Technology
Iconic images from the pages of Vogue are getting a makeover, courtesy of Target. In an ad campaign running in the September issue of Vogue, the discount department store has reimagined classic images from the fashion magazine, dating to the early 1900s. In this topsy-turvy world, carpets and curtains sold at Target replace high-fashion dresses, a chunkyโฆ
Retail was a vast and varied industry even before the internet, mobile devices and a host of other technologies transformed consumer behaviors and expectations. Since then, the gradual changes implied by retail โevolutionโ have been replaced by enormously transformational leaps. Despite this ever-growing complexity, I believe retail today is being shaped (or reshaped) by threeโฆ
Checkout is the last opportunity a retailer has to make a positive impression on a shopper. Yet new research confirms the majority of checkout experiences today end in frustration. By addressing acute front-of-store pain points, retailers will be able to boost customer satisfaction ratings while encouraging longer, more frequent visits. A study conducted online byโฆ
When Amazon.com announced the Dash Button back on March 31, it seemed like an early April Foolsโ Day joke: it had made a button you can buy that would place an order for something โ a single, specific product โ whenever you pressed it. But the Dash Button was very real and designed to beโฆ
Amazon.com wants to carve out a special zone of the sky to shuttle commercial drones that would deliver goods to its customers. Amazon Prime Air project vice president Gur Kimchi used a NASA convention in California on Tuesday to fly the idea of dedicating separate air zones for commercial drones. Kimchi proposed setting commercial drone zones betweenโฆ
Kyle Nel is executive director of Lowe's Innovation Labs, where he's developed the Lowe's Holoroom, an augmented and virtual reality home improvement design tool, the OSHbot autonomous retail service robot, and in-store and online 3-D scanning and printing. In Nelโs words: โI (and my team) build new technologies that solve consumer problems, as envisioned throughโฆ
Breaking through the noise to establish your online store as a gift destination isn't easy. The good news is that your customers love your products. However, data shows that many customers who purchase items for themselves online aren't necessarily shopping for gifts at the same stores. Much of this is due to the various obstaclesโฆ
Rakuten, Japanโs answer to Amazon.com with e-commerce operations and investments that stretch from digital media and e-commerce marketplaces through to social media and transport apps, is making another acquisition to expand its holdings, this time in the area of fashion. The company has acquired Fits.me, a startup that develops โvirtual fitting roomsโ โ two-way technologyโฆ
Target has opened a new retail space at the base of its Metreon City Target near San Franciscoโs Moscone Center, and if youโre a fan of the smart home, clear acrylic furniture or grand retail experiments, then this is the place to be. The Minneapolis retailer is calling this Targetโs Open House, and it's theโฆ
As retailers get smart with technology to help them pinpoint their offerings, weโre getting a clearer understanding of what shoppers love. But what do they hate? Not many people talk about that, but itโs very useful to delineate for the sake of getting to know your customers better. If you can figure out what shoppersโฆ