QR Code Press

eBay sells Rent.com to Primedia to concentrate on mobile commerce and payments

03/30/2012 Jennifer Goula

eBay has announced that it will be selling off Rent.com, one of its online properties, which has been purchased by Primedia. This will allow the largest online marketplace in the world to concentrate its efforts on the heart of its e-commerce and payments businesses, including their relatively newly introduced mobile elements. Rent.com was originally acquired by eBay in 2004, for a purchase price of $400 million. This gave the company an important step into the online real estate marketplace. Rent.com remains one of the biggest American apartment listing services, with…

Tealeaf unveils new mobile customer experience solution

03/29/201203/29/2012 L. Green

Tealeaf, a top provider of digital customer experience management solutions, has now unveiled its latest edition of the Tealeaf CX Mobile, which is a complete solution for its clients. The newest version of Tealeaf CX Mobile enables a sophisticated analysis of the customer experience across all of the various mobile channels, including native Android and iOS apps, hybrid applications, the increasing number of HTML5-based apps, and mobile websites. Mobile commerce is currently growing at a rate that is more rapid than any other form of ecommerce, either currently or throughout…

Is it too early to gauge Google Wallet’s successes and failures?

03/27/201203/26/2012 John Montgallo

Many reports have been released indicating that Google is considering ways to rework its Google Wallet, based on the recent announcement that two of the execs involved in the project have left it, and that the company is scrambling to try to get as many wireless carriers to sign on to offer the mobile wallet as possible. This has led many to assume that Google Wallet is facing significant unexpected struggles, though there have been a small number of analysts who have said that it remains far too early to…

Jetshop launches new pop-up store in Stockholm, Sweden

03/25/201203/24/2012 Stephen Vagus

Jetshop, an e-commerce system development company, has launched a new QR coded store in Stockholm, Sweden. The concept of QR code stores, or pop-up stores as they are often called, is becoming quite popular. These stores have no physical merchandise; rather products are features as pictures. Each of these products have their own QR code, which allows consumers to make purchases using their smart phones or other mobile devices. Jetshop hopes that the new store will catch the attention of tech-savvy consumers. The store is located in the Stockholm Central…

Along the path to purchase, so it’s important that brands incorporate a mobile strategy that utilizes innovative tools like QR codes

03/24/201203/23/2012 Jennifer Goula

World mobile barcode system leader and ScanLife creator, Scanbuy Inc., has announced a partnership with Triad Retail Media – a leader in the marketplace for the creation, management and operation of digital media programs for retailers – in order to provide the retail clients of the latter company with the mobile QR code services of Scanlife. Retailers are now finding that it’s impossible to ignore the number of consumers who are now carrying mobile phones and that the QR code scanning activity skyrocketed in 2011. Therefore, they are starting to…