Retail
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Apple and Foster + Partners go to a lot of effort to lend each flagship Apple Store its own identity. Few are as striking as Apple Central World though, which consists of a circular glass store centered around an intricate wooden conical structure.
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With its eye-catching glazing bulging out of a stone facade, the remarkable Galleria in Gwanggyo is one of the most striking buildings we've seen in some time. Designed by OMA, the department store was recently completed in Gwanggyo, South Korea.
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Convenience stores that rely on technology instead of cashiers to keep things ticking over might sound like a futuristic notion, but there are a number of such concepts being tested around the world. 7-Eleven is the latest to enter the fray.
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Already deployed in over 50 stores around Japan, the VaakEye system constantly monitors security camera footage, detects suspicious activities and alerts staff, who can instantly review the footage and act on it. And the company is getting ready to launch Amazon-style auto-checkout as well.
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Foster + Partners recently unveiled its latest Apple store. Located in Macau, China, the building is intended to resemble an oversized paper lantern and features an upper facade made from a "first-of-its-kind" glass/stone composite that the firm likens to stained glass.
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Amazon’s hi-tech, cashier-free convenience store has just opened to the public and predictably resulted in torrents of “store of the future” headlines. But is it really the future of shopping or is it just a very expensive publicity stunt?
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Start Today has released ZozoSuit, which looks like hi-tech long underwear but could revolutionize buying cloths online. The suit contains over 150 integrated capacitive stretch sensors that capture 15,000 precise body measurements to ensure that clothes purchased over the internet are a good fit.
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As anyone who has stocked shelves in a big-box retail store knows, there's a lot of squatting and heavy lifting involved – injuries can and do occur. That's why hardware chain Lowe's has collaborated with Virginia Tech to create a new lift-assist exoskeleton for use by its employees.
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Amazon hasn't been afraid to think outside the box when it comes to grocery shopping, last December opening an app-powered store with no checkout lines. Today it has announced a new pick-up service that essentially amounts to a drive-through for grocery shopping.
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Amazon has shown it will try just about anything to get its stuff into consumers' hands. The monster retailer's latest take on the brick-and-mortar store is called Amazon Go, a convenience store without check-out lines that works via a mobile app.
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Visitors to West Palm Beach's Currie Park in Florida will soon be able to stroll around a plaza that's home to a restaurant, an auditorium, decorative water pools and hydroponically-grown greenery. What makes it unique, though, is that it will be floating off the coast using submarine technology.
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In large supermarkets carrying thousands of goods, even employees can have trouble remembering where everything is. That's why Toronto's 4D Retail Technology Corp. developed the stock-taking, store-mapping 4D Space Genius robot.
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