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The Mobile Scanning Duel at Retail 23 Jul 2013 | 11:11 pm
By Chuck Martin It all started with a broken coffee pot. My trusty old Kitchen Aid died yesterday. It was rather expected eventually, since the unit was recalled several years ago. I had two identi...
There’s an App (and Revenue) for That 22 Jul 2013 | 02:22 am
By Chuck Martin In the world of mobile commerce, app revenue keeps chugging along. A new study projects that mobile apps will generate $27 billion in revenue this year, with smartphones leading the ...
Mobile Shopping & Devices of Choice 22 Jul 2013 | 02:16 am
By Chuck Martin We continue to see various studies pointing to which mobile devices are the prime sources of commerce. A global study by Bigcommerce, an e-commerce platform company, analyzed sales d...
Small Businesses Courted for Commerce 22 Jul 2013 | 01:39 am
By Chuck Martin Small businesses sure are getting a lot of attention in the world of mobile commerce. Square, the mobile payment platform, just introduced a digital marketplace for small businesses ...
Mobile Commerce & the Disconnects 21 Jul 2013 | 06:00 am
By Chuck Martin When on the lookout for examples of innovative mobile commerce in my travels I often come up short. Sure, there are the obvious ones, when I occasionally see a shopper scan a barcode...
The Added Push of Mobile Coupons 21 Jul 2013 | 05:36 am
By Chuck Martin Maybe mobile shoppers need some instant gratification to incent their purchasing while in stores. A reader of The Mobile Coupon App that Didn’t Make It, which appeared in this space ...
The Mobile Coupon App That Didn’t Make It 18 Jul 2013 | 02:16 am
By Chuck Martin As in any growth market, not all mobile commerce innovations will make it over time, no matter how innovative or well-intentioned. One recent mobile commerce fatality is Endorse, the...
Mobile Commerce Blanketing the World 18 Jul 2013 | 02:01 am
By Chuck Martin It seems like almost every day there’s yet another bit of news relating to mobile commerce from all corners of the world. In the last couple of weeks, we’ve faced a continuous and wi...
Mobile Payments a 2-Sided Coin 18 Jul 2013 | 01:06 am
By Chuck Martin T he large-scale adoption of mobile payments faces customer sat issues on two fronts. Any mobile payments discussion generally involves the issue of why a consumer would pay via mobi...
Under the Radar in Mobile Shopping 2 Jul 2013 | 06:23 am
By Chuck Martin A shopping trip over the weekend reminded me yet again of the small and sometimes unseen influences around mobile commerce. Facing a lengthy, multi-city trip, I wanted some new cloth...
