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The future of retail

May, 2009

Shopping in 1999

Clip from the 1967 film 1999 A.D. in which we see the family of the future shopping, paying bills, and using electronic mail from home.

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Smart Handheld System for Independent Retailers

McLane, a leading supply chain services company, today announced early testing for a ‘smart handheld’ system tailored for use by independent grocery and convenience store retailers. This in-store ordering solution, called Smart Handheld for Independents (SHHi), gives small chains the same capabilities to manage their physical inventories and order placements that large chain operations have [...]

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Navy Smart Store animation

Animation/simulation of automated shipboard distribution and storage for the US Navy.

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Smart label company acquired

Nashua, whose Label Products Division is a leading converter and supplier of RFID smart labels, was acquired by Cenveo in a $44 million deal that was announced this morning. Cenveo is a $2 billion graphics communications company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Source: marketwire.com

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