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Nail The Basics To Quickly Expose The Value Of The Channel
In the US, adoption of mobile financial services is rising: 11% of US online adults are now mobile bankers and 7% of those with investment accounts are mobile investors, although just 3% of online...

An Empowered Report: 2D Bar Codes: Learn Why There's No Urgency
2D bar codes have captured the attention of eBusiness professionals in many industries who are looking to bridge the gap between online and offline media. The stakes are high. Those who execute well...
With The Launch Of iNomineo, Generali Focuses On A Major Revenue Source
Generali France's iNomineo app for the iPhone offers financial advisors mobile access to client information, details of clients' holdings and past transactions, and graphic illustrations of market...
Mobile is an ideal channel for travelers. Within this touchpoint, smartphones excel. Though just 22% of all US online adults have a smartphone, 35% of US online leisure travelers and 55% of business...
An Empowered Report: Invest Modestly And Experiment Broadly
Only 1% of US mobile phone owners have used a 2D bar code scanner in the past three months. It would be hard for any product or service company to claim an urgent need to implement 2D bar codes, but...
Forrester partners with Shop.org annually to survey retailers on their attitudes toward and investments in the online retail channel. This year the research specifically probes mobile and tablet...

Forrester partners with Shop.org annually to survey online retail executives on their adoption of various web-related technologies and the investment levels associated with those initiatives. This...

Choosing The Right Approach For Your Target Consumers
Mobile commerce is growing in Australia at a rapid pace. To shape sensible strategies, Australian eBusiness professionals must understand the behavior of their customers. For example, they should...
A Benchmarking Guide For eBusiness Professionals
Mobile technology for both hardware and software is experiencing a frenetic pace of change. What table stakes or "being in the game" means is constantly moving. eBusiness professionals have procured...

How Financial Services eBusiness Executives Can Use Online Video
More people than ever before watch online video. In response, an increasing number of financial services eBusiness teams are using online video to drive sales. Nevertheless, based on our study of...

The mobile Internet has changed completely over the past few years. It has transformed from a lightly visited and marginally useful novelty to a quickly growing medium that business would be foolish...
Choosing An Approach To Meet Your Objectives Cost-Effectively
The browser-based mobile Web experience is more important than ever, with dramatic growth in the usage of the mobile Internet — especially from smartphones — in the past 24 months. In...
Mobile Devices And Interactive Displays Are Redefining The In-Store Experience For Sales Associates And Customers Alike
Retailers are ditching the term multichannel. Instead, in the era of agile commerce, they talk about delivering a "buy anywhere, fulfill anywhere" experience to their customers. In pursuit of this...

Ten Areas Of Focus For The Next 12 Months
Expect 2011 to be an exciting year in financial services, driven for the most part by the increasingly important role of eBusiness and channel strategy professionals. The rise of smartphones, the...
An Empowered Report: Understanding The Mobile Behavior Of Your Target Audience
The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. Mobile Technographics offers consumer product strategists a means of obtaining...
mCommerce Apps Have Invigorated Cross-Channel Innovation, But What Lies Next?
At last count, 56 of the top 100 retailers in the US had developed an Android, iPad, or iPhone mCommerce application. The sophistication of these apps ranges greatly from basic store finders and...
Sparkassen Combine A Corporate Mobile Offer With Regional Principles
Germany's regional Sparkassen became the first banks to launch a mobile banking iPhone app in Germany and now offer a broad range of mobile services including application and browser-based...