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T-Mobile Daily Deals, Nickelodeon Partners with Wal-Mart, McDonald’s Eyes Bosnia
T-Mobile USA has unveiled an Android application that will aggregate daily deals by location from a variety of sources, including the established social couponing company LivingSocial, according to the New York Times.
The app, called More for Me, features group deals across a variety of categories, including upscale meals, health and beauty services, clothing offers, concert tickets,...
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K-VA-T Texts, Macy’s Global Shipping, Retire Ronald McDonald?
K-VA-T Food Stores is using a Memorial Day-themed texting promotion running through May 23 to engage smart phone shoppers, according to Supermarket News.All those who text "picnic" to 55678 will automatically gain one electronic entry for a chance to win food and supplies for a Memorial Day party.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Macy's, Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue will...Continue Reading »
Smartphone Store Locators, Netflix-Miramax Deal, Western Union App
Forty-four percent of smartphone users frequently use store locators, according to [sign-in] a new report from the e-tailing group. Data from “The Shopping Mindset of a Mobile Consumer” also shows 40% of smartphone users check for sales and specials.
E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing
Beginning next month, a range of Miramax films will be available for U.S. Netflix members to...Continue Reading »
Mobile Product Browsing, Wal-Mart Expands Assortment, Promotional Email
Forty-eight percent of all US consumers are using their mobile devices to research and browse products and services, according to the 2011 Oracle “Mobile Trends: Consumer Views of Mobile Shopping and Mobile Service Providers” report. In addition, 29% of consumers have made at least one purchase via a mobile phone, more than double the number reported in a similar ATG consumer survey...Continue Reading »
Online Shopping Conversations, Target Brand Equity, Poshling Launch
According to a new study released by ListenLogic, nearly 25% of shopping conversations are posted online from consumers within the store. This is an increase from Q4 2010, when nearly one out of six comments were made while in the store.
Stats & Research
Target Stores has the strongest consumer brand equity among retail brands, and the company was named as the 2011 Harris Poll...Continue Reading »
Netflix TV Show, Wal-Mart Expands in Chicago, Starbucks May Buy Peet’s
Netflix may be on the verge of acquiring its first original television series, “House of Cards,” a drama to be directed by David Fincher, according to the New York Times.The negotiations were first reported by Deadline.com, which said that the two-season, 26-episode commitment would be valued at more than $100 million.
Store Openings & Closings
Wal-Mart plans to open two more new...Continue Reading »
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JoS. A Bank E-commerce, Staples Mobile Phones, McDonald’s Russian Expansion
One year after rolling out its new website, men’s clothing retailer JoS. A. Bank has seen noticeable improvements in enhancing its online presence, according to Stores. Through targeted acquisition marketing, cross-selling, merchandising and making the website more like the bricks-and-mortar experience, the company has significantly increased revenue per order and has grown online...Continue Reading »
Raley’s Facebook App, Grandparent Consumer Niche, Home Depot Spring Black Friday
Raley's Supermarkets has introduced Family Table, a new Facebook app that provides a week's worth of meal ideas using sale items, according to Supermarket News.Family Table subscribers get breakfast, lunch and dinner recipe recommendations directly on their Facebook pages.
Stats & Research
There are currently 69.6 million grandparents in the US, a figure expected to grow another 11% to...Continue Reading »
‘Daily Wrap:’ Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Home Depot
Amazon.com sold about 1.3 million gift cards in a single day using the discount coupon site LivingSocial, according to MediaBistro. The one-day deal allowed consumers to buy a $20 gift card for $10.
Business & Finance
Wal-Mart is launching a major initiative to make healthy food more affordable and improve the healthiness of its private label food and CPG products.
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‘Daily Wrap:’ Online Coupons, McDonald’s, AutoZone
US consumers saved a total of $32.2 million with online coupons during the November-December 2010 holiday shopping season, according to coupon aggregator RetailMeNot. Consumers made a total of 45.9 million visits to the RetailMeNot coupon site during that time.
CRM
McDonald's is rolling out contactless card payments across its 1,200 UK restaurants.
IT Operations
1010data has signed...Continue Reading »