 | News about digital retail commerce |  | | |  | - Groupon talks with PayPal about streamlining its process
Groupon reportedly has been in talks with PayPal as part of the daily-deal site's efforts to streamline processes and fight fraud. Groupon works largely with local small businesses, many of which check off Groupon serial numbers on paper when customers claim their deals. Bloomberg (10/14)       | Looking to boost Holiday sales?
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It's not just better product page recommendations — personalization can boost returns on everything from search to email too. Learn where and how to apply personalization for maximum results, and three merchandising tactics every retailer should know. Watch the webinar now. | - Retailers explore the latest multichannel technologies
E-commerce and m-commerce are growing fast, but many of the tech efforts recently implemented by multichannel retailers aim to bring shoppers back to their brick-and-mortar stores. Geo-location programs, mobile price-comparison tools and the use of daily-deal sites such as Gap's recent uber-successful Groupon offering are all designed to drive in-store traffic. SmartMoney.com (10/15) - Winning the m-commerce revolution
The winners in the m-commerce revolution will be the players who are first to market with offerings that focus on the customer experience, E-Commerce Times reports. Mobile commerce sales are slated to hit about $2.42 billion this year, yet a recent Shop.org survey shows 62% of merchants have yet to make their debut on the mobile commerce stage. E-Commerce Times (10/12)  | Webinar: Leveraging Twitter to Drive Online Sales
Join Fiona Dias, EVP of Strategy & Marketing, GSI Commerce on October 19 at 2:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 PDT for a webinar with Hongzhe Sun. Learn about Twitter's new ad platform and how brands and retailers can leverage Twitter as part of their online strategy. Click here to register. | - Starbucks and L'Oreal to pilot U.K. geo-fencing promotions
Starbucks and L'Oreal are the two latest brands to test "geo-fencing" promotions in partnership with Placecast's Shop Alerts. Using the technology, mobile phone users who opt in will receive SMS text messages with special deals on Starbucks' Via coffee and L'Oreal hair-care products when they come within 1.5 miles of a participating store. ClickZ (10/14)  | Gain Control of Your Most Expensive Resource
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 - Google is bullish on display, mobile, but search is big moneymaker
Google, based on its third-quarter results, is projecting annual sales of $30 billion, including $2.5 billion in display ads and $1 billion for mobile. Sales in the third quarter were up 23% and profits increased 32%. Although the search giant touted its progress in display and mobile, those segments will not become significant to its bottom line until 2012, according to Jordan Rohan, a managing director for Internet and digital media research at Stifel Nicolaus. The New York Times (free registration) (10/14) - PayPal to debut a streamlined mobile payment system
PayPal said it plans to launch a mobile version of its Express Checkout system by the end of the month, allowing consumers shopping from their smartphones to pay for their purchases via PayPal. The service, which limits the amount of personal information shoppers must enter to complete a transaction, is already available to online customers. InternetRetailer.com (10/14) - Amazon reduces its free-shipping minimum for Canadians
 Amazon has cut the amount it requires Canadian shoppers to buy in order to qualify for free shipping from $39 to $25, the first such reduction since 2003. U.S. shoppers have had a $25 minimum for several years, and the change in Canada was made as the two countries' currencies move closer in value. The Toronto Star (10/12)  | Get a handle on untamed costs that can deplete precious working capital critical to your ongoing operations and new expansions, by taking systematic steps to improve operational efficiency. Learn more about how an integrated business software system allows you to institute and efficient automated process that can reduce waste, overtime, and a host of other cost factors. |
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- Shop.org SmartStat: Oct. 15, 2010
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