Mobile Commerce

Shoppable Content Transforms Mobile Shopping Behavior
July 8, 2016 at 10:36 am

In 1997, Bill Gates famously said "content is king." Now, almost 20 years later, the digital marketing world is still scrambling to fulfill this promise, as it shifts its focus to what consumers really want from brands: engagement. Brands are spending billions to create unique content for their marketing efforts, everything from social media channels,โ€ฆ

Mobile, Payment Options Help Threadless Grow
June 27, 2016 at 10:37 am

Threadless, an online retailer of T-shirts, art prints, home decor items and more featuring the designs of its global artist community, is always looking for ways to improve the shopping experience for its customers, which in turn benefits the business. In episode 41 of Total Retail Talks, Jake Nickell, founder and CEO of Threadless, talksโ€ฆ

Technology That Will Take the Brick-and-Mortar Experience to the Next Level
June 24, 2016 at 12:03 pm

The rise of online shopping has brought many benefits with it โ€” convenience, an expanded selection of products and competitive prices. One of the most dramatic side effects of the online shopping phenomenon, however, is that it's forced us to re-examine the traditional brick-and-mortar shopping experience. Weโ€™ve learned that the in-store shopping experience isnโ€™t easilyโ€ฆ

eBay's New Social Promotion Puts Consumers in Charge
June 22, 2016 at 1:07 pm

eBay is running a new promotion this summer in partnership with Twitter to generate more mobile app users. The promotion, titled "The Summer of Choice," kicks off June 24, when eBay shoppers will begin tweeting dueling deals. Ecommerce Bytes explains that Twitter users will have three days to vote on the dueling deals, at which timeโ€ฆ

5 Ways Centennials Are Going to Totally Disrupt Your Business โ€ฆ And What You Can Do About It
June 16, 2016 at 9:34 am

Thereโ€™s a new generation on the horizon, one that has the potential to completely change the way retailers do business. Itโ€™s not the ever-vilified, oft-studied millennials; theyโ€™re (finally) becoming old news. This next generation, called centennials, was born after 1995 and currently accounts for roughly 25 percent of the population. Contrary to what many retailersโ€ฆ

Steve Madden's Mark Friedman on Mobile, Millennials and More
June 14, 2016 at 9:57 am

In this video recorded at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition last week, Mark Friedman, president of e-commerce at Steve Madden, discusses the footwear brand's new mobile app; the importance of having a 360-degree view of each customerโ€™s behavior across all selling channels and devices; and how to reach millennial shoppers (hint: hit them atโ€ฆ