RetailT ICONEME MOBILISES MERCHANDISING DISPLAYS
First time that Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon technology has been developed specifically for visual merchandising applications London-based Iconeme, recently
launched a product that beams information from shop mannequins to customers’ mobiles about the clothes on display, enabling instant retailer engagement as they shop on the High Street. The VMBeacon is installed into a mannequin and, when a customer
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with an enabled app is within 100 metres, they receive an alert about the content they can access. This includes details about the clothes on display, where they can be found instore, links to buy online and offers and rewards. Customers can also save looks for later and share with friends.
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NEW THIN CLIENT LAUNCHED TO MARKET
New thin-client terminal server platform has been designed for operators facing complex distributed computing and data integration challenges US data communications
manufacturer Sunhillo has launched the Avalon thin client for retail, hospitality and entertainment sectors. Ruggedised and compact, Avalon
is Linux-based and features an ARM processor for open source supportability, long-term deployment,
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upgrading and sustainability. It has an SD card instead of
hard drive and a fanless design for increased reliability, an embedded power supply to eliminate power outlet ‘wall warts,’ and comes with an array of USB, Ethernet, DVI-1 and serial RS-422 ports.
LUXOTTICA PARTNERS WITH GOOGLE GLASS
Premium, luxury and sports eyewear manufacturer partners with internet giant to develop wearable personal computing device Luxottica Group earlier this year
announced plans to develop and distribute a new breed of eyewear for Google Glass. Luxottica also said the two major
brands, Ray-Ban and Oakley, which have a 10-year heritage in wearable technology, would be a part of the collaboration with Glass. The two
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corporations are working together on the design and engineering of a new high fashion version of the wearable personal computing device with an optical head-mounted display. The companies added that further details about forthcoming new joint products will be disclosed at a later stage.
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