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Cinsay study shows the potential and capability of its social commerce software

01/10/201201/10/2012 Jorge Gonzalez

Cinsay, Inc. has completed the three quantitative tests that it performed throughout 2011’s fourth quarter as a part of a study with its Smart Container managed services, to determine how successful its new software is, as well as to examine the software’s purpose in greater depth. The idea behind the Smart Container software is the marriage of viral social media distribution and video-driven marketing so that retailers could achieve improved results. According to the results of their tests, the software performed beyond their expectations, with tremendous rises in critical factors…

Wal-Mart uses @WalmartLabs to try to boost sales online

01/05/201201/05/2012 Julie Campbell

Wal-Mart has been making a notable effort toward the development and enhancement of its online shopping platform, and – according to reports – this includes a massive hiring effort to bring developers into its team for @WalmartLabs to help with its expansion. The largest retailer in the world is now trying to use social media to boost its sales both online and in its stores. It has recently started working with Facebook, and has purchased the social media company, Kosmix. Wal-Mart is in competition with other large retailers such as…

The gloves come off in 2012 for Facebook and Google

01/02/201201/02/2012 L. Green

In 2012, analysts are anticipating that Google will be making some significant efforts – far more critical than have been seen until now – to up the popularity of Google+ and become a serious competition for Facebook, which currently holds the leader in the social network market. Google, which holds the position of the largest internet company in the world, still has yet to come near Facebook’s top spot as the largest social network. Next year will have them battling each other head-to-head on a much more regular basis, and…

Pyramid study shows power of social shopping environment among payment vendors

11/27/201111/27/2011 Jennifer Goula

Pyramid has launched a new research service called the Mobile Commerce Landscape Insight Pack, which has shown that participating more proactively in the social shopping environment, when combined with the integration of micropayments and discount offers provides payment vendors with the key to their success. This information was provided by the practice leader on mobile payments and banking, as well as the consultant for the Mobile Commerce Landscape Insight Pack at Pyramid, Jose Magana. He also pointed out that the growth of mobile device adoption combined with the emergence of…

eMarketer data shows that 23 million American moms have profiles on Facebook

10/21/201110/21/2011 Stephanie Beck

A newly released eMarketer report has shown that Facebook now has more mom profiles than it ever has before, and that the trend for mothers to continue registering with the social media platform is likely to continue in the same upward direction. The report showed that approximately 23 million American mothers who are currently active users of Facebook, meaning that they sign in at least occasionally to update their status, check their accounts, and communicate with their “friends”. As more than two thirds of the mothers on Facebook have children…