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1. What do you do at AisleBuyer?

I’m the Senior Integration Engineer.

2. What is your favorite part of working for AisleBuyer?

The ideas behind the product.  I like this idea:  mobile shopping, eliminating checkout lines…

3. What is your favorite mobile app and why?

I’d say Mint.com.  It’s pretty organized and I like their graphics and their simplicity.

4. If you could only drink one beer for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

I’m an equal opportunity beer drinker.  No brand has attracted me, like “this is the one!”

5. If you had your own hot sauce, what would you name it?

I’d name it Try Me! Hot.

6. Of the AisleBuyer team, who would you like to be Beirut partners with the most? The least?

I still don’t know, I can say Meghan maybe as the most!  I have to see everyone’s game first, before I can decide!

7. Would you rather live the rest of your life without music or dessert of any kind?

I like music, but I think I can live without music.  I won’t live without dessert.

8. Describe your personal style in one word.

Liberal.

9. Describe your perfect Saturday afternoon in exactly seven words.

Watching kids swim and relaxing after lunch.

10. Would you rather have hair that never stops growing, or fingernails and toenails that never stop growing and why?

It’s such a weird question; what do you get out of it??  I need hair actually, so I would say hair.

11. Make up a word that describes or embodies your life philosophy.

Keepthingssimple.

12. If you were a superhero, what would your super power and name be?

I think time control.  YashTime.

13. What is your guilty pleasure TV show?

24–it’s so addicting.  I wish it wasn’t archived on Netflix, so I could stop watching it!

Good morning and welcome to the last Weekly Update Extravaganza of March!  This week, we released the third and final installment of our Mobile Shopping Survey Series.  The final survey, titled  ”Tablets as Point of Sale,” revealed that consumers are definitely ready for in-store tablets!  The included research brief highlights that not only are shoppers familiar with “mobilized” store associates, but they prefer them!  Interested in learning more about how you can mobilize your store?  Check out our recent whitepaper for tips.

As always, we’ve got some mobile news coming your way.  And be sure to let us know in the comments section what you think of tablets as a part of the in-store shopping experience!

1.  What do you do at AisleBuyer?

I do mobile development with Ryan Eldridge.

2.  What is your favorite part of working for AisleBuyer?

It’s pretty chill.  The culture is my favorite part of working here.  The people, the product—it’s a very good idea and it seems like something that could be the standard for mobile shopping in the future.

3.  What is your favorite mobile app and why?

Google Music because it is really easy to use—it’s such an elegant implementation and everything works perfectly.  And I’m listening to music all the time.  It’s on Android too.

4.  If you could only drink one beer for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

I just turned 21 not too long ago!  Stella Artois.  Do we have that one here??

5.  If you had your own hot sauce, what would you name it?

Taylor’s Super Hot Fire Sauce.

6.  Of the AisleBuyer team, who would you like to be Beirut partners with the most? The least?

Who’s pretty tall here?  Scott Almeida or Shawn because they’re both pretty tall people.  And I guess the least would be Dan Hore.

7.  Would you rather live the rest of your life without music or dessert of any kind?

Dessert of any kind.

8.  Describe your personal style in one word.

Efficient.

9.  Describe your perfect Saturday afternoon in exactly seven words.

I play golf at Pebble Beach.

10.  Would you rather have hair that never stops growing, or fingernails and toenails that never stop growing and why?

I’d rather look like a gorilla in that case–if they’re all continuously growing.  I don’t know if I could deal with that.

11.  Make up a word that describes or embodies your life philosophy.

Brotastic.

12.  If you were a superhero, what would your super power and name be?

It would be to be able to run at the speed of light.  I’d be The Shock.

13.  What is your guilty pleasure TV show?

Top Gear.

Good morning and welcome to another Weekly Update Extravaganza!  It’s proving to be an early SUMMER this year with the Boston temps getting up into the eighties yesterday, making what’s normally a short spring season in the Hub a nonexistent one!

As you may have seen, we recently released our latest whitepaper, “Bricks, Mortar and Mobile:  Building an Effective In-Store mCommerce Strategy.”  Wondering what the five essential steps for getting started with mobile commerce are?!  Look no further–we’ve got you covered!  We laid them out for you, so you can get started on developing your much-needed strategy TODAY.

Check out some of the mobile buzz that caught our eye this week and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

1.  What do you do at AisleBuyer?

I’m the Associate Product Manager here.

2.  What is your favorite part of working for AisleBuyer?

The technology and the new products I’m working on.

3.  What is your favorite mobile app and why?

Flipboard.  I love reading and consuming news, and it’s just a very simple way of doing that.

4.  If you could only drink one beer for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

I don’t drink beer.  There you go—I’m an Englishman that doesn’t drink beer!

5.  If you had your own hot sauce, what would you name it?

Super Ilan.

6.  Of the AisleBuyer team, who would you like to be Beirut partners with the most? The least?

I’ll take Dan Hore as the most.  And I’ll have to say my boss, Helen—get myself into trouble on the blog haha…

7.  Would you rather live the rest of your life without music or dessert of any kind?

Easily without music.  I’m all about the desserts.  I have the biggest sweet tooth in the world.

8.  Describe your personal style in one word.

British.

9.  Describe your perfect Saturday afternoon in exactly seven words.

Sitting on the sofa with my wife.

10.  Would you rather have hair that never stops growing, or fingernails and toenails that never stop growing and why?

I’m going to go with the hair.

11.  Make up a word that describes or embodies your life philosophy.

Randomific.

12.  If you were a superhero, what would your super power and name be?

Flying.  Captain England.

13.  What is your guilty pleasure TV show?

(American) X Factor.

Welcome to the Weekly Update Extravaganza!  This week we released the second part of the Mobile Shopping Survey series.  This data focused on grocery and drug store shopping behavior and suggested that mobile offers have the potential to sway brand loyalty. Interestingly (and being a rather thrifty 20-something myself, I can vouch for this!), 82% of folks between the ages of 25-34 said they would be willing to switch brands if offered a mobile coupon while shopping!

Wow!  Think of the mobile marketing opportunities available for retailers and brands!

In other news, the 2012 Xconomy Forum–Mobile Madness took place in Cambridge yesterday; AisleBuyer’s Andrew Paradise spoke on the “Mobile Commerce Revolution” panel.  Were you there?  See who else was:

Here are a few other interesting articles we were reading this week! Leave us anything we missed in the comments!