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Starbucks to launch mobile commerce initiative for the holidays

| October 22, 2014

Company has ambitious plans for the holiday season

Starbucks has some big plans for the holiday season. The company intends to entice consumers into its stores during the holidays by offering mobile ordering and pay services this year. The company plans to launch this initiative in Oregon before possibly rolling it out to other states throughout the country. Starbucks sees a great deal of promise in the mobile commerce space and aims to connect with consumers that are shopping via mobile devices this year.

Starbucks continues to find success by engaging mobile consumers in dynamic ways

Starbucks has managed to establish a strong presence in the mobile payments space. The company teamed with payment solutions provider Square a few years ago and the two companies have managed to engage mobile consumers effectively since then. Using the Starbucks mobile application, consumers can pay for products at certain stores from their mobile devices, providing people with a more convenient way to pay.

Company to introduce new rewards for its loyalty program members

mobile commerce - StarbucksThe company plans to introduce new offers for its loyalty program members. Starbucks will be offering access to special events and previews of new products that it will be offering in the future. Rewards can be redeemed for all of the company’s brands. There is also a chance to win Starbucks coffee for life for those that are making payments from a mobile device.

Consumers will be able to place orders in advance and pay for these orders from their mobile devices

In the coming weeks, Starbucks will be offering people a chance to place orders for drinks and other products from their smartphones. These orders can be placed in advanced, before a consumer actually visits a physical store. Payments can also be made in advance, and consumers can visit a Starbucks store to pick up their purchased products. Starbucks anticipates that it will see significant success with its mobile commerce initiative. Mobile shopping has become quite popular among consumers, especially during the holiday season, when people are looking for more convenient ways to pay for products.

Starbucks mobile payments application reaches new heights

| June 8, 2013

Mobile payments prove beneficial for Starbucks

Mobile payments have managed to receive the full approval of Starbucks as the company’s customers continue to express their favor for the company’s services. Starbucks is a relative newcomer to the field of mobile commerce, having only truly embraced mobile payments in 2012. The company teamed with Square to launch its mobile payments initiative and has been seeing a great deal of success among consumers since then. Consumers claim that the company’s services offer a more convenient way to purchase products.

Application now processes more than 4 million transactions every week

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz notes that the company’s mobile payments application now processes more than 4.5 million transactions per week. This is monumental growth from the few thousand transactions the application had been processing shortly after its launch. The application has humble beginnings, with its primary purpose having been to reduce the wait times consumers experiences in the company’s stores. Now, the application exists to promote mobile commerce among consumers.

Mobile Payments at StarbucksConsumers are growing more accommodating of mobile commerce

Commerce has been changing in the U.S. More consumers are becoming enthralled by the idea of mobile payments and are showing that they are eager to use their mobile devices to purchase and pay for products of all kinds. Starbucks has taken note of this change in consumer behavior and has been working to meet the changing needs and interests that consumers have in the mobile space.

US companies continue growing more involved in mobile commerce

Starbucks is one of several companies that have been growing more involved in the mobile payments field. Many U.S. consumers have responded well to the company’s mobile commerce initiative, which has encouraged the company to expand its efforts in the mobile commerce field to continue engaging consumers in a more dynamic fashion. Starbucks expects to continue seeing the number of transactions it processes through its mobile application grow steadily in the future.