Ubiquitous Retailing Innovative Scenario: From the Fixed Point of Sale to the Flexible Ubiquitous Store

The current advances in information and communications technologies developed new tools for retailers to innovate. In fact, the increasing computing capacity and the advancements in networking systems provided a new ubiquitous scenario that can be adapted for retailing in order to develop innovative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Pantano,Eleonora
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Chile
Institución:CONICYT Chile
Repositorio:SciELO Chile
OAI Identifier:oai:scielo:S0718-27242013000200007
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242013000200007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:innovation management
technology management
retailing
ubiquitous computing
ubiquitous retailing
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Sumario:The current advances in information and communications technologies developed new tools for retailers to innovate. In fact, the increasing computing capacity and the advancements in networking systems provided a new ubiquitous scenario that can be adapted for retailing in order to develop innovative shopping environments. The aim of this paper is to deeply understand the emergence of the ubiquitous retailing phenomenon and the possible shift from the physical point of sale to a ubiquitous one, by analysing this radical innovation and the main consequences for firms and market.