The document provides tips for more efficient and enjoyable holiday shopping by utilizing smartphone apps and technology. It recommends downloading shopping apps to find local deals and prices, paying without cash via mobile wallets, and using curbside pickup apps. It also suggests using delivery apps if you forget a gift so you don't have to leave your car. Finally, it discusses new payment technologies like fitness trackers and heartbeat wristbands that simplify purchases.

1. Shop For the Season Without Breaking a Sweat
Make your holiday shopping more efficient, less expensive, and more enjoyable
with a list of shopping hacks from Arc shopper innovation guru, Nick Jones.
Prep Your Shopping Bestie
(AKA Your Smartphone)
1. Power Up. Try a purse with built-in charger
2. Enable Bluetooth. Wirelessly connect to receive
exclusive in-store deals.
3. Download Shopping Apps:
• AroundMe Find what’s nearby
• ShopSavvy Scan barcodes for prices & sales
• Shopkick Get store-exclusive deals and discounts
• Pay without plastic thanks to mobilewallet technology
• Curbside app finds and buys your giftlist items for quick store pick-up
Leave Your Wallet at Home andNever Leave the Car
• Operator app has a team to buy, find
and ship your gift list to your doorstep
• Tell Mona app what you’re looking for
and get curated options for purchase
Download a Personal Shopper
• Amazon Prime Now app deliversanything from Amazon in about an hour• Google Express can get you anythingsame day
Forgot Grandma’s Gift?Deliver it to Her Door.
• TaskRabbit has a community of Taskers
to finish small jobs
• Paribus app scans email receipts to find
missed deals
• Dominos delivery is on demand via text
or emoji
Clean Up the Holiday Aftermath
• New MasterCard program allows gadgetslike keys and fitness trackers to makein-store payments• Nymi + MasterCard made a wristband thatauthenticates payments with your heartbeat
The Future of Holiday Shopping
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