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Mobile commerce will play an important role in Christmas this year

09/20/201209/20/2012 Stephanie Beck

Holiday shopping will receive a notable boost from smartphone shoppers. It’s that time of year again, when businesses make the final tweaks to their strategies for Christmas shopping, and it looks as though 2012 will be a record breaker for mobile commerce sales. Mobile purchasing has already started to trickle in but it is expected to spike very soon. The preparations primarily have Black Friday in mind, but most companies aren’t going to wait until the last minute before deciding whether or not to work mobile marketing into their mix.…

Black Friday to be a proving ground for holiday-oriented QR codes

11/25/2011 Jennifer Goula

Black Friday is here and retailers are looking enlisting the aid of QR codes to help manage the crowds of shoppers heading their way. For retailers, barcodes have been a valuable tool for decades. QR codes are becoming more popular with businesses due to their ability to streamline and expedite the shopping process. Companies like Sears, JC Penney, Kmart and Macy’s are using the codes to weather the storm of shoppers on the busiest day for the retail industry. Sears has integrated QR codes into their expansive holiday shopping strategy.…

Mall of America announces Black Friday QR code Snap and Win campaign

11/24/2011 L. Green

Mall of America has announced the details of its Snap and Win campaign that will be taking place on Black Friday and that will involve the use of QR codes, which shoppers can scan in the hopes of winning prizes from the various retailers within the mall. The prizes will go out to the first 300 people who scan the code. The purpose of the campaign is to help to boost the awareness of the QR codes among the consumers who use to mall, and to help to drive traffic…

Google predicts that mobile will represent 15 percent of Black Friday searches

09/09/201109/09/2011 Jennifer Goula

black friday Mobile payments and Shopping Trends

Google has recently announced its forecast that among Black Friday searches, those performed by way of a mobile device will represent 15 percent of the total. As holiday shopping is rapidly approaching, this news is providing important insight into the way that consumers are using their mobile devices, so that merchants can improve the way that they bring traffic to their stores. Google is making these predictions based on a study performed by its AdMob, which showed that 65 percent of the participants in its survey said that they had…