Mcommerce Only 2.4% of Total U.S. Retail Sales by 2018: How Will Mobile Influence The In-Store Retail Experience?

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eMarketer recently released it’s first ever forecast for total U.S. retail and retail store sales and the results are surprising – if you’re a ‘mobile first’ advocate.  Though U.S. total retails sales are projected to grow to $5.5 trillion by 2018, mobile commerce, or mcommerce, is only set to grow to 2.4% of total retail sales in ...

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Nokia, Zugara and Virtuelle Bring Kinect-Based Virtual Dressing Room Experience To South African Malls

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Virtuelle, a Zugara reseller, recently partnered with Nokia and The Creative Counsel to bring Zugara’s Kinect-based Virtual Dressing Room platform, WSS for Kiosks, to South African Malls.  Multiple kiosk units have been ...

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Augmented World Expo – May 27 – 29

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Only 3 weeks are left before the Augmented World Expo (AWE) comes alive for 2014.  Held every year in Santa Clara, California, AWE is the largest global event for Augmented Reality.  Over the last few years, AWE has expanded beyond Augmented Reality to feature Gesture control and sensors (for the Natural User Interface), wearable technology, ...

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Gen Y And The Technology They Use For Their In-Store Shopping Experience

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A recent infographic from Merchant Warehouse has some interesting data regarding Millennials (Gen Y) and various technology they are using for online, mobile and in-store retail channels.  One particular stat for this Gen Y demographic stood out – 73% of the Millennial demographic purchase clothes in-store.  

In a previous blog post, we covered a recent Motorola Shopping Study that had a breakdown of technologies Gen Y rated as having an ...

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