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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile-shopping app Ozmott has announced a new merchant agreement with nationwide retailer Pet Supplies Plus. As online shopping continues to thrive, Ozmott's platform offers a viable alternative to online shopping and encourages consumers to make in-store purchases. With its built-in loyalty system, Ozmott is helping to bring customers back into retail stores by providing in-store offers and "Pips" every time a consumer makes a...

Mobile Payments Pioneer to Advance Braintree's Leading M-Commerce Products SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Braintree, the fastest growing payments platform for online and mobile commerce, today announced that Rob von Behren has joined the company as lead engineer for its San Francisco office. Widely considered a pioneer in the mobile payments space, von Behren was co-founder of Google Wallet and most recently an engineer at Square. In his new role, von Behren will help...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Hackers reportedly hit Amazon-backed daily deals website LivingSocial Friday, compromising the account information of an estimated 50 million members. According to Forbes staff writer Kashmir Hill, the attack affected more than 70 percent of the more than 70 million people who have signed up to do business with the Washington, DC-based company. The hackers did not gain access to financial or credit card details, but they were...

Online customer acquisition leader continues to expand reach and offering. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 24, 2013 nCrowd, Inc., the Atlanta-based parent company of social commerce websites HalfOffDepot.com and CrowdSavings.com, has purchased the assets of Seattle-based Tippr.com and Groupalicious.com. Brian Conley, CEO of nCrowd, stated that the acquisition was nCrowd's largest to date. "The addition of Tippr and Groupalicious brings our active subscriber base to over 3.2 million in...

Popular daily deals and coupons site DealHijack.com, has recently launched their brand new website. Consumers can now easily find the best deals and coupons from leading deal websites such as Groupon, LivingSocial, Gilt, DealFind and more. Montreal, QC (PRWEB) March 16, 2013 Nothing is more exhilarating for savvy consumers than finding great deals and coupons. Not only will they save money, they get to share it with their friends as well. However, finding just the right deal and coupon...

SOUTHPORT, Conn., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- eWayDirect announced today that leading local online marketplace LivingSocial has chosen its CertainSource 2.0 multi-channel B2C customer acquisition solution to generate new, highly qualified online customers and prospects to meet its aggressive customer acquisition goals. LivingSocial selected CertainSource for its ability to optimize customer conversion and online marketing ROI by affordably identifying and delivering new, highly...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Monster Offers(TM), (OTCBB: MONT), a leading daily deal analytics provider and mobile marketing company, today announces a new resource available to consumers from its MonsterOffers.com and MonsterDailyDeals.com websites. Monster Offers gathers deal offerings from such discount providers as Groupon, Living Social, DealFind, Goldstar, and nearly 100 others. Assisted by a new partnership with Sqoot, Monster Offers can now save you...

BOSTON, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spark Commerce Inc. today announced national operability of its exclusive acquisition marketing platform, GIFT (Give Incentives For Transacting). Now, when customers shop at partner stores (whether web-based or mobile) they may receive unique and targeted gifts upon purchase completion based on Spark's proprietary curation algorithms. E-commerce businesses using GIFT benefit from customers who convert, spend and refer friends more. The...

MONTREAL, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AnywhereCommerce, today announced the appointment of Dickson Chu to the company's Board of Advisory. Mr. Chu brings more than 25 years' experience in payments and technology, and is an active advisor to a number of emerging companies who are working to define the next generation of mobile commerce and advertising. Most recently Dickson was SVP Merchant Solutions at LivingSocial where he was charged with creating a new business unit to go...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Revel Systems, the leader in iPad point-of-sale (POS) solutions, today rounded off a highly successful first year with the launch of the very first iPad Marketplace for POS System plugs-ins. This allows Revel customers to easily integrate with third party apps and plug-ins - including Facebook and Groupon - directly from the POS system to further increase the functionality and ROI of the system. This announcement marks the latest in a...