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Mall of America sees success with Black Friday QR campaign, looks toward Christmas for next foray into mobile marketing

11/28/201111/28/2011 Stephen Vagus

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Black Friday has come and gone and the Mall of America in Minnesota welcomed a record breaking number of shoppers at their midnight opening. The mall saw some 15,000 shoppers cross its threshold during the early hours of Black Friday and an additional 81,000 by 10 a.m. When the dust cleared and Black Friday had finally ended, more than 200,000 visitors had come to the mall, breaking the shopping center’s record from last year. To mark the occasion, the mall had instituted a QR code campaign and contest, in which…

How companies are unlocking the QR code return on investment

11/18/201111/18/2011 L. Green

North Little Rock, Arkansas printing firm CustomXM has been watching the increase in digital communication over the last few years and has developed an interest in QR codes as an important tool to bridge the gap between the print and digital worlds. Its CFO and president, Paul Strack, has said that they’d been keeping an eye on these two dimensional codes and has seen the tremendous potential they hold. Chief marketing officer Jason Pinto from interlinkOne, a marketing software provider from Boston, elaborated on the benefit of the codes, saying…

Coca-Cola takes charge of conservation with the help of QR codes

11/14/201103/20/2017 Stephen Vagus

Coca-Cola has launched their very first QR code campaign. The company has long been a fan of mobile technology but has been slow to adopt QR codes due to uncertainty regarding how popular they would be with consumers. While consumers are still quite unfamiliar with the codes, more people are growing accustomed to the black and white barcodes. Coca-Cola is partnering with the World Wildlife Fund for this campaign, hoping to help increase awareness of environmental issues. The codes will appear on Coca-Cola cups distributed at 7-Eleven stores throughout the…

Starbucks to use QR code marketing strategy to boost business

11/01/201111/01/2011 Julie Campbell

Starbucks has announced its partnership with Scanbuy; an alliance that has been formed in the hopes of moving forward with a mobile campaign initiative that will make the coffee company an important player in the mobile universe. Vice president of marketing, David Javitch, of the New York-based Scanbuy said that Starbucks is utilizing a print that is more like conventional media and outdoor marketing in order to “drive downloads of their mobile app, and the QR Code is a great way for smartphone users to get it in one click.”…

Companies target augmented reality to help make QR codes more appealing

10/31/2011 Sam Lambert

QR codes are still quite new in markets outside of Japan. While they are gaining popularity in Western markets, consumers are still baffled by the black and white, blocky patterns that they see on a growing number of products. At times, the codes have been criticized – by both consumers and businesses – for being unappealing to the eye. As the codes begin to play a more prominent role in marketing, companies are looking to make changes to their QR codes to make them more aesthetically pleasing. It is difficult…