Internet media will change retail in a fundamental way. This neat and informative presentation by PSFK inspires the reader to understand what the future of retail will look like.
Internet media will change retail in a fundamental way. This neat and informative presentation by PSFK inspires the reader to understand what the future of retail will look like.
The next generation of iPhones will contain a ‘point of purchase’ system, and ‘retail biometrics’ like face and fingerprint recognition. Apple has always been a trendsetter and innovator with new consumer-centric functionality. Without a doubt Android and its’ partners (HTC, Sony Ericsson) will follow very soon.
Implications for Retail will be that E-Commerce will reach the physical shop itself and physical point of sales. With consumers scanning, informing, augmenting for info and paying with their phone.
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Retailers kunnen binnenkort hun stenen winkel 3d presenteren via goog le store view. Bezoekers van google street view stappen digitaal naar binnen om een blik te werpen in daarvoor openstaande fysieke winkels. Google benaderd, “as we speak”, detaillisten om winkels van binnen te mogen fotograferen. Voor een winkelier met zowel een click & brick store een logisch gevolg van alle ontwikkelingen gaande op facebook etc. en andere sociale communities. Voor mkb’ers zonder fysieke online aanwezigheid waarschijnlijk het laatste zetje om snel hun huiswerk op orde te krijgen. Seqwood gaf deze week diverse presentaties over “de winkel in 2015″ & pointe hierbij enthousiaste retailers met online ambities de juiste richting.
Google store view onderstreept met deze nieuwe tool de door Seqwood gepresenteerde toekomst beelden, waarbij zowel fysiek als online spenden in elkaar gaan versmelten.
Augmented reality for usage in retail has already had some promising pilots such as the lego-case. In this case a small kid holds up a box of lego in front of a camera. On the screen he sees whats in the box.
The future is (fashion) retail is shown in a humorous way by Cisco. In the video a vision of the near future, ca 2015, is made on use of augmented reality in fashion retail stores.
In the video a very high-tech version (shrinking clothes to fit, and modelled in 3D) of augmented reality is shown. Combined with mobile payments. Although this may seem to be farfetched for many retailers, mobile payments are already very real. See www.myorder.nl for instance.
At the present a 2D version of augmented reality fit for fashion retail is available. Focussed on e-commerce customers, and combining social media aspects such as contact with facebook-friends where you can ask advice on your new (potential) new clothing.
The future is already very near for (broad) commercial use of augmented reality in retail. Forecasts, including Gartners hypecycle, state that it will be commercially usable within 2 – 4 years.
Very interesting and challenging have arrived for (fashion) retailers. New possibilities to connect with the customer, and the challenge of chosing and enabling available technologies in a timely and efficient way.