Inside the Retail Store of the Future
Online retailer Farfetch is bringing technology to the shop floor to blend internet and in-store experiences.
Glimpse the Store of the Future
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As high-end shoppers become increasingly mobile and connected, luxury retailers are testing new technologies that promise a more seamless experience between the physical and online worlds.
At a “Store of the Future” event at London’s Design Museum, the luxury e-commerce platform Farfetch showed off connected clothing racks, touch-screen-enhanced mirrors and sign-in stations that could help put data collected from customers online to use in stores, as well as harvesting material gathered during store visits to ease later orders on the web.