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Gap ramps up mobile to mimic flagship store experience
NEW YORK ? Gap Inc. is equipping more of its stores with mobile devices to leverage employee training videos, highlight additional inventory for shoppers and emulate the experience of a flagship store in the hopes of driving sales, suggesting that mobile is cementing its status as a virtual shopping assistant for many brands.
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EBay exec says mobile loyalty missteps are driving away consumers
NEW YORK ? An eBay executive at the National Retail Federation 104th Annual Convention & Expo said mobile loyalty program data collection must be more stringently managed to keep the process from driving away consumers while marketers are on a learning curve.
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Birchbox?s customer-choice emphasis helps redefine mobile retail
NEW YORK ? A Birchbox executive at the NRF 104th Annual Convention & Expo indicated that the company?s emphasis on letting customers try beauty products before buying them is helping to reshape mobile retail, contributing to a  blurring of the lines between online and offline commerce.
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TGI Friday?s equips servers with tablets to streamline customer experience
Restaurant chain TGI Friday?s is equipping servers with Microsoft tablets to help make the customer experience more streamlined and convenient.
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Chinese Laundry?s omnichannel approach drives 54pc jump in mcommerce sales
Footwear brand Chinese Laundry has seen a 54 percent increase in mobile commerce sales, among several other achievements, since its integration of a new point-of-sale retail management platform with Celerant, a retail technology provider.
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