Dining, shopping drive daily deals purchases: PriceGrabber survey
Consumers browse daily deal websites for dining offers more than any other category, according to a July 11…
CVS promotes digital rewards with social campaign
CVS Caremark launched a digital campaign to support the ExtraCare Rewards loyalty program on July 8. The effort,…
MRM Americas combined with McCann Salt Lake City
McCann Worldgroup subsidiary MRM Worldwide has combined its Americas operation with McCann Erickson Salt Lake City (McCann SLC).…
Carlson to complete rebrand in October, continue creative marketing services
For those of you who confuse Carlson Marketing and Carlson hospitality, your trouble will soon end (I can’t…
EBay pays $240M for mobile payments service Zong
EBay has agreed to acquire mobile payments service provider Zong for approximately $240 million in cash. The online…
Infogroup sells research unit to private equity firm
Database company Infogroup sold its research branch, Opinion Research Company International (ORC), to Chicago-based private equity firm Lake…
L.L. Bean launches mobile commerce page
Outdoor apparel retailer L.L. Bean launched a mobile commerce website on July 7. The site, built on the…
Clairmail improves leads using Jigsaw business data
When Clairmail, a San Rafael, Calif.-based mobile banking technology provider, was founded in 2004, the company had two…
Amazon.com to acquire Book Depository
Amazon.com agreed to acquire online bookseller The Book Depository International, a UK-based retailer, on July 4.The Book Depository…
Facebook to launch Skype integration tomorrow, but where’s my iPad app, Mark?
When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook would announce something “awesome” on July 6, he wasn’t fooling much…