NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

[JPetroInc]

ShopSavvy, now with realtime local inventory!

March 25, 2009

http://www.biggu.com/2009/03/25/shopsavvy-now-with-realtime-local-inventory/



James Kendrick from GigaOM scooped us on our own announcement, but I figured we should go ahead and write about our latest improvement to ShopSavvy. A powerful new feature is now available for our users. Through technology developed by Krillion™, shoppers can now view real-time product inventory at local stores when they use the ShopSavvy application to scan a product barcode. As a result, they can quickly identify a local retailer with in-stock product, and then purchase the product online for immediate pick-up at a nearby store.

The ability to connect ShopSavvy’s 1 million+ users with real-time pricing and inventory from major retailers means that mobile, location-aware shopping has taken a big step forward. A simple integration with Krillion’s StockCheck™ tool means that Big in Japan can enhance the shopping experience for ShopSavvy users and boost its ability to monetize referrals.

“Directing shoppers to local stores is a core feature of ShopSavvy, and being able to present our users with up-to-the-minute, local inventory across hundreds of product categories and merchants adds huge value for our users,” said Alexander Muse, co-founder of Big in Japan, which developed ShopSavvy. ” Our recent enhancements to ShopSavvy’s location awareness makes our new relationship with Krillion even more compelling for ShopSavvy users.”

“Krillion is the most prominent local product shopping search platform for mobile and web applications, because we can connect shoppers with accurate, local product availability and pricing information, wherever they are,” said Joel Toledano, co-founder and CEO of Krillion. “We enable developers of mobile shopping applications, as well as our client base of manufacturers, web publishers, and search and shopping engines, to easily implement a real-time display of in-stock products from more than 40,000 retail locations across the country, including Best Buy, Home Depot, Sears, Target, and Wal-Mart. This enables our network partners to better serve their audience and monetize their apps and websites, while directing more ready-to-buy, local customers to our multichannel retail partners.”