Portland Design

FIAT Metaverse Store is the world’s first metaverse-powered interactive showroom, which makes the brand a front-runner in offering an immersive and simple brand experience.
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/28/chatgpt-ai-sell-fiat-cars

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In this episode, Ibrahim Ibrahim, Radius Tech’s Burak Capli, and The Good Economy’s Vivienne King join Andrew Teacher to discuss the future of retail shopping. All three guests have contributed to Ibrahim’s new book, Future-Ready Retail, which explains how to make retail spaces smarter going into the future.

https://www.propertyweek.com/video-and-podcasts/future-ready-retail-retail-experts-say-a-revitalised-sector-will-reduce-social-inequality/5124488.article

Spanish design studio Nagami has completed a shop interior for sustainable clothing brand Ecoalf near Madrid that is almost entirely 3D printed from recycled plastic.

Walls, shelves and display tables inside the store in the Las Rozas Village designer outlet are made from 3.3 tonnes of repurposed plastic waste, sourced mainly from hospitals and used to create transluscent surfaces that resemble melting glaciers.

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photography is by Alfonso-Quiroga

Ibrahim will be attending the International Consumer Goods Fairs Ambiente in Frankfurt this weekend. He will be taking part in the Conzoom Solutions Academy program and giving a lecture on How to get "Future Ready" in a rapidly changing retail landscape.

https://ambiente.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/press/press-releases/ambiente/conzoom-solutions-academy.html

Knowledge creates the future of retail: Conzoom Solutions Academy 2023 With exciting expert lectures in Hall 4.0/Saal Europa, the Conzoom Solutions Academy offers important industry knowledge on new perspectives and convincing best practices.

Rent the Runway, an e-commerce platform that enables users to rent and buy designer clothing and accessories, has recently collaborated with Amazon Fashion in order to grow and become more profitable.

https://apparelresources.com/business-news/retail/rent-runway-opens-amazon-storefront/

Rent the Runway opens an Amazon Storefront | Retail News USA Rent the Runway has decided to expand its customer base by opening an Amazon Storefront.

Belfast International Airport is trialling a robot service technology to enhance colleague and customer experience at the gateway. Two types of robots will be introduced at Sip & Stone. A service robot called ‘BellaBot’ will bring food and drinks from the kitchen while ‘HolaBot’ will collect plates and cutlery once customers have left their tables.

https://airport-world.com/robots-at-the-ready-at-belfast-international-airport/

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Microsoft recently launched a preview of a cloud service called Smart Store Analytics which using AiFi’s technology provides retailers with shopper and operational analytics for their fleets of “smart stores.” Smart Store Analytics can show how much customers shop, interact with products and move through aisles, displaying foot traffic as well as tracking how much money each customer spends on average.

https://tcrn.ch/3ZCjXAb

Microsoft partners with AiFi to launch Smart Store Analytics, a tracking service for cashierless outlets AiFi is teaming up with Microsoft to launch Smart Store Analytics, a data platform for retail stores using AiFi's cashierless tech

Harrods is celebrating the ‘Year of the Rabbit’ this Lunar New Year, via a partnership with LabelHood, Shanghai’s fashion and cultural community that fosters talent from young Chinese generations.

Luxury department store Harrods has opened a pop-up with LabelHood, a fashion community in Shanghai, China that nurtures emerging Chinese designers to celebrate The Year of the Rabbit. The immersive space on Harrods fifth floor aims to offer “fun for everyone” and includes photography sessions for customers to capture family and ‘chosen family’ portraits in celebration of the Lunar New Year.

Harrods celebrates the Chinese New Year with LABELHOOD - TheIndustry.fashion London’s iconic department store Harrods is ringing in the Year of the Rabbit by partnering with Shanghai-based LABELHOOD...

AI text generator ChatGPT, was released to the public late last year, it is already so sophisticated that it can write coherent essays, legal documents and interact with humans in a convincingly conversational manner.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chatgpt-chatbot-artificial-intelligence-job-replacement/

AI ChatGPT is helping CEOs think. Will it also take your job? Chatbots will devalue some workers' skills, but also could create higher quality jobs that require a human's judgment.

Nike is launching .SWOOSH, a new Web3 platform and ecosystem that lives at the domain Swoosh.nike. The platform will be a place for people to buy, show off and trade phygital and virtual products; unlock access to events and products; and co-create products.

Nike Will Let People Design and Sell Sneakers for the Metaverse Swoosh members will compete to create digital kicks with the brand’s design staff and bag a royalty cut. But not even Nike knows how it’s going to work.