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15 May 12 - Shopping Mobile Phones News

Mobiles a vital shopping tool
THE mobile phone has become a critical shopping tool with new research revealing 65 per cent of owners accessing the internet from their phones.

Rogers and CIBC join forces to offer mobile phone shopping
The new mobile payment technology allows shoppers to make purchases by tapping their phones to a sensor pad at a cash register.

Moms Love Mobile Phones, Social Media: Survey Says
Shopping ranks as the No. 1 way most moms (81 percent) use their smartphones (though it wasn't clear if they were shopping while having sex). Social media has become an essential part of moms' lives. Nearly half (44 percent) keep Facebook open on their ...

Ultimate convenience: Wave your phone, buy your stuff
Isis, a joint venture with AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, several banks and mobile handset manufacturers, is launching its "mobile wallet" technology, called near-field communications (NFC). It will debut in Salt Lake City with 30 local merchants, ...

City motorists to be target of road blitz
INNER-city motorists glued to their mobile phones, speeding or shrugging off their seat belt will be the target of a new police crackdown.

Windy City Novelties Launches Mobile Site for Easy Shopping
The main reason for shopping on a mobile device is convenience, to be able to make a purchase from almost anywhere. eMarketer predicts that the number of smartphone uses will continue to rise.

Mobile Shopping Is Not Mobile Buying, And It Is Not Just About Being In-Store
The majority of mobile shoppers (55%) were looking for price information on their bell phones or tablets regardless of the location of the lookup.

Ebates offers 13 percent cash back from over 100 stores
For example, you can get 13 percent back on anything you buy from Accessory Geeks or Cell Phone Shop, which offer inexpensive cases, screen protectors, mobile chargers, and the like for phones and tablets.

Stop and Shop introduces Smartphone checkout
Last Saturday, the Wilton, CT Stop and Shop introduced Scan It Mobile, a system for scanning your grocery items and checking out using a iPhone (3GS or 4) or Android smart phone. Stop and Shop has for the past several months offered a system of small ...

J SAINSBURY PLC : Sainsbury's launches mobile shopping for groceries
Sainsbury's has launched a mobile version of its online groceries shopping website, meaning shoppers now have full access to all Sainsbury's products from their phones and handheld devices. From everyday food items to wines and champagne for that ...

Smartphone In-Store Activities By Store Type [Chart]
Nielsen has released the results of a survey examining how consumers use their smartphones while shopping. A recent Nielsen survey of US smartphone owners who report using their mobile phones while shopping in a store, indicates that consumers use ...

Checkbox Syndrome: Why We Spend Money On Things We Don't Need
PC Mag's Lead Analyst for Mobile Sascha Segan took specific issue with some of this - especially when it came to phones. He explained that smartphone makers had succumbed to “checkbox syndrome”, or the habit of putting a feature in a product because ...

SpyderLynk Sweetens Participation in U.S. Postal Service Direct Mail Promotion
We're delighted to offer our mobile shopping and commerce technology to direct mail marketers during the Postal Service's summer promotion,” said Nicole Skogg, SpyderLynk Founder and CEO.

Buying a mobile phone
Q: I have just bought a mobile phone for €300. When I went home I realised I had chosen the wrong model because when I tried to use it, it was too complicated for me.

Trend alert: The future of in-store shopping goes high tech
Today, more shoppers are conducting research prior to making a purchase. Even while in-store, you'll see many people looking up additional information on their mobile phones. In fact, 52 percent of adult cellphone owners use their devices while ...

MasterCard's PayPass Wallet will span online, mobile, in-store shopping
By Stephen Lawson | 08 May 12 MasterCard WorldWide announced a digital wallet on Monday that consumers will be able to use for purchases in stores, on the Web and on their mobile phones. The global credit-card company's entry into digital wallets will ...

Former Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn DID have an affair with a colleague, company ...
Earlier in April, Best Buy unveiled a restructuring plan that calls for closing 50 of its US big-box stores, opening 100 small-format stores focusing on its burgeoning mobile business which focuses on cell phones. It's also cutting $800 million in ...

Nvidia Joins Venture to Buy Patents
The move by Nvidia and Intellectual Ventures comes as technology companies build their patent arsenals to protect against possible litigation, particularly in the hot mobile sector. Many high-profile suits are being fought in the courts, ...

The role of mobile in multichannel purchasing
Mobile looks set to continue to grow, as almost half (44%) of smartphone owners expect to use their devices more when shopping and browsing over the coming months, with one third (31%) claiming they will make a purchase.

Herkimer County to launch app by Memorial Day
By Amanda Fries Residents, visitors and business owners soon will have access at their fingertips for the closest restaurant, auto repair shop or park among other Herkimer County hotspots. The Chamber of Commerce hopes to launch its mobile phone ...