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MCX taps Gemalto to build cloud-based mobile wallet
Merchant Customer Exchange--the proposed nationwide mobile commerce network spearheaded by retailers including Walmart, Target, Best Buy and 7-Eleven--has selected digital security firm Gemalto to build its mobile wallet.
RadioShack ends mobile retail pact with Target
RadioShack ended its mobile retail relationship with Target, saying the two companies could not agree to terms that would have created more profit for both parties.
Target rolls mobile coupons into Apple's Passbook for iOS 6
Big-box retailer Target will extend its mobile coupon service to Apple's Passbook, the new iOS 6 application that collects users' movie tickets, transit passes, retailer loyalty cards and related documents.
Sprint's Virgin Mobile reportedly given small iPhone marketing window
Sprint Nextel's Virgin Mobile brand has started a full-throated marketing effort for its prepaid version of Apple's iPhone--but will soon need to quiet the campaign, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report.
Time Warner Cable hawks $150 Target gift cards to new triple-play subscribers
Time Warner Cable is stepping up its subscriber acquisition efforts, announcing that it will offer new customers who take a triple play of digital video, high-speed Internet and phone service gift cards that could be used to buy up to $150 in merchandise at Target stores.
Walmart, Target, Best Buy team for cross-merchant mobile wallet
More than a dozen leading U.S. merchants are banding together to create their own nationwide mobile commerce network designed to rival efforts like Google Wallet and Isis, the point-of-sale initiative spearheaded by Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile USA.
Shopkick partners with Target for nationwide mobile loyalty program
Target will expand Shopkick's location-based mobile rewards program across all of its 1,764 U.S. retail locations. The free Shopkick app, which is available for devices running Apple's ( NASDAQ:AAPL )
Leap's Cricket expands national retail presence to Target stores
Cricket provider Leap Wireless ( NASDAQ:LEAP ) expanded its retail distribution to 1,600 Target stores nationwide, giving the flat-rate player another avenue to sell its service.
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Nielsen: Mobile shoppers favor retailer sites over smartphone apps
The majority of consumer prefer to access retailers' mobile websites using their smartphones instead of accessing native applications, according to Nielsen. The research firm also noted that during
Target, Walmart plot mobile payment service to challenge Google Wallet, Isis
Walmart Stores, Target and about two dozen other retailers have joined forces to develop a mobile payment system that will compete with Google ( NASDAQ:GOOG ) Wallet and Isis, the wireless operator
