8 big brands blazing a trail on mobile in 2017

Following a year when mobile experimentation seemed to lag, marketers have gotten their groove back over the past few months. 

By Chantal Tode • June 6, 2017

Apple Pay to launch Venmo competitor on iMessage

Apple is enabling peer-to-peer money transfers through Apple Pay, expanding the utility of its mobile payment solution in a way that may help retail in the long run.

By Dan O'Shea • June 5, 2017

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What's shaping the e-commerce landscape?

From pivots in digital strategies to challenges retailers must overcome with reverse logistics, here are some of the forces shaping online retail.

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Amazon enables app-based shopping on Fire TV

The app allows shoppers to search for items by typing in text, with the ability to filter search results by department and use many of the shopping functions inherent to the Amazon website.

By Dan O'Shea • June 5, 2017

Ikea launching startup accelerator with lofty goals

The Swedish retailer is the latest company to launch a startup accelerator program, Ikea Bootcamp, which focuses on "enabling a positive impact on the planet, people and society.”

By Dan O'Shea • June 5, 2017

A.T. Kearney: India now top country in the world for retail investment

Shopping via smartphone will account for the majority of online retail sales in developing countries in the coming years, according to the firm's Global Retail Development Index.

By Dan O'Shea • June 4, 2017

WearableX unveils connected, ‘responsive’ yoga pants

The company has big plans for connected apparel, starting with a pair of yoga pants that can help wearers achieve correct poses and movement.

By Dan O'Shea • June 4, 2017

Hollar fuels expansion with consumables from 7 brands

The mobile commerce dollar store plans to grow its SKU count by 500% by the end of the year to reach an estimated 18,000 SKUs.

By Dan O'Shea • June 4, 2017

Amazon adds robots, 2K jobs to new Houston warehouse

Robots and humans will collaborate at the new facility to satisfy increasing demand for the Seattle behemoths' myriad products.

By Jennifer McKevitt • June 2, 2017

Monica + Andy opens second brick-and-mortar store

Once a pure-play e-commerce retailer, the children's clothing seller now has two brick-and-mortar stores, the latest in New York City.

By Dan O'Shea • June 1, 2017

Report: E-commerce fraud declining overall, but not for department stores

Overall e-commerce fraud decreased almost 35% from the start of 2016 to the beginning of 2017 across several industries, thanks in part to machine learning.

By Dan O'Shea • June 1, 2017

Kmart hit by another malware attack

KrebsonSecurity reported that some Kmart stores suffered security breaches of their payment card processing systems, though the retailer insisted that no personal details were compromised.

By Dan O'Shea • June 1, 2017

Toying with STEM: Marketing educational toys, kits isn't all fun and games

As Amazon and other retailers push into the STEM toy market with subscription services, growth opportunities and challenges abound.

By Dan O'Shea • June 1, 2017

Mary Meeker: Store closures could break a 20-year record, reach 7K this year

Technology is a firmly established driver of commerce and marketing, making Mary Meeker’s report essential viewing for retailers, regardless of sales channel.

By Daphne Howland • June 1, 2017

Meeker: Lines blur between ads, content, products, transactions

The venture capitalist’s highly anticipated annual trends report reveals several emerging mobile marketing opportunities. 

By Chantal Tode • June 1, 2017

Wal-Mart seeks to patent blockchain-based drone tracking system

The big-box retailer is eyeing another use of the secure digital ledger technology, which would track, register and authenticate items of the payload moving through a supply chain.

By Dan O'Shea • May 31, 2017

Barclaycard tests checkout-free Grab+Go mobile payment app

The U.K.-based company is testing an app that would enable merchants to support lineless, touchless checkout processes, rivaling the technology of Amazon Go.

By Dan O'Shea • May 31, 2017

Best Buy revamps smartphone shopping in-store, online

In response to mobile industry trends toward unlocked devices and prepaid service plans, the company is rolling out a redesign of its shopping experiences.

By Dan O'Shea • May 31, 2017

Dunkin’ Donuts integrates Masterpass with mobile app, loyalty program

In its latest mobile commerce move, the company is enabling Mastercard's digital payment service to be used to refuel customers' virtual loyalty cards.

By Dan O'Shea • May 30, 2017

Georgia Tech incubator launches retail-focused program

A $1 million gift will help the university's long-standing incubator turn its attention toward cultivating retail technology startups.

By Dan O'Shea • May 30, 2017

BJ's Wholesale primes omnichannel push with new CIO, CDO

The company tapped two retail technology veterans to fill high-level jobs focused on e-commerce and omnichannel strategy just weeks after it was reportedly considering a sale.

By Dan O'Shea • May 30, 2017

Burberry, LVMH among luxury brands testing WeChat sales in China

While the social messaging app dominates mobile commerce in the region, high-end brands have several reasons to proceed with caution.

By Daphne Howland • May 30, 2017

Home Depot, Lowe’s flex omnichannel strength

Home improvement retailers are proving to be ahead of the game in executing omnichannel strategies, enabling shoppers to easily pick up online orders in stores, among other things.

By Dan O'Shea • May 30, 2017

Study: Many smartphone sessions start without aim, giving retailers an opportunity

Nearly half of mobile sessions begin with no particular app in mind, while about 19% of sessions begin after users have received a push notification from an app, Mobile Posse data show.

By Dan O'Shea • May 29, 2017

StepsAway opens up mobile CRM to brick-and-mortar retailers

The company's new mobile solution aims to help retailers give shoppers personalized mobile offers in real time while they are visiting stores.

By Dan O'Shea • May 29, 2017

Helpshift brings in-app customer support to Salesforce AppExchange

The integration gives Helpshift a boost for its in-app support features for mobile customers.

By Dan O'Shea • May 25, 2017