Amid increasing antitrust scrutiny by U.S. regulators, Apple announced an update on its App Store ecosystem. While the company normally shares some App Store metrics during its WWDC keynote, it’
Walmart is shutting down its personal shopping service, Jet black, on February 21, after struggling to find adoption or additional investment. The service had allowed New York-area customers to text m
Starbucks this morning announced the overall of its mobile application, now used by 17 million people, in an effort to create a more personalized experience for its customers. The changes rolled out a
A growing number of e-commerce businesses today are assisting their customers over SMS and mobile messaging. There are even SMS-based services, like Magic, Operator, GoButler, and others targeting
The shift to smartphones as a preferred means of online shopping is continuing to have an impact on the e-commerce industry, according to new data released by Adobe this morning. During the 2015 holi
The past year has represented a tipping point in mobile commerce investment, so as we enter a new year, we wanted to take stock by updating our m-commerce market map and offering our predictions for 2
There are already a gabazillion flash sale sites and apps available, but the Berkeley, California-based founders of Peach App believe that there is still room for innovation in the world of online imp
Mobile payments startup Sign2Pay, launching today here in London at TechCrunch Disrupt Europe, is aiming to improve low conversion rates on mobile devices by simplifying and streamlining the payment p
No one can predict with perfect accuracy what technology trend will birth the next set of billion-dollar, venture-backed companies or “unicorns.” Even more difficult is determining where the next
India’s nearly 100 million smartphone users are beginning to shop online at a pace that the country’s biggest e-commerce companies such as Flipkart and Snapdeal are expecting the mobile tr
Mobile's portion of online shopping continues to grow - this Black Friday, for example, smartphones drove a quarter of all online traffic, and 7.2% of all online sales, <a href="https://techcrunch.com
Mobile shopping service <a target="_blank" href="http://siftshopping.com/">Sift</a> has closed on $2 million in seed funding, the company is announcing today, alongside its <a target="_blank" href="ht
You may not be familiar with the m-commerce vendor known as <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brandingbrand.com/">Branding Brand</a>, but you've likely encountered its work. The company, which is t
The move to mobilize e-commerce websites continues. Last week, a company called <a target="_blank" href="http://theshoppad.com/">ShopPad</a>, which turns Shopify and Magento sites into tablet-friend
<a target="_blank" href="http://theshoppad.com/">ShopPad</a>, an e-commerce platform that turns retailers' desktop websites into tablet-optimized experiences, is today announcing $500,000 in seed fund
Jumia, an Amazon clone for Africa backed by the Rocket Internet ecommerce startup incubator and launched last year, is pushing onto mobile with the launch of its first smartphone app. The Android app,
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jifiti.com/">Jifiti</a>, a startup trying to reintroduce thoughtful gifting in the age of the ubiquitous gift card, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding, the com
<a target="_blank" href="http://crunchbase.com/company/shopzilla">Shopzilla Inc</a>., the home to several online shopping brands including <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bizrate.com/">Bizrate,</
Payments company Adyen has published the first of a new quarterly index intended to track the evolving landscape of mobile commerce. One notable increase flagged up by the data is the increasing popul
Threadflip, the online and mobile marketplace that helps users clean out their closets, or buy from those who are doing just that, is today introducing a completely revamped mobile experience for its
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