Lonely Planet spent a lot of money developing applications for Microsoft Surface but have yet to roll one out anywhere. Many expected it in their new store at Sydney Airport (their only store in the world) but from comments made on Twitter it appears the timeline...
McDonalds is known & often criticised for always being the same wherever you go – or at least that’s what people often think. Its not the case however. McDonalds does have some core items which are the same but it also has a wide range of items...
Uniqlo announced its quarterly operating profit at end May had increased by 27% to 292.5 million US. Same store sales in Japan have also grown 15.4% in the quarter compared to last year. For the full year to August 2009, forecasts have been revised to grow 23.4% from...
Samsung have launched new vending machines with 46″ LCD touchscreens. These have been developed in partnership with Kraft and at this stage at least will be used exclusively with Kraft product. The concept is pretty simple, rather than having to type in the...
There are many uses for people tracking in retail areas, from simple people counting to determining customer flow, dwell time etc. This weekend at a rock festival in Brussels, bluetooth technology is being used to observe the movement of tens of thousands of festival...
OK I know smoking is a bad habit but the simple fact is that many people still smoke. In airports this becomes a bit of an issue, particularly transit airports. The typical smoking rooms are nothing short of disgusting and whilst smokers may arguably be ill-concerned...
