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Shoppers will soon be heading to the malls and retail parks without their wallets and just their smartphones, thanks to the latest - and most effective - phone payment App. The inStore App released in the UK ...
Fast-food retailers KFC are in hot water with environmentalists - after Greenpeace revealed that the containers they use in their takeaway stores are made of endangered trees!
The world’s favourite fried chicken fast food retailer ...
Read more …The unstoppable rise of Smartphones and other mobile platforms is changing the digital shopping experience. And it's making shoppers smarter!
A few years ago with everyone tied to the their desk top those people ...
Read more …Far from threatening their future, the internet may actually prove the salvation of some physical retail stores.
That is the fascinating scenario suggested by research into how shoppers make use of online platforms when it ...
Read more …London book shops are benefiting from a boom in sales - thanks to a street cat that has become a superstar in the city.
Waterstones, the UK's biggest chain of book stores, found themselves overwhelmed ...
Read more …A flagship central London store has been forced to close down after developing a rather embarrassing problem - mice.
The popular Tesco Metro store in prestigious Covent Garden was shut down earlier this week on the ...
Read more …The British born wife of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has been going on luxury shopping trips while her husband orchestrated a murderous assault on rebel groups.
It emerged that far from acting as a moderating ...
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No Place like Home! But if you were in a black night without moon and street lamps? No problem! Dominic Wilcox has created a prototype of shoes that, thanks to a GPS system is able to bring you home! These shoes were commissioned by Global Footprint project in Northamtonshire a city where there is a lot of shoe making.
Wilcox decided to make a pair of shoes that can “navigate” you wherever you wish, in every place in the World. Like Wizard of Oz…
Your Laptop is connected to your shoes with a mapping software. You have to upload the ...
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Are you a impatient new pregnancy mother? Do you want see your baby inside your abdomen, and have a memory of your pregnancy? No problem! From now on with almost 1230 $ (100,000 yen) you can order your 3Dimensional fetus.
In which way? Simple… The 3Dimensional fetus model is made by Fasotec and Hiroo Ladies Clinic (Tokio, Japan) were you will go to take some tridimensional images of your fetus (bones, organs) to obtain 3D data, which will be processed and printed in 3D. The printer will sprain two resins simultaneously and you will be able to come back home ...
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The world’s most famous store may become a familiar brand name around the world.
Harrods, the upmarket store in London’s Knightsbridge that is frequented by royalty and Hollywood stars and once held warrants to supply the Queen of England, is considering opening a string of luxury, Harrods-branded hotels in major cities around the world.
Harrods, formerly owned by the colourful Egyptian Mohamed Al Fayed but now in the hands of Qatar Holdings and the Qatari royal family, wants the familiar logo to be seen in the Far East and the US..
"The target plan is to open Harrods hotels in key cities such as Kuala Lumpur, New York and Paris as well as in China," a spokesman said. "Preference will be given to construct on sites already owned by Qatar Holding or its affiliates, for example at Chelsea Barracks in London or Costa Smeralda in Sardinia. Qatar Holding ...
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Italian company Luxottica is about to take another step towards its domination of the sunglasses and prescription glasses market with a 10-year deal to make exclusive Armani eyewear.
The company, already the world’s biggest eyewear maker, has signed an exclusive licensing deal with the prestigious Milan-based fashion house that will see it marketing a range of Armani-designed spectacles and sunglasses.
The multi-million-dollar deal is expected to cover the design, manufacturing and global distribution of sun and prescription eyewear under the Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and A/X brands, the companies announced.
The first fruits of the two companies’ partnership are expected to hit the shops in 2013.
Luxottica’s Chief Executive Andrea Guerra is believed to regard the deal as a major coup for his company, which is growing fast thanks to targeting emerging markets such as China and, in particular, fashion-conscious Brazil.
In recent financial results, Luxottica, which ...