“Retailers are trying to make smartphones work for them instead of against them,” according to Wall Street Journal article Can Texting Save Stores? ‘Geofencing’ Lets Retailers Offer Deals to Nearby Customers, Fight Price-Shopping. From our work with Meijer Inc., a Midwestern chain of supermarkets, we at Point Inside know this to be true. Retailers are [...]
One of our favorite company traditions at Point Inside is Trivia Tuesday! Every Tuesday the whole company divides into teams to answer about 5 trivia questions. Teams are made up of people from all different departments which is awesome so that we can get to know each other better. Every two months we switch up the teams to keep it interesting. [...]
I recently joined the Point Inside team, and for the last three months I’ve learned what it’s like to work at a startup. I have been absolutely blown away with how different it is from my past job, working at a large corporation. Here are just some of the reasons why I’ll happily choose a [...]
As the holiday edition of Point Inside’s in-app Mallopoly game drew to a close, entries poured in as people claimed places, shared the app and viewed places in hopes of winning the Daily Prizes and/or the Grand Prize. Yesterday, a random drawing of all the entries from the Mallopoly game was held and Dave Curry was selected as the winner of the $1000 Grand Prize! [...]
Google introduced indoor maps inside the new Google Maps 6.0 for Android last week. We did a simple experiment. As a shopper, we zoomed into one of the indoor maps of a local Home Depot and searched for “paint.” We were automatically repositioned to the Lowe’s hardware store down the road. Not what we – [...]
This year, the fearless Mo Bros and Mo Sistas at Point Inside decided to help spread the word about Men’s Health issues, and helping the worldwide organization of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas raise over 80 million dollars. More than anything, the MoStashes sparked conversations in hallways, on street corners and other places about what [...]
Point Inside Shopping & Travel application has been selected by Apple as a featured shopping app in the special “Apps for Shopping” section of the iTunes App Store for the second year in a row. We are thrilled to join other excellent apps such as the Disney Store, Target, Zappos, Nordstrom, Amazon Windowshop, Toys R [...]
Have you ever looked for a product, and wandered aimlessly through the grocery store trying to find it? Or, more likely, tried to find a store employee to help you find the product? Good luck finding either, right? Chances are your customers have experienced the same pain and frustration. What if shoppers didn’t need a [...]
In honor of one of our favorite hometown events, the Point Inside Maps for Airports and Malls app now includes Seafair. Check out maps and event information of this weekend’s hydro races.
Our team will be cheering on three time national champion team and partner, the Miss Madison Oh Boy! Oberto Hydroplane!
To get excited about the races, check out this short video from the helmet camera at the Tri-Cities race two weeks ago. (For an intense crash scene, the footage at minute 7:20 is particularly crazy).
Here is the video: 2011 Lucas Oil Madison Regatta: U-1 in Final Heat from Walt Ottenad on Vimeo.
Inside scoop is that the hydro is all fixed up and ready to win this weekend. Oh Boy! Oberto, Point Inside will be there cheering you on!
Our number one request by our app users has been to map additional malls the Point Inside Maps for Malls and Airports application. You asked for it and we delivered. Across the United States and Canada, we have added 80 new malls in July alone. Noteworthy malls added include: United States Malls Central Mall in [...]
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