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According to the survey, 27 percent of all consumers 18 and older use their mobile devices to browse or research products and services at least four times a year and the number jump to 41 percent for the 18-34 year-old age group.
Source: http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/thirty-percent-of-consumers-use-more-than-…

The Starbucks Card mobile application has been updated to be accepted at 1,020 Target and Starbucks stores, making it the largest mobile payment initiative in the United States.

Source: http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com/starbucks-rolls-out-largest-mobile-payments-effort-nationwide/

> In today’s NY Times Book Review, Jim Holt reviewing Wisdom by Stephen S. Hall says: >> …as William James wisely observed, wisdom is knowing what to leave out… > This is the wisdom of Steve Jobs – he knows what to leave out of his products. Unlike Bill Gates and his minions at Microsoft [...]

Working with German cosmetics brand, Hautbalance Naturkosmetik, specialist in natural and organic cosmetics, DecisionStep implemented their ShopTogether toolbar on the brand’s e-commerce site.  The result: 15% increase in sales and 50% increase in average order value.
The ShopTogether social shopping toolbar allows shoppers to see what’s popular on the site at that moment (ShopTogether “Crowd”), shop together (co-browse) in real [...]