Unless you’re living on a planet uninhabited by anything Mark Zuckerberg has touched, you’ve heard the news about Instagram. Facebook, the biggest social networking site on the planet (our planet, you know, the one Mr….

According to an article and infographic published on Mashable today, there are 5.3 billion mobile subscribers around the world, which equates to 77% of the world’s population using a phone. Seventy three percent of the…

When writing his presentation about how online retailers can compete in an Amazon-centric world, Jordan Rohan, Managing Director of Stifel Nicolaus, realized that perhaps he was looking at the wrong model…the wrong “A.” Apple, he…

By Lorenz Jakober Special to the eTail Blog It’s looking like the “Couch Commerce” trend – shopping on smartphones and tablets from the comfort of your home – is here to stay. A recent report…

It’s a common flaw of marketers to want to shove everything possible in front of their customers. The more opportunities I give them to buy, the more likely they’ll do SOMETHING, right? We think, wrong….