After finding out from its Facebook fans that they were interested in mobile coupons, America's largest drugstore chain Walgreens is adding a Walgreens mobile coupons app to its current mobile app platform. The platform currently offers its customers extreme convenience through services like prescription refills, photo-ordering and special offer text alerts. These apps are free and are available for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry phones.
For busy consumers, a convenient app like Walgreens mobile coupons makes it extra easy to take advantage of discounts while out and about. Walgreens has launched this new discount service for the holiday season, hoping to entice value-oriented consumers with promises of quick discounts, ranging in amounts from 50 cents to $5, on a variety of products including beauty items and gifts.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Mobile Coupons
- Opportunity to leverage the popularity of mobile apps to provide convenient and personalized discounts to consumers.
- Convenience Apps
- Opportunity to develop apps that offer a range of services to enhance customer experience and loyalty.
- Value-oriented Shopping
- Opportunity to cater to cost-conscious consumers by providing attractive discounts and promotions.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Retail
- Disruptive innovation opportunities in retail include developing mobile coupon apps and offering personalized discounts.
- Mobile Technology
- Disruptive innovation opportunities in the mobile technology industry include creating convenient and feature-rich apps for various purposes.
- Beauty and Gift
- Disruptive innovation opportunities in the beauty and gift industry include leveraging mobile apps to offer exclusive discounts and promotions.
