Tag Archives: technology

Pimkie’s site documents changing color trends on city streets | VIDEO

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Just as sites such as Brayola have used the crowds to help women find recommendations for bras, now a new site is providing hints at the most popular color choices in three European cities. The Pimkie Color Forecast analyzes webcam … Continue reading →

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Is digital retail a sustainable opportunity?

Posted on May 17, 2012 by
Retailtopia

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Peter Madden for the Guardian Professional Network I was on a panel this week to launch BT’s Retailtopia, a study event which examines the immense impact that information technology is likely to have on shopping over the next 10 years. On current … Continue reading →

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A new Kinetic-based tool to track shoppers interactions

Posted on January 13, 2012 by
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Nintendo’s Wii platform has already sparked applications well beyond the world of gaming, so it’s not entirely surprising to see Microsoft’s Kinect do much the same thing. Enter Shopperception, a Kinect-based tracking system that gathers data on shoppers’ interactions with … Continue reading →

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Are virtual walls the future of retail?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by
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The use of digital technology to enhance high-street shopping took a step forward last month when Ocado and Tesco unveiled initiatives aimed at creating a seamless retail experience. Ocado opened a pop-up shop in London’s One New Change shopping centre … Continue reading →

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Sustainability in Italy: what big retail players are doing.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by
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Italians are virtuous, with a constantly growing attention towards the environment among young people. This is the picture that emerges from the research about Italian Sustainability and emerging lifestyles: 2,500 interviews, a sample of the Italian population aged between 15 … Continue reading →

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Mobile consumers do prefer in-store purchasing, a research says.

Posted on May 31, 2011 by
mobile-commerce

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According to JiWire’s research 79% of mobile consumers are ‘comfortable’ making purchases from smartphones or tables, even for products over the $1,000 threshold. Mobile shoppers are most likely to make purchases under the $1,000 threshold with about half saying they’ve … Continue reading →

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How to deliver customized in-store offers to shoppers?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by
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One of the in-store marketing biggest issues ever is how to reach customers with customized offers while they are shopping. U.S.A retailers and consumers are going to have a solution handy in the next future: Shop O’Lot.   Shop O’ Lot is a self … Continue reading →

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Is augmented reality the future of retail?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by
Tissot AR: the marker

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Global revenues from augmented reality (AR) applications and services are projected to reach $1.5 billion by 2015, according to Pocket-lint.com Augmented reality is a term for a live direct or an indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements … Continue reading →

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Need some customer interaction? Here it goes!

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

There are many ways to enhance customer experience..Let’s start from the window display, for istance. Technology is helping retailers a lot, and we have found some great examples that we would like to share with you. Not so much to … Continue reading →

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Asia future retail landscape

Posted on February 24, 2011 by
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Once upon a time, the customer experience depended largely upon luck: the mood of a shop assistant, the time spent waiting at the checkout, being able to find the right product. All of these could make a difference between a … Continue reading →

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