For instance, retail tech firm Nobal Technologies uses VAC to accept payments through its smart mirrors. Services like Visa’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) program, fraud management tools, and data analytics solutions can also be integrated into VAC. The opportunity: VAC can help Visa tap into unique purchasing opportunities to drive volume.

Despite Peloton's recent losses, the company still boasts the most popular piece of smart fitness equipment among US adults, with 32% owning Peloton devices.

Oak Labs, as well as other companies, created smart mirrors for fashion retailers, with which customers can quickly try on multiple looks in AR. The mirrors allow customers to receive personalized product recommendations to complete a look, and retailers collect customer data as part of the process.

“A virtual try-on with a smart mirror, when coupled with POS data, gives retailers insight as to which products are converting at a higher rate and which are not, providing opportunities to optimize merchandising and buying decisions,” said Jeremy Goldman, eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence and author of our recent report, “Ecommerce and Retail Customer Experience 2021.”. Our Take.

Smart mirrors, touchscreen wall displays and an augmented reality (AR) foot comparison chart are some of its digital efforts to drive traffic to physical retail locations. “We’re integrating [the stores] with data and technology,” Margolis said. “We’ve revamped our omnichannel approach and created new floor plans that are designed for social distancing.

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According to Zakkour, the technology is being used in hair salons where consumers can look at a “magic mirror” to figure out which hair styles and colors would work best for them. He expects more use cases will emerge as the technology becomes even more sophisticated. Internet of Things and Service Robots. Over the years, there has been a rise in adoption of smart retail devices.

Smart and Connected Is the New Normal. Once again, CES featured a virtual cornucopia of smart and connected solutions. These products ran the gamut from prosthetic arms that teach their owners to play the piano, to magic mirrors that recommend skincare products to suitcases that can follow their owners around.

These players’ continued growth mirrors the insurtech market in the US last year, which led to a flurry of IPOs.

Apple has moved product categories into the mainstream—will it do the same with smart glasses and AR and VR headsets? Apple’s MR headset is rumored to enter the market in 2023, with smart glasses possibly coming soon thereafter. Could companies like Snapchat or Google launch smart glasses?

By reducing the need for local (on-device) computing power, 5G’s low latency, combined with edge computing, will enable a new generation of smart wearables, such as smart glasses, digital “hearables,” and more capable smartwatches, that consumers and retail employees alike will use. Autonomous and remote-controlled devices.

Time spent figures mirror this disparity. In H1 2020, internet users spent a daily average of 2:18 with broadcast TV, compared with just 40 minutes reading print press, per GlobalWebIndex. Consumption of time-shifted TV content had changed little since 2019.

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“PMP deals have increased substantially this year, with buyers and sellers eager for a more reliable and consistent stream of revenue at a time when budgets are strained,” said Pierce Cook-Anderson, country manager for Northern Europe at Smart AdServer.

Fetters believes consumer goods brands understand that growth depends on distribution, and the smart D2Cs in the space will leverage their first-party data into differentiated shopper insights that warrant shelf space and promotional support from large retailers.