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Best Buy Deploys QR Codes to Enhance Shopping Experience

Best Buy Deploys QR Codes to Enhance Shopping Experience

| September 15, 2010 | 36 Comments

Best Buy adds QR codes to all their retail stores. 82% of consumers already use mobile phones during their shopping trips, so it’s critical that retailers understand and embrace this new shopping behavior. [Read More]

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Store Tour: KEEN Retail Flagship

Store Tour: KEEN Retail Flagship

| September 10, 2010 | 0 Comments

In August, KEEN opened their first branded retail store in the trendy Pearl District of Portland, Oregon. The 900 square-foot store called “the Garage.” A shoppers first impression is that this is a high-energy, fun place to shop. The overall customer experience is very favorable. [Read More]

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Store Tour: Penzeys Spices Does Great Retail

Store Tour: Penzeys Spices Does Great Retail

| August 13, 2010 | 4 Comments

I live in a great urban retail district in Portland, Oregon called the Pearl.  This week I was surprised to notice a new retail shop open in my neighborhood.  Penzeys Spices is a 50 year old company that operates 48 stores and they do it quite well.

Their value proposition is that they provide high quality spices to the home cook, at affordable prices.  The design of their retail stores is very consistent with that promise. (more)

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Mobile is the Future of In-Store Marketing

Mobile is the Future of In-Store Marketing

| July 29, 2010 | 5 Comments

Imagine a shopper walking into a retail store, and holding their phone in front of the aisle.  The phone’s camera instantly photographs all the products on the shelf, performs image recognition on the boxes, looks up competitive prices online, and color codes the image with the products that are a good deal.

Do you think that sounds like science fiction?  It’s not.

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