Editor's Note: 4 Cool Retail Technologies 
for the Hot Summer Months

3. Gesture-controlled window displays. Hidden Creative, a Manchester, England-based company that specializes in augmented reality applications, launched its gesture-controlled window display technology earlier this year. The Gesture Catalogue application allows retailers to promote their products by inviting consumers to browse a website, catalog or brochure projected onto a storefront window using their hand and body movements. Along with increasing foot traffic into stores, the application also enables consumers to purchase merchandise from a store before it opens or after it's closed. Consumers can also check stock availability and locate items in the store via the application. While this hasn't launched on our shores yet, when it does I bet it will be a big hit with both retailers and consumers alike.