<![CDATA[Stories by Future of Retail on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*NKoPPRmBUmPWn7HxPrzEkA.png Stories by Future of Retail on Medium https://medium.com/@leighchristie?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 Medium Sun, 15 Nov 2026 07:34:10 GMT <![CDATA[Get Rid of the Checkout Counter]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie/get-rid-of-the-checkout-counter-ab9d8d848a71?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://medium.com/p/ab9d8d848a71 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 17:48:11 GMT 2014-08-01T17:48:11.162Z This article does a pretty good job of describing the future of retail from a “checkout perspective” http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/whats-ahead-with-the-retail-checkout-experience/362017/

]]> <![CDATA[My Bodee from Styku]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie/my-bodee-from-styku-5777fcd49447?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://medium.com/p/5777fcd49447 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 17:41:11 GMT 2014-08-01T17:41:36.419Z Body scanning: My Bodee from Styku

http://www.styku.com/business/mybodee/

Another body scanning / tailoring company. Not sure if they are a competitor to Accustom Apparel or not, but very similar business model. It would appear that they are not opening any retail locations though.

]]> <![CDATA[A New Approach to Point of Sale — Zing]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie/a-new-approach-to-point-of-sale-zing-fc9b3a8e5bae?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://medium.com/p/fc9b3a8e5bae Fri, 01 Aug 2014 16:01:02 GMT 2014-08-01T16:01:02.396Z A New Approach to Point of Sale — Zing

http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/28/zing-wants-to-liberate-retail-chains-from-crappy-old-point-of-sale-systems/

Zing wants to liberate reatail chains fro crappy old point of sale systems. Their system “plugs into other SaaS sales services like Bigcommerce, MailChimp, andQuickbooks Online”. Cool… but me thinks Square is much further along… no?

]]> <![CDATA[Future of Fashion]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie/future-of-fashion-896979a0f9fa?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://medium.com/p/896979a0f9fa Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:15:06 GMT 2014-07-29T23:15:06.431Z Future of Fashion

An excellent short docu on the future of fashion.

]]> <![CDATA[Loreal Paris Makeup App]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie/loreal-paris-makeup-app-840a5d917882?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://medium.com/p/840a5d917882 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:17:31 GMT 2014-07-30T02:05:38.341Z L’Oréal Paris Makeup App

Here’s a nifty little app. Looks like fun.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/makeup-genius/id871897775?mt=8
]]> <![CDATA[Acustom Apparel]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie/acustom-apparel-f43a5ba1ef14?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://medium.com/p/f43a5ba1ef14 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:15:37 GMT 2014-07-29T20:15:37.303Z https://medium.com/media/7e2ae62a6b00a4685ab2fd1be4a0d199/href

Here’s a new way of doing things. Tailored and bespoke fashion has become a lot more popular in the past few years… these guys are using 3d body scanning to help make the custom experience efficent and real.

]]> <![CDATA[Future of Retail]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie/future-of-retail-5de8d1b6dd14?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://medium.com/p/5de8d1b6dd14 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:53:38 GMT 2014-07-29T20:18:26.017Z Shopkick

Shopkick is err… kicking ass.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/hollieslade/2014/07/02/the-30m-app-that-rewards-you-for-just-browsing/

]]> <![CDATA[Future of Retail]]> https://medium.com/@leighchristie/future-of-retail-7c3332b1eb65?source=rss-21d79f25a663------2 https://medium.com/p/7c3332b1eb65 Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:41:33 GMT 2014-07-29T20:19:14.313Z Motorola’s Efforst in the Future of Retail

Some work by Motorola from 2012. fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrspFo9HCA0

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