Selfridges & Co. is offering couples the chance to get married in its giant shopping emporium on London’s Oxford Street in a novel approach to attracting people back to the store. The luxury department store has acquired a temporary license to host “micro weddings” for a
Verishop is jumping on the virtual group hangout bandwagon. Social shopping platform Verishop released "Shop Party," a new iOS app feature that allows users to browse and shop together while video chatting, according to a Dec. 15 press release. A total of five users can join the party
Department store chain Kohl’s teamed up with Snapchat on an augmented reality virtual closet earlier this spring, enabling Snapchatters to browse clothes from home via the messaging application. Snapchat has updated Kohl’s digital showroom to include ath-leisure pieces, allowing Snapchatters to browse Kohl’s loungewear as they shelter-in-place and
As retailers across the world try to figure out how to make socially distanced shopping work, many are turning to tech to help tackle the challenges of Covid-19. One retailer though may have already had the tools needed to thrive in this new shopping world. For years,
L'Oréal USA on Monday released the first beauty augmented reality lenses for Snap's desktop app, letting customers virtually try on looks from brands such as Garnier, Lancôme, L'Oréal Paris and Maybelline. The eight branded lenses are featured in a "beauty" area on Snap Camera's opening
At 6 p.m. in mid-March, Yu Chanyao started her livestream show on Alibaba’s e-commerce platform Taobao, but she wasn’t quite ready. Yu, better known by her stage name Songzi, applied lipstick, curled her hair and spoke to the production crew while staring at her cellphone. Once she saw usernames
In these times of intense hardship and global pandemic, some retailers are responding by rolling up their sleeves, changing their working models and helping the cause. Others have been fast to pivot, finding new ways to connect with their customers and it's here I believe we will see the rise
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