Thanksgiving is about sharing, giving thanks and connecting with family and friends. Yet, all too often we get caught up in the holiday rat race—the mad dash to the airport, the supermarket, the mall—and forget to take time out to enjoy the holiday.To kick off the holidays this year, we wanted to crank...
Deck the halls with tools for shopping
I love shopping for gifts for my family and friends, but it’s not always easy. Fortunately, the Google Shopping team has built several new tools to help you (and me!) get an early and stress-free start on holiday shopping.Explore products in 360-degree detail on Google ShoppingHaving trouble imagining...
Connecting shoppers and great stores online
Online shopping is great for many reasons, but most of all it’s a convenient and fast way to turn your intent to buy that new pair of running shoes, for example, into an actual purchase. But shoppers tell us they’re often nervous about buying from online stores they don’t know. We created the free Google...
Five tips for stress-free holiday shopping
Today, on Cyber Monday—the biggest online shopping day of the year—digi-savvy shoppers will take to the web to get ahead on their holiday shopping. You’ve managed to avoid the Black Friday crowds, but are your online shopping skills up to snuff? Just in the nick of time, here are five tips on how to...
More local deals, personalized to your interests
There’s a universe of amazing daily deals out there, but it's hard to find them all in one place—and even harder to discover the ones that really matter to you. We’re making improvements to Google Offers that help address this challenge. First, we’re delivering more amazing deals from a bunch of new...
More Google Wallet merchants are live. Now you can pay AND save in a single tap.
We’re hearing from people at check-out counters throughout the country that paying with your phone is a little like magic. Just look at the ecstatic reaction on the faces of our friends who made their first Google Wallet purchases last Thursday.Today, our partners American Eagle Outfitters, The Container...
Building an amazing mobile shopping experience with Google Commerce Search
Mobile usage in retail is on the rise—every year we see an increasing number of shopping queries originate from mobile phones. As mobile continues to proliferate, it’s also fundamentally changing the way people shop. Mobile and shopping are made for each other.Knowing this, we’re sharing a secret with...
Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, American Express and Discover
In May we announced Google Wallet—an app that makes your phone your wallet—with Citi, MasterCard, Sprint and First Data. With Google Wallet, you can tap, pay and save using your phone and near field communication (NFC).We’ve been testing it extensively, and today we’re releasing the first version of...
Shop your favorite catalogs with Google Catalogs
(Cross-posted on the Commerce and Mobile blogs)For years, shoppers have enjoyed flipping through glossy print catalogs to be inspired, discover new trends and find great products. Today, mobile technologies can make catalog shopping more engaging, social and creative. With that in mind, we’ve created...
Google Offers beta launching in New York City and the Bay Area
(Cross-posted on the Google Commerce Blog)Following our first launch of Google Offers beta in Portland last month, we’re bringing great deals to the Big Apple and the Bay Area starting today. Subscribers who sign up at www.google.com/offers or via the new “Today’s Offer” tab in Google Shopper 2.0 for...
