Tag Archives: shopping

FaceCake: A Personalized Shopping Experience

A while back, we blogged about Intel’s Magic Mirror. Now, here’s a related new type of technology from FaceCake. FaceCake Marketing Technologies, Inc. has developed a personalized interactive Visual Demonstration System (VDS) that enables shoppers to “manipulate their own images, with … Continue reading

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Are You a Stressed Out Shopper? How’s This Approach?

It can be a noisy, hectic world out there. So, what do you think of this idea from Great Britain’s Selfridges? As reported by Fast Company: “Step into Selfridges at the moment, and you won’t have to deal with the usual barrage … Continue reading

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Retail Management: A Strategic Approach

Our text, Retail Management: A Strategic Approach, 12th edition, is not only accompanied by this blog and our Twitter feed, but also a complete set of retail resources. Check it out. Thanks. 🙂

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