Commerce
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Mobile coupons work for Subway franchisees
February 27, 2008
The Subway franchisees for the Buffalo, NY, area are recording a redemption rate of 5 percent to 6 percent for mobile coupons. Compare that with the typical 1 to 3 percent redemption rate for paper coupons.
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Supercuts tests mobile coupons for haircut discounts
February 22, 2008
Hair salon chain Supercuts is testing mobile coupons in New England to generate traffic to its stores for hair care services.
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Thumbplay to sell Sony BMG music
February 22, 2008
Mobile entertainment content platform Thumbplay Inc. has signed a digital distribution agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment in yet another sign of mobile’s importance to record labels.
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Older set gravitating to mobile coupons: Study
February 13, 2008
A new study from Cellfire Inc. claims that mobile coupons are gaining wider acceptance with older people.
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Starbucks bins T-Mobile USA for AT&T Wi-Fi
February 12, 2008
Starbucks Corp. will use the AT&T Wi-Fi service at more than 7,000 company-operated coffee shops nationwide, ditching longtime partner T-Mobile USA.
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ET, A&E tap Thumbplay for mobile storefronts
February 7, 2008
Celebrity show Entertainment Tonight and A&E Television Networks are using Thumbplay’s self-service tools to sell mobile content on their existing Web sites.
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FTC to hold meeting on mobile commerce
February 6, 2008
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a Town Hall meeting to discuss the evolving mobile commerce marketplace and its effect on consumer protection policy.
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StoreXperience turns mobile phone into shopping assistant
January 30, 2008
Imagine a service that turns a shopper’s mobile phone into a personal shopping assistant. That’s StoreExperience’s contribution toward bridging retail and mobile.
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American Airlines’ mobile site takes off
January 28, 2008
American Airlines has debuted a mobile version of AA.com to better communicate with travelers and improve the travel experience for customers.
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Mobile is about N.O.W., keynoter tells Shop.org attendees
January 25, 2008
ORLANDO, FL – If we only bought what we needed, the economy would crumble: common sense from a leading mobile executive keynoting a Shop.org show.
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Alternate payments will grow, say panelists at Shop.org show
January 25, 2008
ORLANDO, FL – Mobile payments will not see a dramatic increase in adoption in 2008, but other forms of alternate payments will.
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Modiv Media wins $8M in funding
January 25, 2008
Modiv Media, a retail and mobile media delivery firm, won $8 million in extra funding.
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Today’s special: QVC may go mobile
January 24, 2008
ORLANDO, FL – TV and e-commerce service QVC may go mobile. That quick admission came from QVC.com exec and keynote speaker Bob Myers at the Shop.org Innovation and Strategies Conference in Orlando, FL.
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Web 2.0 changing Internet, commerce: Shop.org show panelists
January 24, 2008
ORLANDO, FL – Web 2.0 technologies such as mobile content serving, user-generated content, streaming video, widgets and rich Internet applications are changing the face of the Internet and commerce.
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Brazilian carrier taps Scanbuy for mobile barcode technology
January 24, 2008
Brazilian carrier Vivo has partnered with Scanbuy to become the first mobile operator in Latin America to use 2D barcodes.
