First introduced in France, the new Sephora store concept is now available in Spain at two new flagship stores. Featuring innovative design, these hyper-connected stores bring customers a unique beauty experience in an unprecedented service-driven environment, perfectly expressing the beauty retailer’s Play, Share and Shop philosophy. Following
Amazon is planning to release a pair of Alexa-enabled smartglasses as the latest addition to its range of voice-controlled devices, according to reports. Unlike most previous smartglasses, such as the ill-fated Google Glass experiment and Snapchat’s Spectacles, the Amazon glasses won’t feature a camera in any
Ikea and 72andSunny Amsterdam Share How They Worked Together to Launch AR App Ikea Place. Last week as Apple announced the launch of its upcoming devices, Ikea announced it would be launching Ikea Place—an app for the new iOS 11 operating system and built on Apple’s
Nordstrom is experimenting with a new kind of clothing store: one that doesn’t stock clothes. This week, the retail giant announced it was launching Nordstrom Local, a line of small stores that will offer free consultations with personal stylists, manicures, a tailor, and a fully
What makes a collection sellable? Aspiring fashion retail giant Amazon is planning to answer that question with an AI designer. The company is building a neural network that will make clothing design an automated process, MIT Technology Review reports. For this AI designer, Amazon innovators from
Graphene is a ‘wonder molecule’ composed entirely of carbon atoms… Extracted from graphite, the material used in pencils, its unique composition gives it remarkable properties. It conducts electricity better than copper; it is stronger but lighter than steel; and it is impermeable to gases. Its benefits are
As malls across the country succumb to declining foot traffic and the lure of online shopping, a development in Los Angeles’s artsy Culver City neighborhood is proving that it’s still possible to draw customers in person—if you design the right experience. Called Platform, the year-and-a-half-old
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, around 133 billion pounds of food is wasted in the U.S. each year, with around 10 percent of that occurring at the grocery store. Efforts to tackle this waste mountain have previously seen the sale of ‘imperfect’
The UO app from fashion retailer urban outfitters aims to keep the company connected to teenage consumers and build the brand's relevance to changing lifestyles. Launched towards the end of last year, the app attempts to strike the difficult balance between social media marketing, data collection
If asked to imagine a house in San Francisco, you’re more likely to describe a colourful multi-storey Victorian building than a museum-like setting with walls and furniture cut from clear acrylic. At least until now. Located in San Francisco’s downtown Metreon complex, Target’s Open House concept store
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