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Mobile Fast Food Access, Amazon Sells Mac Software, Debenhams Eyes US

A new study released by Equation Research in partnership with QSR shows that consumers are less likely to use a mobile device to access information on fast food restaurants than they are for all other segments of the restaurant industry.

The study shows that only 36% of consumers are very or somewhat likely to use their mobile device to access information on fast food restaurants,...
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Best Buy shopkick, Home Depot Multichannel Mktg, Starbucks UK Contactless Payment

Customers using the shopkick shopping app will be rewarded for walking into any of the almost 1,300 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores nationwide.

Best Buy says the rollout will make it the first of shopkick's launch partners and first consumer electronics retailer to provide this mobile shopping experience for consumers through targeted offers and rewards on a national...
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Google Music Service, Apple Top Brand, Subway Web Ads

Google Inc. is preparing as early as Tuesday to unveil a new online music service similar to a service recently launched by Amazon.com Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, reports the Wall Street Journal. The move escalates the battle to create the next generation of internet businesses for storing and listening to music. Marketing & Advertising Registering an 84%...
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Home Depot QR Code, eBay Acquires GSI, Gap Chinese E-commerce

Home Depot has launched a new in-store service and ad campaign incorporating mobile barcodes, according to RIS News. Using the ScanLife app from Scanbuy, Inc., shoppers can scan QR (Quick Response) codes using their smartphones, enabling them to purchase products from their mobile devices. Mergers & Acquisitions eBay Inc. has agreed to acquire GSI Commerce, a provider of e-commerce...
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Office Depot iPhone App, Food Lion Kiosks, Internet Sales

Office Depot has introduced a new iPhone app, according to Forbes. A customer never has to leave the application or be redirected to another site to complete a transaction, and it also includes features such as a shopping cart. E-commerce & Mutlichannel Retailing Food Lion's MVP Savings Center personalized coupon kiosks have been so well received that the chain is rolling them out to...
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Nordstrom Mobile Devices, Borders Files Chapter 11, Target Targets Urban Shoppers

Nordstrom will deploy mobile devices for its store employees by this fall, RIS News reports. Nordstrom has already paved the way for the rollout by equipping its 200-plus stores with WiFi capability. Legal & Regulatory Borders Group, with the authorization of its board of directors, has filed a petition for reorganization relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Store Openings...
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Best Buy EDLP, CVS Store Brand, Online Pharma Coupons

Best Buy Co., the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer, may curtail three decades of tactical discounting and move instead to its own version of the everyday prices pioneered by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., according to Bloomberg. In other recent moves to increase customer traffic, in December 2010 the company dropped fees it charges to take back merchandise and on Feb. 6, it...
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‘Daily Wrap:’ Super Bowl, Twitter, JCPenney

The average US consumer is expected to spend $59.33 on Super Bowl game-related merchandise, apparel and snacks this year, up from $52.63 last year, according to a new survey by the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, conducted by BIGresearch. Total Super Bowl spending is expected to reach $10.1 billion. E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing After a year or so of hit and misses,...
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‘Daily Wrap:’ OfficeMax, Netflix, Barnes & Noble

OfficeMax has launched a new enhanced 2.0 version of its free for the iPhone App on the App Store and is making the App available on Google's Android platform. The 2.0 version gives users the ability to view OfficeMax's weekly ad and special offers and adds local store hours and phone numbers to the app's GPS-enabled store locator function. M-commerce A number of the world's leading...
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‘Daily Wrap:’ Sam’s Club, Apple, Walgreens

Available exclusively to Sam’s Club “plus” members who pay a higher annual membership fee, eValues provides customized offers based on members’ buying histories, according to Stores. Unlike other shopper loyalty programs or rewards that require shoppers to clip and carry coupons, eValue offers are automatically loaded on the member’s card, and shoppers have the option to access...
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