Today, a mobile phone has become more than just a means of communication. Now it can also be an assistant in difficult situations, a cookbook, and even a bonus card. X5 Retail Group decided to meet the needs of those who don't like to waste their time going to stores for shopping by launching a mobile application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch owners.

Today, a mobile phone has become more than just a means of communication. Now it is also an assistant in difficult situations, a cookbook, and even a bonus card. X5 Retail Group has decided to meet the needs of those who don't like wasting their time going to the store by launching a mobile app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch owners.

The app lets you find the nearest supermarket and learn about current promotions. Promotional items from supermarket promotions can be added to the "Shopping List," which is very user-friendly. A revolutionary feature of the new app is that the "Shopping List" can now be sent from your iPhone to another phone, iPad, or iPod Touch. This greatly simplifies family shopping, since it's not always convenient when your spouse sends you a list of needed items via SMS. Now everything is in a convenient format. Plus, with the new app, you can save money, since promotional items are visible in the supermarket's product list. Do you have a lot of discount and customer cards and you don’t feel comfortable carrying them with you all the time? This is not a problem, the buyer is relieved of the need to constantly carry all the loyalty cards. When paying, you just need to present your mobile phone at the checkout.

Until the end of 2011, using the application, you will be able to receive information about the availability of a particular product and send a shopping list to the store to create an order before the buyer’s arrival. The downside is the lack of payment option.

The application can be installed on phones running the Apple iOS platform. In the future, we plan to release the application for all major operating systems, when they appear. To install, you need to go to the App Store page, the “iTunes Store Online Supermarket” section on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, and click the “Install” button. Now you are a happy user and can make purchases without problems.

Nowadays, the market for mobile applications for iPhone and smartphones is developing most actively in Western countries. Such retail chains as Tesco, Target, Starbucks, and BestBuy already have their own versions of mobile programs. The Tesco application, for example, has an image recognition function, which allows you to create a shopping list in advance. When you are running low on a product, before throwing away the packaging, you just need to scan the barcode  with your iPhone and simply look through the list during your trip to the store.

Source: torgrus.com