Also from Tony Orlando...
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November 30, 2012
FROM RETAILWIRE:
Target has had some well-documented challenges with consumer-facing technologies in the past. But now, most of those seem to be in the company's rearview mirror. What technologies currently available do you think offer the greatest opportunity for stores to improve the customer shopping experience?
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Smartphones and tablets with instant deals, and especially savings at the checkout will continue to grow for these larger companies. Using your phones as a charge chard is huge, and all businesses will need to adapt to this technology. My concern in general is the new added costs of all this stuff. We can not pass on the costs to the consumers, as they already expect the really low prices, so how this will all work out is anybody's guess.