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13 percent of consumers in Europe have scanned an outdoor QR code advertisement

03/27/201203/26/2012 Jesse Collins

According to the results of research from CBS outdoor and Kantar Media, only 13 percent of consumers in Europe have ever scanned an outdoor advertisement’s QR code. That same study indicated that the awareness of these two dimensional barcodes among consumers has reached about 40 percent. Equally, though, when compared to other forms of mobile interactive technologies, QR codes have shown a very positive performance. The report of the research findings, entitled “Interactive Europe”, was created based on an analysis of both a quantitative and qualitative nature, spanning 6 different…

Qrickit wants to pay consumers to scan QR codes

03/13/201208/26/2012 Stephen Vagus

QR codes have become very common in print advertisements. Despite this, consumers have shied away from scanning the codes. Some simply do not understand how the codes work, but the majority does not see any gain in scanning them. Mobile marketers and companies using the codes have struggled to find a way to entice consumers into scanning the codes, but the reality seems to be that consumers will not do so if they will not get something in return. Thus, Qrickit, a marketing and management firm based in Canada, has…

Scan mobile company uses QR codes to create a stir among the crowds

03/06/201203/06/2012 L. Green

*Great video by scan.me explaining what a QR Code is Founded in 2011 by Garrett Gee, a Brigham Young University student, Scan is a company that creates technologies such as NFC image recognition and QR codes in order to bring businesses and individuals from the real world together into the digital sphere. It has not yet been a year since Scan’s app was released, and it has already received over 10 million downloads from the Android Marketplace and the Apple App Store. There are users of the application in over…

Maserati uses customized print ad QR codes to allow consumers to build their car

02/25/2012 Julie Campbell

Maserati, the Italian automaker, has released the details of their latest mobile marketing campaign, which includes the use of customized QR codes in a print ad, which redirects mobile device users to an optimized site where they care design the GranTurismo S of their dreams. The ad, which has been published in several luxury-focused magazines, is a single page placement that includes a QR code that has been designed with the Maserati logo in its center. When scanned using a mobile device, the consumer is redirected to an optimized site…

Codee Software announces the opening of its App Store

02/20/201202/20/2012 L. Green

Codee Software Inc. has now released the next version (2.0) of its QR code platform, at the same time that it has opened the doors of its Codee App Store. The Codee App Store is designed to provide mobile consumers with a range of different apps that will give them better use and control over the QR codes that they use in their everyday lives. They can buy a QR code app that is relatively inexpensive and goes above and beyond the traditional scanning app. These also provide consumers with…