Smartphones will play a major role in how consumers shop and engage with retailers this holiday season. Retailers should focus on a few crucial areas to fully capitalize on that trend. Read more »
Amazon’s Fire phone was an unmitigated flop, as evidenced by the $83 million worth of unsold handsets the company can’t unload. But there are reasons to believe the company could take… Read more »
Political campaigns, SMBs and other organizations are still failing to build websites that are optimized for mobile phones. They can change that by addressing several fundamental factors. Read more »
Facebook is reportedly planning to launch a payments offering that will surely include mobile phones. Rather than focusing on proximity mobile payments, though, the social network appears to be developing a… Read more »
Mobile played a huge role in online sales over the holiday season, but shoppers are clearly using their smartphones very differently than their tablets. Online retailers can boost their sales to… Read more »
Black Friday sales on mobile-optimized websites were up dramatically this year over 2012. But far too many retailers are still missing out on the chance to engage with consumers and conduct… Read more »
Mobile payments are still at the center of a ridiculous amount of hype despite seeing very little uptake. Here are the things that must happen for the industry to finally get… Read more »
Shares of Groupon jumped today after Deutsche Bank analysts upgraded the stock, citing increased use of its mobile app. That indicates the company is making big strides in a very promising… Read more »
Retailers are lukewarm about mobile purchases for physical goods and services, noting that those transactions remain a tiny sliver of the overall online market. But while mobile purchases have yet to… Read more »
The mobile platform wars heated up in a big way as 2012 came to a close: Microsoft launched Windows Phone 8, Apple continued to roll out its iPhone 5 around the… Read more »