BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: M-commerce

  • electronic transactions between buyers and sellers using mobile communications devices such as cellphones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or laptop computers

Wiktionary Definition for: M-commerce

  • The use of mobile technology in commerce

Additional Resources

An Arrest and an Earnings Puzzle at I.B.M.
Last Friday was not one of I.B.M.'s better days: One of its top executives was arrested in a sweeping insider trading case, and the company's shares dropped 5 percent. The fall in I.B.M.'s share price probably had little to do with the arrest of Robert W. Moffat Jr., a senior...
Tags: IBM Corp.
News items 2009-10-19
Competition hots up as M&S goes into battle
Marks and Spencer's new Christmas ads, set to air next week, will have a saucy feel, with Life on Mars star Philip Glenister delivering some cheeky one-liners about "juicy birds" and girls in their underwear. Sir Stuart Rose, executive chairman of M&S, says the ads are a "bit of a...
Tags: sales, Advertisement, Food
News items 2009-11-04
Will the M&S cap fit Bolland?
Just two months ago, when Marc Bolland, chief executive of Wm Morrison, was questioned on whether he would be tempted to jump ship to Marks and Spencer, he replied: "I love Morrisons. I am happy where I am." The dapper Dutchman was silent about the pay deal that might have...
Tags: Food, clothing
News items 2009-11-18
Bolland must wear two caps at M&S
Just two months ago, when Marc Bolland, chief executive of Wm Morrison, was questioned on whether he would be tempted to jump ship to Marks and Spencer, he replied: "I love Morrisons. I am happy where I am." The dapper Dutchman was silent about the pay deal that might have...
Tags: Food, clothing, Safeway Plc., Heineken N.V.
News items 2009-11-18
I'm Not Here Right Now | BTalk Australia
Do you hide behind technology? Or do use your email as a weapon? Perhaps you're one of those people who believes your worth in an organisation is directly related to the number of emails you write. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to John Ogier...
Tags: Phone, John Ogier, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Phil Dobbie
Blog posts 2008-07-20
Angela Rae, an anchor for the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news at CBS-owned WFOR-TV Miami will join the company's flagship station, WCBS-TV.(Brief Article)
Angela Rae, an anchor for the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news at CBS-owned WFOR-TV Miami will join the company's flagship station, WCBS-TV, in No. 1 market New York. She will anchor at noon ant 5 p.m. in New York. The move ... ...
Research articles 2000-06-05
M&M's retail hits Big Apple.(NEWS & TRENDS)
NEW YORK -- Mars, Inc.'s 25,000-square-foot M&M's World retail outlet opened recently in Times Square. The store features more than one million milk chocolate and peanut M&M's, a Blue character posed dancing to the tune of Saturday Night Fever, a 21-foot-tall Miss Green M&M's version of...
Tags: Apple Inc., Mars Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-01
"M&M'S"(R) Chocolate Candies Get A Face-Lift
M&M/MARS is putting its best face forward to pay homage to "M&M's"R most alluring Spokescandy - Green. In conjunction with "M&M's"R Chocolate Candies' 60th Anniversary, "M&M's"R revealed new printing technology that permits character faces to be printed on its signature green chocolate candies. For a limited time beginning...
Tags: Mars Inc.
Research articles 1970-01-01
DTN News: First Oshkosh M-ATVs On The Ground In Afghanistan Protecting Warfighters
DTN News: First Oshkosh M-ATVs On The Ground In Afghanistan Protecting Warfighters *Source: DTN News / Oshkosh Corporation NSI News Source Info OSHKOSH, Wis. - October 7, 2009: Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) announced October 5., that the first MRAP All Terrain Vehicles ( M-ATV ) are on...
Tags: Afghanistan, Vehicle, Forward-looking Statement
News items 2009-10-06
DTN News: Oshkosh Corporation Awarded Contracts To Support M-ATVs In Afghanistan
DTN News: Oshkosh Corporation Awarded Contracts To Support M-ATVs In Afghanistan *Source: DTN News / Oshkosh Corporation NSI News Source Info OSHKOSH, Wis. - October 30, 2009: Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced today that through its Defense division, it has received two contracts valued at more than...
Tags: Vehicle
News items 2009-10-29
Morrisons Man Bolland Takes Over at M&S
By James Davey and Mark PotterLONDON (Reuters UK) - Marks & Spencer MKS named Marc Bolland as its next leader, passing over internal candidates to poach the marketing expert who led a turnaround at Wm Morrison Supermarkets MRW.M&S shares rose 5.9 percent to a 17-month closing high of 390 pence,...
Tags: Food, Analyst, M&S, Morrison, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Marc Bolland, Oukbs
News items 2009-11-18
Synergy Effects Of Domestic And International M&A
This paper examines the productivity effects of domestic and international Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Since firms choose to engage in domestic and international M&A activities, it is important to control for M&A destinations and the endogeneity of M&A. By controlling for the selectivity bias, the authors found that productivity gains...
Tags: M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance
White papers 2006-06-19
M-Systems Adds New Memory Cards to Its Mobile Market Offering; New M-Card Form Factors Complement Company's M-DOC and M-SIM Offerings to Mobile Handset Vendors, Mobile Network Operators and Retail Brand Partners
BARCELONA, Spain -- M-Systems (Nasdaq: FLSH), a leader in smart personal storage, today announced the availability of new M-Card memory card form factors for the mobile market. The availability of mobile memory cards completes the company's offering to the mobile market which includes M-DOC and M-SIM product lines. To help...
Tags: handset, memory card, mobile, mobile network
Research articles 2006-02-13
El cupé deportivo para los adultos contemporáneos Toyota Camry solara 2004: la palabra que mejor describe el nuevo Toyota Camry Solara es "más". Más espacio, más lujo, más seguridad, más tecnolog&
Los modelos 2004 están disponibles en tres grados: SE, SLE y SE Sport. Esta prueba a fondo se refiere más al modelo SE con un motor opcional V6, que cuesta $21.450. Y es ahí donde más se convierte en menos, ya que el preci Los modelos...
Tags: Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2004-03-01
Ad Age/IAG's Top Spots; #1 M&M's.(News)(M and M Advertising Inc.)(Brief Article)
An M&M's Dark Chocolate spot, featuring Red and Yellow in a sit-down with Darth Vader, ranked as the best-liked new ad of the past month. Spots from Veet and Skittles joined Sears Ty Pennington Style, Quiznos Subs and the U.S. Postal Service on the Likability Top 10....
Tags: advertisement, M&M, Sears Roebuck & Co., U.S. Postal Service
Research articles 2005-05-02
Newsclips.(Briefs)(North Central Equity LLC purchased M&M Tool and Mold Inc.)(Modern Dispersions South Inc. workers injured)
Private equity grabs toolmaker M&M GREEN BAY, WIS. - Private equity group North Central Equity LLC has purchased Wisconsin toolmaker M&M Tool and Mold Inc. The deal, completed June 30 for an undisclosed sum, adds M&M to three other portfolio companies for...
Tags: Amcor Ltd.
Research articles 2007-07-09
American Music acquires M&M Music: backed by Guitar Center, school dealer makes first acquisition in expansion bid. (Retailer Update).
AMERICAN MUSIC, a division of Guitar Center, Inc., has acquired the stock of M&M Music, a five-store retail music group headquartered in Valdosta, Georgia, for $6.8 million. The acquisition was announced by David E. Fleming, president and chief operating officer of American Music, and Tom and...
Tags: AMERICAN MUSIC, Guitar Center Inc.
Research articles 2002-08-01
Who's who guide to personal care: trade names. (M-Z).
M M & H Plastics Extrusion blow-molded bottles, caps, sprayers, components in European styles and sizes. Custom Bottle Inc. M O-Closing System Container system to protect product from air oxygen. M O Industries Inc. M O-LIFT All electric drum...
Tags: Saint-Gobain, Sasol Ltd., The Dow Chemical Co.
Research articles 2003-07-01
M&S to close 27 shops
Marks & Spencer today unveiled its worst sales figures for almost a decade and plans to axe up to 1,230 jobs. M&S said UK like-for-like sales tumbled 7.1 per cent in the 13 weeks to 27 December - its biggest sales collapse since July-September 1999 - despite heavy price-cutting in...
News items 2009-08-07
G.M. to Sell Cars on eBay
General Motors will kick off a test program on Tuesday to allow consumers to bid on new cars and trucks on the eBay Web site. The program, initially restricted to about 225 G.M. dealers in California, resides at gm.ebay.com and is yet another online alternative for customers who???d prefer to...
Tags: vehicle, car, dealer, eBay Inc.
News items 2009-08-10
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