Mobile Marketing

5 Creative Push Campaigns to Get More From Mobile
June 10, 2019 at 12:06 pm

Retailers are making progress with mobile, with a recent study showing the number of retailer apps used by consumers doubled in 2018, from an average of two to four. However, downloads is only half the challenge. Many brands are failing to take advantage of consumers’ growing penchant for retail apps by concentrating more on building…

How Barnes & Noble College Engages its Gen Z Customer Through a Mobile App
June 3, 2019 at 1:17 pm

In episode 198 of Total Retail Talks, Executive Editor Joe Keenan speaks with Ken Wincko, vice president of marketing at Barnes & Noble College, a national college and university bookstore operator with over 1,400 physical and virtual stores. They discuss how Barnes & Noble College's mobile app is helping to improve its Gen Z customers’…

Addressing Your Retail Woes: How to Outshine the Competition This Holiday Season
December 14, 2018 at 10:50 am

The long awaited time of the year is finally here, and with giants like Amazon.com taking a stronghold on the market retailers will need to put their best foot forward to rise above this holiday shopping season. This year, Americans spent around $3 billion online between Prime Day and Labor Day, and Black Friday is…

Target Introduces Mobile Checkout for Holiday Shoppers
November 2, 2018 at 3:28 pm

Target shoppers will be able to avoid long checkout lines this holiday season thanks to a new mobile checkout service. The retailer's store associates will be equipped with mobile devices that can complete shoppers’ checkout processes from anywhere in its stores. The new service, which Target is calling "Skip-the-Line," was launched this week at all company…