Retail
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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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Stop & Shop uses Motorola, Modiv Media for mobile shopping
January 22, 2008
Supermarket chain Stop & Shop has turned to Modiv Media and Motorola to offer Modiv Shopper, a portable shopping assistant backed by Motorola’s MC17 mobile computer.
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Retailers at NRF show: wait-and-see on mobile
January 17, 2008
While customers are ahead of them, retailers are using the "We'll get there when we get there" approach to mobile.
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PaymentOne partners with Mobilians for payments
January 15, 2008
Online payments services provider PaymentOne Corp. will soon offer its PhoneBill payment service to merchants affiliated with Mobilians International, a mobile payments and e-commerce firm.
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Phonecasting.com allies with 4celling.com for mobile commerce
January 10, 2008
Online social network Phonecasting.com is partnering with 4celling.com to create a new platform for shopping via the mobile device.
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Rick Dees to sell ringtones via PlayPhone
December 26, 2007
Radio entertainer Rick Dees’ Web site at www.rick.com has partnered with mobile media content provider PlayPhone Inc. for the rick.com ringtone store.
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EBay’s StubHub ticket marketplace goes mobile
December 24, 2007
EBay Inc.-owned online ticket marketplace StubHub has gone mobile. StubHub is now integrated into mobile media firm go2 Media to let customers buy their tickets up until the event.
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Thumbplay strikes deal with iLike for ringtone sales
December 14, 2007
Mobile entertainment content provider Thumbplay has entered into an exclusive relationship with social music discovery service iLike to expand its footprint for ringtone sales.
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Should mobile retailers worry about interstate sales tax collection?
December 12, 2007
Several lobbies have opposed a congressional bill that would make interstate sales tax collection mandatory whether or not the seller has a physical presence in the state.
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Microsoft inks Thumbplay content deal for MSN Mobile
December 11, 2007
Microsoft Corp. yesterday signalled serious interest in mobile when it announced the acceptance of ads on the U.S. version of its MSN Mobile portal. But its deal for content is worthy of note as well.
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Mobile to enable ’08 explosion of local search: Study
December 10, 2007
The upcoming year has great potential for both local and mobile search, according NearbyNow, an online service that lets U.S. consumers search products and sales at local shopping centers using the Internet or mobile phone.
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Most retailers not prepared to sell over mobile: Shop.org chief
December 6, 2007
Retailers nationwide are beginning to make adjustments as the growth of new online shoppers slows down, moving the focus from customer acquisition to retention.
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Amazon Kindle allows wireless download of books, blogs and magazines
November 20, 2007
Internet retailer Amazon.com has launched Amazon Kindle, a portable reader that lets consumers wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines and newspapers.
