BBC: Online shopping is nothing new, especially in plugged-in South Korea. But one company says it’s going further. It’s testing out a virtual supermarket in a public place. At Seolleung underground station in Seoul, there’s a row of brightly lit billboards along the platform, with hundreds of pictures of food and drink – everything from fruit and milk to instant […]

Springwise: 8ta is a mobile brand from South African Telkom that operates numerous stores selling the latest devices and services. Aiming to make a visit to their stores a sensory-rich experience for shoppers, the brand has tapped One Digital Media for a variety of technological elements. The stores’ whispering window technology “turns store windows into glass window speakers, creating a […]

Trendwatching: Luisa Via Roma, a luxury boutique based in Florence, Italy, has a great understanding of how to use different mediums and platforms successfully, engaging customers around the world in a way that enhances the cachet of the bricks-and-mortar store. With their recently launched ‘3D virtual store’, online shoppers can browse a mock up of the real, physical store. Retail […]

Springwise: At Sydney’s IKEA Homebush Bay Drive this past weekend, retail-averse men could escape to a male-oriented area of the store for a break from the shopping, according to a report on News Limited. Free hot dogs, Xbox consoles, pinball machines and nonstop sports action on TV could all be had in IKEA’s “Mänland,” as it was called during the […]

TrendCentral: The explosion of mobile dining has made vehicular vending the status quo. The latest business on wheels to hit LA’s Westside is embracing this trend full bloom—literally. The Flower Truck, a brightly-colored revamped ice cream truck, can be found parked around Culver City, Venice or Santa Monica every weekend. Don’t expect to find your typical deli-fresh bunch of pink […]

TrendCentral: Perhaps one reason why many men loathe malls is because so many of the stores within them are aimed at women. Might they take a liking if someone designed a mall strictly for male shoppers? Well, merchants in the Czech Republic are about to find out, as the first men-centric shopping center is set to open in Prague. Pánská […]

Springwise: What makes AaramShop particularly interesting, in fact, is its Facebook application, which lets consumers shop through its service on Facebook as well. Now in beta, AaramShop offers neighborhood retailers a free online storefront on its multivendor site. Consumers use the service by shopping online for groceries and then selecting the participating retailer they prefer in their area; currently, New […]

TransferWise, founded by early employees of Skype, is a new service offering better currency exchange rates by connecting consumers. With its aim to become the Skype of currency exchange, the service makes it possible for European consumers to make pound-euro exchanges without paying the service fee to banks, usually around 6%. Consumers send their funds to TransferWise’s account, as a […]

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