In a world filled with smartphones and self-driving cars, the barcode seems like an archaic holdover of some other digital retail age. However, the scaling needs of retailers have uncovered some weaknesses in how merchants process barcodes, as well as some promising solutions. Get the...
For the most part, companies take CES as an opportunity to show all the ways they’ll be different from their competitors over the next year. However, Microsoft and Samsung decided to bury at least one hatchet during a conference speech. Get the Full Story Complete...
For the most part, the newest and most cutting-edge gadgets that Amazon develops to help make deliveries faster and more efficient receive their first testing stages in the company’s home country. However, evidence is pointing to an international debut across the pond for many of...
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Technology continues to take commerce into a growing number of new environments and devices – from clothing and wearables, to smart homes and even retail stores. In 2016, nearly 5.5 million new devices are expected to get connected to the Internet every single day, spurring...
Unless they do something egregiously wrong, professional sports — and the merchandising engines attached to their brands — usually enjoy the full profitable support of the local public. Even during stretches of below-.500 seasons, all it takes is some hard work by the players and...
It’s more than a decade since the days of “Super Size Me” and flavor-of-the-month weight loss trends, and while brands like Whole Foods and Pure Barre might now be here to stay, evidence is mounting that the fast food industry isn’t going to take the...
The very fact that connecting every device, appliance and machine in a home and across a city seems like a plausible development within the next few years should be proof of the progress the Internet of Things has accomplished so far. However, it might take...
