Juniper is “banking” on turning some heads with its newest report, aptly titled “Mobile Money Transfer & Remittances.”

According to Juniper’s latest research, the number of consumers using mobile handsets to make P2P (Person to Person) domestic money transfers will reach 340 million by 2016, up from 84 million last year.

The study in question reveals that following the success of Safaricom’s MPESA service in Kenya, both network operators and financial service providers in developing markets are increasingly using mobile distribution mechanisms as a means of enabling “underbanked” consumers to access financial services for the first time.

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ABI research published Friday that the mobile Internet is on pace to account for 25% of China’s mobile revenues in 2012 – that’s up from less than 23% last year.

By comparison, in India, mobile Internet will represent 19% of this year’s service revenue.

“While the figures demonstrate the robust demand for mobile data across the Asia-Pacific,” the report reads, “they still pale in comparison to the region’s more advanced markets.”

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This week, a leading Canadian retailer has tapped Demandware to power a new “multi-brand, multi-channel commerce strategy.”

And it involves shoes. Lots of shoes.

Demandware, a leader in on-demand eCommerce, says Browns Shoes, a prominent retailer of fashion footwear in Canada, has selected the Demandware Commerce platform to drive its new efforts.

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Mobile Marketing Watch is proud to be sponsoring a new webinar entitled “Go Mobile: How Consumers Use Mobile to Engage with Your Brand,” which is being presented by Jamie Turner, co-author of “Go Mobile” and founder of 60SecondMarketer.com.  

The goal of the webinar is to answer the question, “How are my consumers using mobile to connect with my brand and purchase my products?”  Some of the many topics covered will include innovative uses of mobile marketing by businesses around the globe; best practices on using SMS, mobile apps, mobile websites and other mobile marketing tools; how brands use QR codes to grow sales and revenue; recent statistics and data on consumer’s use of mobile marketing; mobile website best practices and mistakes to avoid; and how to use location-based marketing (e.g., foursquare, WHERE, Gowalla), to drive new customers to your doorstep.

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This week, the Federal Reserve reported findings from the survey it recently spearheaded which was designed to show the latest habits and trends among mobile consumers.

And the report tells us nothing we didn’t already know. Mobile usage is on fire and poised to grow at an exponential rate.

Consumers already make significant use of the Internet to inform their major purchases, the Fed survey shows. A majority of respondents (58 percent) indicate that they comparison-shop online, and the same percentage say they look at product reviews before making a large purchase while at a retail store. Even though security concerns may make consumers wary of mobile devices as the payment mechanism for point of-sale purchases, the technology can enable shopping and comparisons of products and services.

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As MMW reported last month, sports entertainment juggernaut World Wrestling Entertainment has brilliantly capitalized on social media and mobile marketing ahead of the April 1st extravaganza known as WrestleMania 28.

This year, however, for the first time in WWE history, the year’s biggest annual pay-per-view event will be a truly mobile experience.

The “Superbowl of Professional Wrestling” is soon upon us – Wrestlemania 28! It takes place on April 1st and WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) has announced that the biggest and most star-studded show of its action-packed calendar will be streaming exclusively on iPhone and iPad!

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Demandware Labs has announced the development and launch of a new creation produced in hopes of extending the core functionality of the Demandware eCommerce platform.

The new tool in question is a WordPress plug-in, which is powered by Demandware’s Open Commerce APIs, and provides retailers with an easy, yet powerful way to make content published on a WordPress blog more social and shoppable.

Blog content is typically linked to a product details page on an ecommerce site. The WordPress Plug-In application from Demandware Labs enables a more seamless experience by allowing retailers to tag specific text and images with product details from Demandware Commerce, instantly bringing the shopping experience directly to the consumer.

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