These 9 Free Smartphone Mobile Apps Will Save “Back To School” Parent Shoppers A Sizeable Chunk Of Change

It’s that Most Wonderful Time of the Year once again and retailers are competing for a slice of the $72.5 billion dollar Back to School shopping market.

Closing in as the 2nd-highest retail money maker according to the National Retail Federation, “Back To School” a lucrative opportunity for businesses to increase their profits by offering competitive prices for parents online.

One way smart businesses are taking advantage of this is to attract customers via social media, coupons and mobile apps.  Mobile Phone Apps allow customers to instantly compare prices of popular back-to-school items in real time.

No longer are consumers tied to their desktops to research where the best deal can be found; they can instantly check prices while standing in the aisle. Once bought, they can easily share their savings on Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms.

Not every parent knows about the best ways to uncover deals for their children’s back to school expenditures. To start them off in right direction, check out these 9 free mobile applications.

• Amazon.com Price Check at itunes.apple.com/us/app/price-check-by-amazon/id398434750
• eBay ReadLaser at play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ebay.redlaser
• ShopSavvy at itunes.apple.com/us/app/shopsavvy-barcode-scanner/id338828953
• Zoomingo Local Shopping at itunes.apple.com/us/app/zoomingo-local-shopping-store/id457999468?mt=8
• Shoptopia at itunes.apple.com/us/app/shoptopia-your-shopping-companion/id650224442

In addition, the mobile app “Keyring” at itunes.apple.com/us/app/key-ring-reward-cards/id372547556 alows you to scan and store your existing loyalty cards.

Other coupon/deal-related sites online which have complementary mobile apps include:

• Retail Me Not at www.retailmenot.com/mobile/
• Yowsa at getyowza.com/
• The Coupons App at play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=thecouponsapp.coupon

‘”Back to School” is a time for parents to spend money on their children.  It just makes good business sense for a business to use mobile apps and coupons to showcase their deals in as many places as possible.

Grow strong,

Barbara Ling