Retail Marketing - Shopping Center Marketing

It is the most revolutionary way of Social Ticketing… all you have to do is register your Event in www.twicketer.com, they will provide you the URL to distribute it through twitter, facebook, my space, etc. You can sell or buy tickets.  The purchase can be made with PayPal or a Credit card and it is [...]

This week, Foursquare hit a new milestone. Known for creating ernest in communities to “check-in” at people’s favorite spots, only to be rewarded (whether clout as Mayor, or physical discounts on products), Foursquare has cornered the geolocation-social media market, and with big reward for them. Foursquare hit it’s 100,000,000 (yes, that’s 9 “0’s”) this week [...]

At last, besides the sale of virtual gifts like hugs and cupcakes, Facebook has an app that allows you to open an ecommerce storefront via Payvment. First introduced back in November 2009, Payvment uses a PayPal shopping cart for its app to work with Facebook Pages.
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Have you ever left the house thinking, “It might be warm out now, but I wonder if I’ll need a sweater or a jacket for this evening” and proceeded to sit in front of your closet thinking through your outfit selection and it’s appropriateness for the weather?
The solution is here and it’s called “Feather Report“. [...]

Now that it’s a possibility, allowing consumers to purchase goods directly through social media seems like a no brainer for retailers. But it doesn’t come free of cost.
As a new study from Omniture shows, marketers choose Facebook as their preferred method of interacting with consumers in social media. And new tools are letting merchants sell [...]

With the iPad due to hit Canadian apple stores on May 28th, a lot of people are still wondering if it’s worth the $549 for the base model. What if you were given the chance to try before you buy? A UK based company “Bid and Borrow’ came up with a great idea to offer [...]

Shopify just released a mobile App built for busy business owners on the go. It allows you to track inventory, orders, fulfillment and customer support, from either your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Check your sales statistics, view products, orders, and customer data wherever life takes you.
Some Features include:
Native iPhone App
Push Notification for Orders
Manage Multiple Storefronts
Complete [...]

Gift certificates are an awesome (if occasionally generic) way to say, “You rock!” Giiv.com makes this process easier by letting you give gift cards and certificates to someone you care about via text message.
Giiv.com is fairly simple: You find a gift that you want to give a friend or loved one, and then you enter [...]

If you’re thinking of redeveloping your existing website and are thinking about adding some Adobe Flash features for “cool factor,” here’s something to think about.
For some time now, there’s been frustration between Apple product consumers and the creators, regarding Flash on websites and mobile devices like iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. While many consumers have [...]

PricewaterhouseCooper just released a study indicating that the leaders of resolve in the global economy will likely be a result of Gen X & Y.
Here are some highlights:
Gen X fuels growth in initial stage of recovery: Even though Gen X—those aged 29 to 45—is only about three-fourths the size of the Boomer generation—it is in a [...]