Chuck is heading to CES and gives us a comparison of what it was like last year and what he expects it to be like this year. Plus, he highlights some of the things he will be focused on while in Las Vegas.

Shopsavvy is one of the most popular price checking mobile apps on the market today. They catalog over 500,000 stores and their products to bring you the best price for the product that is in your hand. They recently released the results of a massive stud

In late October, McDonalds got into the beacon game. Not all McDonalds, just 17 of them in the Columbus, Georgia area. The results were good enough to prompt them to expand the rollout to another 263 locations. Chuck summarizes the results from the first

At one point the tablet was the dominant mobile commerce platform. Transactions flew from the bigger screen - an ode or tribute to the big screen desktop ways of our ecommerce forefathers. But now, for the first time, smartphones have taken over the top s

The shopping season - between Black Friday and the end of Boxing Day - is where all retail strategy is tested. The work everyone has done over the entire year comes down to this span. This is where profits are made, companies survive, thrive or dive. Up u

Here's a perfect example of consumers wanting the technology but not wanting to use it - we are talking about mobile payments. In the Holiday Mobile Payments survey by Stratos, the numbers paint a very interesting contrast between the consumer's desire to

If you are looking for mobile payment success look no further than the quick serve restaurants in your area. They have been very early adopters of mobile technology - from mobile advertising to mobile coupons to mobile payments and now mobile ordering. Wh

If you've ever been watching a movie and wondered what brand of watch the lead was wearing or what car they were driving or where they were eating lunch then The Take is for you. Chuck explains how this app brings you a little closer to being a part of th

Remember Christmas 2013 and all the hoopla and media attention showrooming was getting? Here we are a year later and I really haven't heard that term in the media this time around. That begs the question: Is showrooming still a thing? The Harris Poll has

More and more studies are emerging on the changing role of retail sales staff and they all point in the same direction. The latest report, this one by CEA entitled "Enhancing the In-Store CE Retail Experience Using Mobile Devices" paints the same picture