Category Archives: Mobile Retail

Mobile Kiosk – Coca-Cola buys coffee kiosk startup

From MobileMarketer Nov2020 — Brief: Coca-Cola’s Costa Coffee unit this year acquired Briggo, a startup that lets mobile users order coffee from automated kiosks, and is now rebranding it as Costa Coffee BaristaBot, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The kiosks, which can make 100 coffee drinks an hour from whole beans, fresh dairy and… Read More »

5 Ways Consumers Connect to Stores With Mobile Shopping

Discover new insights about mobile shopping behavior, including the start of the shopping journey and in-store research.

Source: www.thinkwithgoogle.com

From Google Think, how consumers are using mobiles to more accurately shop local brick and mortar. 

 

  • Target learned 3/4th of their guests start on mobile
  • Google searches for “near me” have almost tripled in last year
  • Local inventory available help. Sears saw 122% increase in store visits.
  • One in four shoppoers changed their mind while in a checkout line after looking up details on mobile phone
  • Online & offline customers buy 250% on average. Macy’s figures they are 8X more valuable.

 

From Google Think

Retail Research – I-Want-to-Buy Moments: Mobile Reshapes the Purchase

  For today’s constantly connected consumers, shopping never sleeps. Whether making an everyday purchase or researching a big-ticket item, we reflexively turn to mobile. These I-want-to-buy moments are important for consumers, and they’re critical for brands. Are you winning these micro-moments? Written by Allison Mooney , Brad Johnsmeyer Giana was in her local drugstore, trying to understand why… Read More »

NCR Q4 2014 Results Self-check-out, EMV, Hospitality, Cloud Services

Couple of wins in self-checkout, one big legacy app cancelled, EMV costs reducing spend on upgrades in software, hospitality quick food spend down thanks to one mega. Cloud services * Revenue are new #1  Source: seekingalpha.com Couple of wins in self-checkout, one big legacy app cancelled, EMV costs reducing spend on upgrades in software, hospitality quick food spend down… Read More »