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The continuing importance of location to mobile commerce and marketing

03/22/201203/22/2012 Julie Campbell

According to the latest Mind Commerce Publishing report, entitled “Mobile Location Commerce 2012-2017”, mobile commerce is predicted to achieve a 39 percent compound growth rate from now through until the completion of 2017, as a result of the omnipresence of smartphones and tablet computers. Location-based commerce is forecasted to be one of the primary initiatives that will exist among the mobile environment within the next three years. In fact, location-based services were a key element of the report, and are expected to have an important impact on boosting sales. Geolocation…

Digby announces release of new Localpoint platform

01/18/201201/18/2012 Jesse Collins

Leading company in multi-channel mobile commerce and engagement, Digby, has just launched its new mobile platform, Localpoint, which provides location-based marketing capabilities, as well as mobile commerce and analytics for top companies and brands in their industries. The platform uses powerful web-like analytics within mobile commerce efforts, as well as in the actual physical location of a brand’s store, in addition to geo-targeted mobile messaging tools. This lets Localpoint provide brands with the ability to influence, appeal to, comprehend, and own, the relationship they have with their customers across the…

What the new year holds for tech and commerce

01/15/201201/15/2012 Jennifer Goula

Last year, the technology world reached a critical point where the world saw dramatic changes toward mobile marketing, collaborative consumption, social commerce, empowered individuals, and education sector disruptions. The predictions for 2012 indicate that this year will be even more exciting than last year, across the board. Among the main points of focus in tech this year is mobile. Absolutely everything in the mobile world is at the cusp of significant and meaningful changes, and they will be growing extremely rapidly because of the global mobile connectivity levels that are…

Staples recreates its iPhone app in response to customer requests

12/03/201112/03/2011 L. Green

Staples has redesigned its app following a survey of customers to determine what would make their shopping experience with the merchant simpler and more convenient. The result was that the new application now includes a bar code scanning feature that allows customers to perform easier searches and faster ordering. The office supply store is known for its significant research and testing and for its focus on the customer’s participation in developing the m-commerce experience. Staples.com vice president of e-commerce and business development, Brian Tilzer, said that the new application has…

Best Buy uses a geo-targeted mobile promotion to bring more consumers through its doors

12/02/201103/21/2014 Julie Campbell

Best Buy has been running a new form of geo-targeted ad within the iPhone app by Pandora, to help users to locate the nearest store. According to a mobile marketing consultant from Boston named Wilson Kerr, “Delivering a mobile call to action when a consumer is close to a location is very smart.” Kerr said that consumers with mobile devices who are traveling near one of the store’s locations are more capable of acting on one of these messages and heading to a store where they can make a purchase.…