With hidden cameras seemingly everywhere and RFID tags increasing, what are the implications for our lives? David Lyon is studying the ceiling in an Ottawa coffee shop, searching for hidden cameras. A leading figure in the fast-growing field of surveillance studies, the Queen’s University sociologist is only too aware of the many ways we’re all [...]
Avery Dennison and Scanbuy, Inc. Introduce Mobile-Merchandising Solution a technology that uses 2D barcode technology to enable camera phones to function as in-store sales assistants. The solution, which will be marketed by Avery Dennison through its worldwide network of service bureaus, ticketing centers and sales offices, connects the company’s line of retail labels with Scanbuy’s ScanLife(TM) [...]
With smartphones today, we can check what is on the movies and paying for admission. Looking up maps on the fly to find nearby stores and restaurants. Smartphones come with Internet access and range of clever applications and this is changing the way we shop. The growing popularity of Web-enabled smart phones do far more [...]
The Internet has quickly become a meaningful selling channel in its own right, one that is replacing catalogs and is the biggest retail channel besides store based shopping. Technology and lessons from tracking best practices at retail web sites has the potential to enhance store-based shopping. It is inevitable that the distinction between store based [...]
InSync Software,has announced it is licensing software from IBM. InSync will integrate the IBM software into its food safety and asset-management products. Under the licensing agreement, InSync Software will offer IBM’s InfoSphere Traceability Server software as part of its food safety solutions for customers worldwide. IBM’s software is compatible with EPCglobal’s Electronic Product Code Information [...]