Connected retail
Explore these use cases to see how advanced technologies are helping to reshape grocery and apparel experiences.
Frictionless shopping
Frictionless shopping streamlines the shopping experience via scan and go or cashierless checkout.
Retail media networks
Retail media networks provide a digital platform for smart and dynamic advertising.
Computer vision
Computer vision uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse input from in-store cameras – gathering and actioning data on customer behaviour, product placement, and inventory.
Smart shelves
Smart shelves deliver real-time stock control, dynamic pricing and shopper tracking.
In-store wayfinding
In-store wayfinding enables new digital ways – including AR, mobile apps, interactive kiosks and beacons – to navigate customers towards a quick sale.
Real-time inventory management
Real-time inventory management uses AI, internet of things (IoT), robotics and smart sensors to track and control stock.
Frictionless shopping
Frictionless shopping streamlines the shopping experience via scan and go or cashierless checkout.
Retail media networks
Retail media networks provide a digital platform for smart and dynamic advertising.
Computer vision
Computer vision uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse input from in-store cameras – gathering and actioning data on customer behaviour, product placement, and inventory.
Smart shelves
Smart shelves deliver real-time stock control, dynamic pricing and shopper tracking.
In-store wayfinding
In-store wayfinding enables new digital ways – including AR, mobile apps, interactive kiosks and beacons – to navigate customers towards a quick sale.
Real-time inventory management
Real-time inventory management uses AI, internet of things (IoT), robotics and smart sensors to track and control stock.
Smart mirrors
Smart mirrors expand opportunities for customer engagement with AR- and AI-driven interactivity.
Immersive experiences
Immersive experiences create an engaging new world of holograms and biometrics, VR runways and fitting rooms.
In-store wayfinding
In-store wayfinding enables new digital ways – including AR, mobile apps, interactive kiosks and beacons – to navigate customers toward a sale.
Computer vision
Computer vision uses AI to analyse input from in-store cameras – gathering and actioning data on customer behaviour, product placement, and inventory levels.
Real-time inventory tracking
Real-time inventory tracking monitors the quantity, location and status of your stock using radio frequency identification (RFID), mobile apps, AI algorithms and the cloud.
Generative AI
Generative AI refines personal styling services, applying algorithms to match customers with recommendations and offers that meet their size and preferences.
Smart mirrors
Smart mirrors expand opportunities for customer engagement with AR- and AI-driven interactivity.
Immersive experiences
Immersive experiences create an engaging new world of holograms and biometrics, VR runways and fitting rooms.
In-store wayfinding
In-store wayfinding enables new digital ways – including AR, mobile apps, interactive kiosks and beacons – to navigate customers toward a sale.
Computer vision
Computer vision uses AI to analyse input from in-store cameras – gathering and actioning data on customer behaviour, product placement, and inventory levels.
Real-time inventory tracking
Real-time inventory tracking monitors the quantity, location and status of your stock using radio frequency identification (RFID), mobile apps, AI algorithms and the cloud.
Generative AI
Generative AI refines personal styling services, applying algorithms to match customers with recommendations and offers that meet their size and preferences.
Key insights
The Future of Luxury Retail: Hear from retail experts in fashion, customer psychology and technology, and learn how retailers are embracing the latest technologies to create more immersive, digital shopping experiences.
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6 mins | Howard Saunders | Retail Futurist Redefining shopping in the digital age
In this first Future of Retail series, we sat down with Futurist Howard Saunders to hear his thoughts. By keeping close to the latest trends, he’s developed an understanding for consumer behaviour, the power of technology and the need to think more laterally about shopping.
7 mins | Natalie Berg | Retail Analyst Connected shopping
In the second episode of our series, Retail Analyst and NBK Retail Founder Natalie Berg shares how consumers are more connected than ever–with unlimited choice, insider knowledge and new digital experiences.
6 mins | Matthew Drinkwater | Head of Innovation Agency, London College of Fashion Experiential retail
Matthew Drinkwater, Head of Innovation Agency, London College of Fashion, shares how luxury retailers are using the latest technologies, like 3D design, to experiment, innovate and deliver exciting new connected experiences for customers.
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How emerging technologies are revolutionising luxury retail
See how tech is helping to create a new retail revolution, as cutting-edge technologies like blockchain are helping luxury retailers prove the provenance of products, empowering consumers to shop in line with their own sustainability values.
8 mins | Dr. Helen Crowley | Biologist & Environmental Consultant Circular economy
Nature and Biodiversity Expert Dr. Helen Crowley discusses how luxury retailers can increase sustainability. By embracing the circular economy and scrutinising supply chains, brands can reduce their negative impact on the natural world while catering for a new breed of environmentally conscious shopper.
Embrace the future of luxury retail with Verizon.
In our future of luxury retail series, industry experts analyse how technology is helping the luxury retail industry to evolve. Explore the key insights from the series and learn how Verizon can empower businesses to get more out of these innovations.
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The future of luxury retail: a report from Verizon Business
Learn from the experts how luxury retail brands are embracing the latest technologies to respond to the rise of the Gen Z luxury shopper, intensifying regulatory pressures and the demand for more personalised, immersive shopping experiences. From flagship to supply chain, see how luxury is rethinking retail.
What’s in store for the future of retail?
Mixing the best of online and offline retail offers many opportunities. Whether it’s getting better insights into customers, streamlining processes or creating secure, engaging, digital experiences, see how the latest technologies can help your business.
Bring digital experiences in store.
How retail companies are mixing the best of online and offline shopping.
Create more intelligent customer experiences.
How retailers use AI to make their businesses even smarter.
Make things more personal for shoppers.
How technology is helping retailers create more tailored customer experiences.
Embrace the next generation of retail.
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