M-Commerce

Merchants must provide payment options to reach Gen Z in 2024 and beyond so they do not get left behind by a generation of consumers who take their business elsewhere.

As the holiday shopping season approaches, the timing of SMS marketing messages takes on heightened importance. Effective scheduling not only influences consumer engagement and open rates but also plays a crucial role in achieving sales success.

The Container Store prioritizes mobile marketing with Vibes to target college students with personalized SMS, MMS, and Mobile Wallet strategies aimed at boosting sales and consumer loyalty during its College 2023 campaign.

A mobile wallet is an obvious answer for brands who want to seamlessly enroll, engage, and retain loyalty members, with 79% of U.S. consumers in a recent study saying they are more likely to join a loyalty program that does not require carrying a physical card.

AiBUY has developed an artificial intelligence approach to live online selling that brings shoppable videos to a new level of customer engagement.

Whether Walmart succeeds in winning over its customers could directly impact other retailers to follow suit. Either way, a key factor is collecting their insights.

We spoke with Robert Brown from BDO Digital about customer analytics in retail sales. He noted that a fundamental notion about the role of technology this year is that it is critical to invest in e-commerce and digital marketing.

As physical stores enjoy a return of foot traffic from younger consumers, their banking and payment preferences present challenges to retailers.

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Retailers, It’s Time To Get Phygital

Attention retailers! Are your stores ready to get phygital? A successful phygital retail strategy blends the useful elements of the in-person customer experience into the digital sphere interchangeably.

A gang of big banks, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase, are reportedly preparing to launch a digital wallet product to compete with those offered by tech heavyweights Apple, Google, and PayPal.

TikTok is experimenting with online shops and shoppable videos to enhance the customer experience for engaging in live commerce purchases. The platform last month quietly launched the e-commerce feature in the U.S. via TikTok Shop, enabling shoppers to purchase products directly through the TikTop a...

Many business owners believe they have done their best by releasing a mobile website or online store. However, more goes into creating a riveting online shopping experience that attracts the right customers, converts casual browsing to sales, and engages shoppers long term so they are drawn to an e-...

The surge in mobile ad spending in addition to device usage has led to a wave of criminal activity called mobile ad fraud. Let’s talk about exactly what mobile ad fraud is, the various types of mobile ad fraud to look out for, and three ways to help prevent mobile ad fraud from taking place at you...

The digital wallet of the future is not about just storing the picture of a document, it's also about ensuring that scanned documents are valid and provides assurances that it has been issued by a verified source. Therefore, identity proofing must be the cornerstone of any digital wallet.

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