“Major retailers team up to launch mobile app payment strategy”

A bevy of big-name retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best-Buy Co. andTarget Corp., are teaming up to create a company that will give customers another way to make purchases: with their cellphones. The businesses said Wednesday that the new company, Merchant Customer Exchange, is developing a mobile application that will be available for nearly any smartphone.

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