Get a room: The Crawford Hotel gets intimate with mobile

Just one year after opening, 41% of The Crawford Hotel's bookings are made via a mobile device.

Just one year after opening, 41% of The Crawford Hotel's bookings are made via a mobile device. Full Story [Travel and Hospitality]       Beacons light up the Bonnaroo music festival Quality over quantity is key for beacon messaging, finds AC Entertainment. [Entertainment] Kohl's talks mobile matters in its Q2 earnings call Kohl's will extend buy online, pick up in store to smartphones and tablets. [Retail] How teachers use mobile to motivate students A nascent app lets students earn retail gift cards if they pass reading comprehension quizzes. [Education] Search with a snap A new app for Android called Pounce enables consumers to take a picture of an item with a smartphone and search retailers for the product. [Retail] PayPal buys further into mobile with an acquisition The payments company buys Modest, which enables sellers to create mobile sites and apps that integrate with the Shopify and Magento e-commerce platforms. [Technology, Financial services] Mobile sales to grow 68% this year for the largest 500 e-retailers in m-commerce The bulk of the growth in mobile commerce worldwide is coming from major players based in China, Latin America and Europe, Internet Retailer finds in its newly released Mobile 500. [Retail] Execs talk responsive design and discuss Apple Pay at eTail East A show of audience hands during a panel discussion entitled "Turning traffic into sales" found about 30% of attendees had used Apple Pay. [Technology] Sponsored by Perfecto Mobile   Why Mobile Apps Fail Report After two bad experiences customers will abandon your mobile app. Discover what 900 mobile app practitioners reveal as the reasons for mobile app failure. Don't let your app fail. Read the free report This week's AppDynamics / Mobile Strategies 360 weekly performance index Gilt's mobile site could use some speed work The retailer, which operates a flash-sale site, falls five spots in the 3G rankings week over week in the AppDynamics/Mobile Strategies 360 Site Performance Index. Gilt's home page put on some weight last week, a mobile expert says. Read how this week's index played out and see the full rankings of all mobile sites. [Technology] Executive Report: The Big Potential for Small-Screen Payments The latest Mobile Strategies 360 executive report dives into how consumers are paying with their mobile devices. The report is free and available for immediate download.   From 360 Views   Help me find what I want Categorization and suggestions can help consumers who aren't searching for specific items find what they are looking for. Read Now By April Berthene, Mobile Strategies 360 From Mobile Insiders   I don't get the Apple Watch I don't see the point due to its dependence on an iPhone, not being able to do much with it except get notifications, and small screen size. Read Now By Carissa Ganelli, LightningBuy Target tests beacons in stores Consumers increasingly choose smartphones over tablets when shopping online Is your retail app on the It List? The Fast Track to M-commerce Success: Key Takeaways From the 2016 Internet Retailer Mobile 500 Tuesday, September 29, 2pm EDT [Sponsored by Akamai] • Global mobile commerce sales will grow 68% in 2015 • Valassis launches location-based offers • Visa's CyberSource and travel search engine and booking site Qunar partner • The 2015 Mobile Payments Exchange is set for Nov. 8

	To submit news and press releases send to katie@verticalwebmedia.com. For information about Top500Guide.com click here. For general inquiries click here or call 312-362-0107. You are receiving this e-mail as part of your interest in Internet Retailer and Vertical Web Media. Copyright ©2015 Vertical Web Media LLC. All rights reserved. 125 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 1900, Chicago, IL 60606-4439 All articles are protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, re-disseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of Internet Retailer.
	View Online  |  Unsubscribe  |  Forward to a Friend