Archive for the Retail Category

Augmented Reality Social Shopping Application

June 25th, 2009 posted by Emily

Zugara has recently launched a new Webcam Social Shopper application, which allows consumers to shop virtually online using Augmented Reality and social networks.
The application allows online shoppers to hold items of clothing up virtually to see how they look, then Motion Capture technology tracks their movements so they can interact with the site by cycling [...]

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New multimedia vending machine

January 28th, 2009 posted by Emily

Here’s a beautiful idea produced in partnership by Coca-Cola, Samsung and Sapient for the Consumer Electronics Show in January this year. The touchscreen vending machine can handle still images, flash animations, interctive games and bluetooth downloads. Behind the touchscreen is a vending machine filled with ice cold Coca-Cola.
Consumers can interact with the Coke brand via [...]

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Wrap rage!

November 5th, 2008 posted by Emily

Here’s to Amazon’s ‘wrap rage‘ initiative! Wrap rage describes the frustration felt by consumers when trying to free a product from inpenetrable product packaging. The last product I bought I had to hunt around the house for an old bread knife just to open the plastic wrap.
In response, Amazon has launched ‘Frustration-Free Packaging‘ and a [...]

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The future of online shopping

October 28th, 2008 posted by Emily

I just came across this new Amazon WindowShop on Gizmodo it’s the most amazing online shopping experience I’ve ever seen!! (OK, I’m a girl & I love shopping, but this is something else). Gizmodo describe it as “a collection of their most popular movies, books, music and other media arranged in a huge 3D grid, [...]

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