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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 23 at 6:59 am PT
Another big-name retail partnership for Palo Alto-based Shopkick, which enables consumers to earn gift cards for visiting stores and scanning products with their mobile phones. As of today, Target becomes Shopkick’s largest customer, following rollouts by retailers including American Eagle Outfitters, Best Buy, Crate & Barrel and Macy’s.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 13 at 7:00 am PT
Retailers are realizing that another way to juice revenues is to open up their sites to international markets — if they can manage the logistics.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 30, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
CEO Doug Bergeron says VeriFone has spent more than $1 billion in acquisitions to take advantage of emerging technologies, such as mobile payments, on a global basis.
Tricia Duryee in Mobile on November 29, 2011 at 9:35 am PT
No more walking in circles to find the mall’s bathroom, or aimlessly wandering in search of a refreshing Orange Julius.
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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 17, 2011 at 5:34 pm PT
Many of
the major retailers that were expected to roll out
Google’s mobile payments service have gone live today, with an additional benefit for early adopters: Steep discounts. The Google Wallet is now available at American Eagle Outfitters, the Container Store, Foot Locker, Guess, Jamba Juice, Macy’s, OfficeMax and Toys“R”Us,
according to a Google blog post. As part of the launch, some of the stores are offering 10 to 15 percent off purchases.
Kara Swisher in News on January 25, 2011 at 2:10 pm PT
BoomTown was looking over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, as I blogged the conference call after Yahoo released its fourth-quarter earnings after markets closed today.
It’s pretty! But Yahoo’s revenue growth–still, not so much. Yahoo exec, though, declared the results “encouraging.”
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 4, 2011 at 5:22 pm PT
Amazon.com is one of the top picks in e-commerce for the year, mostly because of its dominance, but also because of the opportunities it has going forward in mobile and social networks. Here’s how the two factors play a role as e-commerce revenues are expected to jump by 13 percent in 2011.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 23, 2010 at 6:30 am PT
Flash mobs: They’re no longer elite events for cool kids with secret passwords. This holiday season has seen a remarkable run of flash mobs in North America (and subsequently on YouTube), with both participants and audience members eager to partake in an increasingly democratized art form and then post their experiences online.
