While Black Friday and Cyber Monday are traditionally the largest shopping days in terms of retail sales, eBay is proving otherwise. The auction site said today that Sunday was the company’s largest day ever in terms of gross merchandise value (also known as GMV, the total sales dollar value for merchandise sold through eBay) via …
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It’s no secret that this year’s holiday shopping season has been a major boon to mobile shopping apps. Scanbuy’s mobile barcode app reported seeing a 30 times increase in scans over Thanksgiving weekend, eBay reported mobile sales were up 146% over last year, and Mobclix reported that mobile ad impressions in iPhone shopping apps grew …
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Mobclix, the mobile ad-exchange that was recently acquired by Velti, does an excellent job at creating monthly infographics that detail stats from its network — many of which we’ve covered in the past. For December, the company takes a look at mobile shopping apps on the iPhone, and the impressive growth in impressions for such …
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The following is an Op-Ed by Jeremy Geiger, CEO of Retailigence – a company that provides tools for mobile, location-based shopping such as mobile apps and websites with retailers’ product-specific information by location. As a powerhouse in the ecommerce space, eBay is to be applauded for making a strategic move in acquiring Milo.com. Through this acquisition, …
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The retail LBS market is heating up fast, and even though many question how many people are actually consistently using such apps, the market is poised for substantial growth in the coming years. As such, we’re beginning to see startups tailor their solutions specifically to in-store mobile retail customers. The most recent is an innovative startup out …
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