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- Is responsive Web design always the right call?
 Responsive design automatically adjusts a website to fit any size screen, be it PC, smartphone or tablet, and offers a number of cost-saving advantages as well as better search results, experts note. But creating a separate application or mobile site offers advantages as well, allowing for a customized experience better suited to the platform. MobileCommerceDaily.com
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- Energizer goes mobile with in-app sweepstakes campaign
Energizer is using SessionM's mobile platform for an in-application advertising campaign. Users who interact with Energizer's ads can play a mobile game and participate in a sweepstakes contest. "Given the nature of the phone-charging products, mobile was an obvious fit," says Bill Clifford of SessionM. MobileCommerceDaily.com
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- Cablevision taps QR for time-sensitive offer
Cablevision is incorporating QR codes to its direct mail, signage and posters to engage consumers via mobile to check out the company's limited-time service package offer. "We want to engage with customers when, where and how they want to receive information, and QR codes provide an expansive opportunity for us to create an excellent customer experience across multiple platforms," said Kathy Filosa, vice president of direct marketing at Cablevision. Mobile Marketer
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- Marketers take first steps in combining TV, mobile
Marketers are beginning to create campaigns that combine television and mobile elements, this article notes. For example, Fox and NBCUniversal are piloting systems that let television-watchers use their mobile devices to make purchases related to the shows they are watching, and "connecting commerce to TV will grow and become more mainstream in 2013," said Sloane Kelley, interactive strategy director at BFG. MobileCommerceDaily.com
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- Constantly innovating Wal-Mart tapped as top mobile retailer of 2012
A well-rounded effort in mobile has earned Wal-Mart the Mobile Retailer of the Year award for 2012 from Mobile Commerce Daily. Wal-Mart was energetic in the mobile space last year, with a tech development lab exploring new ways to serve customers and mobile initiatives that included applications, the mobile Web, augmented reality, mobile ads, bar codes, social media, location-based services and push notifications, this article notes. MobileCommerceDaily.com
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- Starbucks is named top mobile marketer of 2012
Starbucks took home top honors in the Mobile Marketer Awards for 2012. The Marketer of the Year was cited for its "sophistication" in introducing prominently displayed QR codes and augmented reality as well as for traditional applications, mobile advertising and SMS communications for the My Starbucks Rewards program. The company won the same honors in 2010. "What makes Starbucks a clear winner is the company's comprehensive, 360-degree mobile marketing strategy that offers a number of different functions and creates an ongoing relationship between the brand and its customers," writes Rimma Kats. Mobile Marketer
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- Ballard Designs taps AR to add interactive features to print catalog
Ballard Designs has opted to use mobile devices to bring a smoother interactive experience to its physical catalog, using augmented reality rather than QR codes to engage mobile users. "Users don't want to dedicate time to learning how to use a new app and downloading QR readers is an extra step they shouldn't be forced to take. All the user has to do is open the Ballard+ app, hold it up to any product in the print catalog and they can instantly read reviews, add it to their cart, share the item, save it in their favorites area or see additional content not available in the print catalog," said Bryon Colby, senior vice president of digital commerce for Ballard Designs' parent Cornerstone Brands. MobileCommerceDaily.com
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