Teases In-Store Lockers
Walmart has introduced a new eCommerce home page for both its standard website and mobile sites. “ECommerce is the next growth engine for Walmart. We want to know what every...
April 30, 2013
Walmart’s Goodies.co Switches To Stripe For Payments Processing
Goodies.co, Walmart’s food subscription service, has switched over its payments processing to Stripe, according to TechCrunch. Stripe co-founder Jason Collison revealed the news during a panel at Tech Crunch Disrupt...
April 24, 2013
Walmart Subsidiary Asda Makes Major eCommerce Investment
Asda, one of the largest grocery stores in the UK and a subsidiary of Walmart, is making plans to strengthen its eCommerce presence. Asda is planning to invest about £700...