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American Eagle Rolls Out Google Wallet for In-Store Payments
October 13, 2011

A new way to pay for your purchases and get discounts at American Eagle Outfitters has just launced. Say hello to the Google Wallet app, a tap-and-go payment method that can be linked to your Citibank credit card or an American Eagle gift card (or you can add money to your Google Wallet account from any credit card online).

60% Drop in Google+ Traffic Hints at Social Networking Fatigue
October 12, 2011

The hype surrounding the launch of Google+ went into overdrive a few months ago when it debuted to a select group of beta testers. But now that the service has been opened to the public, a new report claims that the social networking site has suffered a staggering loss of roughly 60 percent of its traffic.

Shop With Confidence Across the Web
October 11, 2011

Google has launched Google Trusted Stores, a new pilot program that helps shoppers identify online merchants that offer a great shopping experience. The Google Trusted Store badge is awarded to e-commerce sites that demonstrate a track record of on-time shipping and excellent customer service. When visiting a qualifying store, shoppers can hover over the Google Trusted Store badge and see metrics on the storeโ€™s shipping and customer service performance.

Google Opens First Retail Store
October 3, 2011

Google has opened its first physical shop. The Chromezone is a shop within a branch of Currys and PC World on Londonโ€™s Tottenham Court Road, and is being used by Google to trial a new way of selling its own Chromebook laptops.

The Evolution of a Mobile App
October 1, 2011

The top brass at TextureMedia (formerly The NaturallyCurly Network), a social network and community for people with wavy, curly, kinky hair and the brands and professionals who service them, launched a multifunctional, free mobile application called Curls on the Go this past summer.

Best Practices for Using Google Product Search
October 1, 2011

The competitive shopping marketplace is really changing with the advent of Google Product Search, which encourages consumers to make split-second decisions based on price. Are shoppers changing the way they make purchasing decisions based on search shopping feeds like Google Product Search? What are some practices around how to reach shoppers in this new environment?

Fun and Games
October 1, 2011

If you're like most retailers, you're probably already familiar with the hardships of selling online. You're most likely well aware of the competitive nature of search engine optimization, the rising price of pay per click (still a great medium when optimized well), affiliate marketing nexus laws and the growing competition that comparison shopping engines are providing. Given this environment, you're also starting to understand the need to explore new options for pushing your brands and products.

How the Cloud is Helping Retail Marketers
September 30, 2011

The traditional digital management industry has been providing solutions to the retail marketing industry for years, but those solutions have been too expensive for most and quite limiting in nature for many. Over the last 12 months, however, the cloud has created an entirely new digital asset management solution.