Goodbye high-street?
Retail on the high street is in the middle of a massive transformation.The high street as we know it is dying. Although over the centuries the type of goods transacted across the counter in shops may have changed, we now face a situation that the actual transactions are vanishing. [...]
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Is anybody watching out there ?- part 1 (1)
3/29/09 •
The guru of retail, Paco Underhill, has presented a verdict on the current state of digital signage in shopping environments at the Digital Signage Expo in February 2009. His critique was pretty rigorous. His proposals for improving the application of digital signage are very much in line with our own observations and the conclusions we’ve drawn.
Is anybody watching out there? - part 2 (1)
3/29/09 •
In recent months two large European retailers announced that they were to close down extensive digital signage networks across hundreds of shops. What has happened to this much anticipated technology and what was the outcome of the initial marketing drive?
Not quite the end of industrial design, but almost … (4)
3/21/09 •
In the next few years we will see various types of consumer electronic devices all look like thin black boxes being defined by the size and proportions of the displays that characterise their shape. In traditional retail settings it will be increasingly hard to sell these products based on some imperceptible quality differentiations related to “improved” display or [...]
Missing Links (0)
3/12/09 •
Products that connect the physical with the social on the web, create innovative opportunities for retail.
Wii and Nintendo DS Top 10 Tour pop up showrooms (0)
2/25/09 •
This is funny. Type “nintendo westfield london” into google and it’s hard to find anything about the Nintendo “Wii Top 10 Tour” and the “Nintendo DS Top 10 Tour” School’s Out. Nintendo’s in! through the UK in early 2009.
It’s time for new “features” ? (0)
1/14/09 •
Many consumer electronic products have reached maturity in recent years. What is left for companies to develop, to improve on their feature sets to differentiate their products from the competition in the market?
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