Tag: mcommerce

Snapchat to shut down in-app mobile payments service

Stephanie Beck
Snapchat in-app mobile payments sevice Snapcash to shut down - Snapchat on mobile

The closure of Snapcash has been confirmed by Snapchat. The in-app mobile payments service, Snapcash, offered through social media network Snapchat, will soon no longer be available. Some speculate the closure of the mobile payments service is due to it becoming more of a liability for the company than a utility. Snapcash was being used as a method to pay for private adult content over Snapchat. Although the reason behind shutting down the in-app mobile payments feature has yet to be disclosed, TechCrunch speculates that it may be due to…

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Mobile mall app uniquely appeals to Gen Z shoppers

L. Green
Mobile mall app - Teen on mobile phone

Dote delivers seamless shopping experience to young mobile consumers. The mobile shopping and social media app has designed itself to be the ideal mobile mall app for generation Z (Gen Z) smartphone shoppers. Generation Z is growing to be retail’s largest group of consumers. Generation Z, often known as “digital natives,” are typically classified as the demographic of people born around the mid 1990’s to mid 2000’s. Individuals a part of this category have typically used the internet at a young age and are generally comfortable with online technology and…

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Walmart scan-and-go shopping ended as customers disinterested in in-store m-commerce

Jorge Gonzalez
Walmart scan-and-go - Mobile Commerce - mobile shopping

The retailer has shut down the program as shoppers failed to embrace the mobile tech based experience. The Walmart scan-and-go shopping has been abandoned by the retailer at its U.S. stores. Customers simply did not embrace the technology. It was designed to help them to save time in-store by skipping the checkout through the use of mobile commerce. The concept was supposed to let people use m-commerce tech to scan their own items and pay. Walmart scan-and-go was designed to let people use their smartphones to scan item barcodes as…

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APAC mobile shopping spend is through the roof in 2017

Sam Lambert
mobile commerce forecast

Research shows many consumers in Asian countries enjoy m-commerce as a favorite pastime. The APAC mobile shopping trends are moving more quickly than pretty much anywhere else in the world. Mobile commerce has become a regular part of everyday life in many of those countries. In fact, shopping via smartphone has become a favorite pastime for many people. Some consumers within the region would even go so far as to say that m-commerce is indispensable. This consumer sentiment toward m-commerce helps to explain why APAC mobile shopping is taking off…

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New mobile payments service is coming to Dubai

Stephen Vagus
dubai mobile commerce

New payment solution will help Dubai move toward becoming a cashless society Dubai aims to become a cashless society in the future and will begin focusing on mobile payments. Those with mobile devices will soon begin to take advantage of a new payment solution being developed by Quisk Middle East and Network International. This solution has won the support of the Dubai Smart Government, as well. The new mobile payments solution is expected to be rolled out across Network International’s point-of-sale network in the United Arab Emirates throughout this year.…

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