/ Marketing

A hit of caffeine knocks Groupon offline

A Starbucks coupon offer blacked out some Groupon services Friday.

Posted 03/22/2013Allison EnrightPost a comment

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/ Technology

Consumers make $12.84 billion in mobile payments in 2012

That number will increase 601% to $90.05 billion in 2017, Forrester Research predicts.

Posted 01/16/2013Bill SiwickiPost a comment

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Best Buy shuffles its online management team

Stephen Gillett, hired as head of e-commerce in March, leaves to join Symantec.

Posted 12/19/2012Paul DemeryPost a comment

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/ Technology

Consumers expect mobile phones will replace cash and credit cards, eventually

But they believe that day is at least five years away, poll says.

Posted 12/12/2012Amy DustoPost a comment

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/ Technology

Starbucks gets Square

The coffee shop begins accepting the mobile payments app.

Posted 11/08/2012Bill SiwickiPost a comment

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/ Technology

Square rounds up $200 million in financing

Investors like the potential in the mobile payments company, an analyst says.

Posted 09/18/2012Kevin WoodwardPost a comment

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Starbucks invests $25 million in mobile payments player Square

Now Starbucks customers have two mobile ways to pay.

Posted 08/08/2012Bill Siwicki1 comments

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/ Marketing

ComScore: Facebook ads can influence sales

A new report suggests that the social network’s ads influence consumer behavior.

Posted 06/12/2012Zak StamborPost a comment