From Fad to Brand Differentiator Augmented Reality (AR) technology is no longer a far-fetched possibility in retail. Once a nice-to-have technology, AR has quickly become a necessity for retailers. In fact, the year 2020 was the beginning of mass consumer uptake of AR technology in retail with the COVID-19 outbreak forcing people to be housebound […]

You walk into a grocery store and take out your mobile phone. In the store’s artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled application, you upload your shopping list for the day. Using lightning-fast 5G technology, that list transmits to a nearby mobile edge computing server that maps out the exact locations, stock status and alternatives to your items – […]

The Year Gone By When the first national lockdown was announced in India last year, one of the biggest thoughts on everybody’s mind was how to find essentials like food and household supplies in the face of an impending shortage. The sight of empty shelves in grocery stores was an unsettling reminder of the realities […]