Editor's Pick: Augmented Reality and E-Commerce: Bridging the Physical-Digital Gap

Augmented Reality and E-Commerce: Bridging the Physical-Digital Gap

Aaqib Usman Mar 8, 2019 5:00 AM PT

I grew up thinking the Mall of America was an unbelievable epicenter of retail commerce. Touted as the biggest mall in the world -- even equipped with an amusement park -- the Minnesota complex boasted stores of all kinds: toys, clothing, furniture, home furnishings. Then this thing called "e-commerce" came along and basically made the Mall of America seem like Main Street in small-town America. [More...]

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