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Booking.com flies in wearables commerce with Apple Watch booking app - Mobile Commerce Daily

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Booking.com flies in wearables commerce with Apple Watch booking app
Booking.com is rolling out the first travel application with booking capabilities for the Apple Watch, enabling consumers to select and book hotel accommodations directly from their wrists while also supplementing the commerce potential of wearables for the travel and hospitality industry.
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Caribou Coffee steams up sales via app, mobile loyalty program
Coffeehouse chain Caribou Coffee is attempting to steam up sales on mobile via its first application for iOS and Android devices, stocked with mobile payment options as well as the brand?s loyalty platform, suggesting that mobile is a requisite offering for any coffee retailer seeking to reach on-the-go consumers.
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Boston local merchants drive foot traffic with beacon-enabled Howler app
In Boston, 150 local merchants including Grindr, Patty Chen?s Dumpling House and Sofa Cafe are delivering offers to passersby via beacon technology and the Howler mobile application, driving 52 percent of recipients into a venue.
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Debt-plagued college students apathetic toward mobile banking: report
College students, notwithstanding their reputation as mobile-savvy consumers, do relatively little electronic banking beyond checking account balances and transferring money between accounts, against a backdrop of climbing student debt, according to research from market intelligence agency Mintel.
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