Friday, June 28, 2013

What next?



What will happen once we have a beauty gadget for everything? Research suggests "Do It Yourself" gadgets in hair removal, wrinkle eraser, acne fixer is the next big thing.
What will happen to Salons? Will it become just a heightened experiential zone? How will it continue to keep the customers coming, once the core services cease to be a necessity?
What will happen to retail in the coming years? We already hear big retailers complain about how continuously revising price tags along bays and aisles is exhausting the store staff. With electronic tags in the pipeline, that problem will be resolved. With scanners attached to shopping carts, queues at cash tills will cease to exist. With constant exchange of information between retail databases & social media, customers will receive updates on the best deal, best produce on their mobile, as they cross aisles in real time.

QR codes. If we can know everything about a product just by scanning a code, why do we even need a physical store. Imagine a store with empty shelves lined up with a code. Scan the code, read about it, purchase it electronically should you like it. Why add unnecessary inventory? In fact, why then do we even need a store?

How will we stop technology from controlling our lives? How much will we benefit from the seamless shopping experience? Is that what we really want? 

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