SmartStores
The future of retail
Fake Chinese Apple store renamed Smart Store
The fake, lookalike Apple store in China has been renamed following a crackdown by local officials. Shxb.net has posted news (in Chinese), which sparked international interest following a blog post that revealed its resemblance to Apple’s stores. Gone is the name “Apple Store” which has been replaced with “Smart Store”.
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Internet of things’ to improve infrastructure
Even as much of the tech world fixates on running out of Internet addresses, Deborah Magid from IBM’s venture capital group predicts many more devices not traditionally considered computers will join the Internet. IBM is seeking to work with governments around the world to tackle societal problems on big projects, such as improving water distribution [...]
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Smart Stores Will Make Smarter Shoppers
As retailers are faced with the growing challenge and opportunity to educate consumers, more and more organizations are turning to technology for answers. Although websites can offer a wealth of information on a category such as organic foods, and even specific information and benefits around products within the category, it is difficult to guarantee that [...]
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Mirror lets your reflection try on clothes
Clothes shoppers wanting to experience the 21st-century version of dress-up have until November to try on the new Macy’s Magic Fitting Room in the retail chain’s New York’s Herald Square flagship store. The company is showing off a 72-inch mirror display that enables you to superimpose clothing on your reflection. The mirror features a multitouch [...]
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Digital In-Store Ad Network Works uses RFID
Novitaz, a company that provides marketing research services to the retail and hospitality industries, is preparing to launch a loyalty card containing an active 433 MHz RFID tag complying with the ISO 18000-7 standard. The NovitazInside Card would enable brands and retailers to provide targeted promotional offers and discount coupons to consumers, based on their [...]
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RFID Microchip TV advertisment
Would you consider an implanted microchip? Some believe that the world is heading for a future where citizens are chipped and as a result will be monitored and even controlled. The chip is seen as the key to the modern world in that if you were unchipped, then doors won’t open for you, (literally and symbolically), [...]
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Wal-Mart to Embed RFID Tags in Clothing
Beginning August 1, men’s blue jeans and underwear sold at Walmart will carry electronic radio identification tags. The company, the world’s largest retailer, insists the devices are crucial to improving the logistics of inventory management, while critics point to the privacy concerns associated with the tags. The markers in question, called radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, [...]
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Smartphones Heralding New Era of Smart Shopping
Three years after the launch of the first iPhone, the advent of “mobile connectivity” is profoundly shaking up the way consumers shop, according to new research from PriceGrabber.co.uk(R). Not just online, but in stores too, as a growing army of ‘smart shoppers’ are arriving in stores equipped with Internet enabled Smartphones. Whilst these devices might [...]
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Apple patent seeks to reinvent retail
Apple has filed a sweeping patent application for a technology suite designed to provide iPhone users with a broad range of real-time product information, special offers, sales opportunities, and related services in stores, restaurants, and other retail establishments. The filing also points to the inclusion of near-field communication (NFC) technology in upcoming iPhones. The system [...]
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Virtual Shopping
Imagine shopping using a virtual shopping mall on the Web via your computer, smartphone, or TV, where the products you order are really coming from a dull looking warehouse that lacks all the gloss and decorum of the virtual shopping mall. It could look something like this: Taking this further into the future, my guess [...]
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