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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

These are more than fancy gadgets; they are innovative systems that provide a glimpse of a new “embodied” online retail environment — one where brands provide digital customers with multisensory spatial experiences like those observed in brick-and-mortar stores. Kitagawa and Igarashi (2005) used sound to induce virtual touch sensations.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

Generally, there are six main models of ecommerce that businesses can be categorized into: B2C. Business-to-Consumer (B2C). B2C ecommerce ecompasses transcations made between a business and a consumer. 2005 Amazon launches Amazon Prime with expedited, flat-fee shipping for members. 2005 – Etsy is launched.

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