Big in Japan Country Managers to Expand ShopSavvy's Database of 20,000 Retailers Worldwide
Dallas Startup Hires Managers in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia to Add Retailers to Popular Mobile Shopping App
Dallas, TX (Vocus/PRWEB ) June 30, 2009 -- Big in Japan, a Dallas-based idea factory for mobile applications, today announced the hiring of country managers responsible for adding online and local retailers to ShopSavvy's global retailer database. ShopSavvy, the popular barcode-scanning mobile application, currently offers users comparison shopping for more than 20 million products at more than 20,000 retailers worldwide.
ShopSavvy is a barcode-scanning mobile application that enables users to comparison shop on the go.
"ShopSavvy has been a huge success in the U.S. and U.K., attracting hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic users in a very short period of time," said Alexander Muse, co-founder of Big in Japan. "We're confident we have the same potential for growth worldwide, as we add more retailers that serve specific countries and regions. For this reason, we have begun hiring country managers to help us grow our retailer database."
To date, Big in Japan has hired 15 managers serving 20 countries. They are: Matt Olde, Australia; Alexis Vos, Belgium, Netherlands; Andre Moura, Brazil; Brennan McEachran, Canada; Vladimir Ondruska, Czech Republic; Morten Rolighed Nielsen, Denmark; Manuel Gamon, France; Klaus Kaiser, Germany; Nikos Tsantanis, Greece; Andrea Troiani, Italy; Pasha Alpeyev, Japan; Laurent Roux, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand; Mikael Eriksson, Romania, Sweden; Felix Uriarte, Spain; and Alvaro Gestido, Uruguay. To apply, visit www.biggu.com/careers.
ShopSavvy enables users to comparison shop on the go, simply by scanning any product's barcode using a Google Android phone's built-in camera. Using the barcode information, ShopSavvy searches the Web for the best prices on the product, displaying the lowest prices online as well as at nearby brick-and-mortar retailers. ShopSavvy looks up product reviews to further assist with purchase decisions.
Big In Japan was one of the original winners of the Google Android Challenge in September 2008 for its development of ShopSavvy. The application has since won a 2009 Netexplorateur of the Year award at the French Senate in Paris. Big in Japan also was a finalist for the international MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards as well as the 2008 Crunchies.
The most recent release of ShopSavvy can be downloaded at the Android Market at http://www.android.com/market or at the Big in Japan Web site at http://bit.ly/sslatest.
About Big in Japan
Big in Japan Inc. is a Dallas-based idea factory for mobile applications, building software for Google's Android mobile platform and Apple's iPhone. Big in Japan's ShopSavvy application -- a personal shopping assistant -- is one of the most popular applications designed for the Android operating system for mobile phones. For more information, visit www.biggu.com.
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