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NRF forms committee to develop Mobile Blueprint in Retail

Chaired by Renee Shaffer, CIO of Sonic Corp., with Co-Chairs David Dorf of Oracle and Jonatan Buus of CellPoint Mobile, the committee has as its mission statement to:

· Encourage and guide retailers in planning and implementing initial mobile applications, including mobile payments, mobile marketing, and internal operations.

· Educate retailers on the current and planned direction of mobile opportunities so that they can:

§ Provide detailed standards requirements to ARTS and other associated standards organizations;

§ Identify requirements (technologies, applications, processes, standards) that will facilitate adoption of the mobile in retail “initiative” and to lobby all involved.

Click here to see a list of committee members

Review the draft Table of Contents for the proposed Mobile Blueprint for Retail here.

News Links

Forget Your Well-Thought-Out Mobile Strategy: You Now Need Three - StorefrontBackttalk, 21 January 2010

EBay: Holiday Cell Phone Shopping up Threefold - ABC NEWS/Technology, 28 December 2009

MasterCard Goes Mobile With Chip-And-PIN Displays - StorefrontBacktalk, 19 November 2009

MasterCard debuts mobile payments platform in Brazil - DMNews, 16 November 2009

If The iPhone Embraces NFC, Will It Be Too Late To Make A Difference? - StorefrontBacktalk, 12 November 2009

Enabling the Mobile Wallet - RIS News, 9 October 2009

Death to paper receipts? Not yet - msnbc.com, 28 August 2009

The Mobile Payment Conundrums: To Chip, To Store, To Bank?, StorefrontBacktalk, 1 October 2009

The power of mobile money: Mobile phones have transformed lives in the poor world. Mobile money could have just as big an impact, Economist, 24 September 2009

Billing Revolution brings mobile payments to the masses, TechFlash, 24 September 2009

NFC Forum and Mobey Forum to work together on the development of mobile payments standards, Near Field Communications World, 3 September 2009

Mobile Payments May Make PCI Obsolete, StorefrontBacktalk, 6 August 2009

A Customer and His Money Are Soon Parted if a Smart Card Means No Queue, Times Online, 27 July 2009

Wal-Mart, Eyeing Mobile And Online, To Revamp Its Privacy Policy, StorefrontBacktalk, 23 July 2009

Home Depot Set to Deploy Contactless, Contactless News, 16 July 2009

Okinawans Lead in Use of Electronic Money, The Japan Times Online, 27 May 2009

M-Commerce: Retail in Motion: Consumerization of Mobile Devices Pushes M-Commerce onto the Retail Fast Track, RIS News, 24 May 2009

Mobile Payment in Eurasia: More Than a World Apart, StorefrontBacktalk, 10 May 2009

White Papers

Issuer and Merchant Best Practices: Promoting Contactless Payments Usage and Acceptance

A Smart Card Alliance Contactless and Mobile Payments Council White Paper, Draft, July 2009 (577 KB)

Security of Proximity Mobile Payments

A Smart Card Alliance Contactless and Mobile Payments Council White Paper, May 2009 (700 KB)

Proximity Mobile Payments Business Scenarios: Research Report on Stakeholder Perspectives

A Smart Card Alliance Contactless Payments Council White Paper, July 2008 (711 KB)

Presentations at NRF/ARTS Mobile Initiative Meeting August 11, 2009

NRF/ARTS Mobile Initiative Meeting August 11, 2009

Mobile Blueprint for Retail - Presentation by Richard Mader to NFC Forum, December, 2009