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Any supermarket can be improved like this. At the customer service desk you can ask for a 'shopping screen'. As you walk through the aisles, it displays the products the nearest to the screen (RFID). When you see something you want, just touch the screen and it is added to the shopping list.
After
shopping you hand over the screen and you pay. You tell when you want the goods at your home and you go home empty handed.
Less stock, less shop lifting, less damaged goods, more convenience. You can leave your car at home, just take public transport or walk/bike to the shop.
A combination with ordinary shopping is also possible. Certain fresh goods or products you immediately need you can take home, the rest is 'shopped through the screen.'
After shopping you can check the status of your shopping on a website and change your mind. Order more or less, extra items, change the delivery day or time and so on. Your shopping history/habbits are stored, so you can easily shop for the same things as last time. In the end, you only go to the store for inspiration, try/taste new products and so on.
After I got this idea I found the No Shelf Supermarket idea and I improved this concept a bit with the comments on that one.
How should I improve the Idea's name?
No Shelf Supermarket
No_20Shelf_20Supermarket
[rrr, Apr 07 2005]
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Very similar to internet shopping. I buy my monthly
shopping online - delivered right to my door. Then when I
need fresh meat/veggies etc. I pop into the shop. |
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//Very similar to internet shopping//
Except that you have to go to the shop, trail around for hours finding stuff, and queue to pay for it; three of the best reasons for internet shopping. What advantage does this have over on-line or physical shopping? It appears to have the disadvantages of both. |
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A tactile interface. You can trail around is the advantage. But not for the daily stuff. |
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And in this case you don't have to queue to pay. Just hand over the device at the counter. |
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The goal is that going to a shop becomes a pleasure. Currently you are visiting a place that puts the emphasis on stock and logistics. Eventually it becomes a place to taste, touch and test things. Which is not possible to do online. |
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