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Bionic mannequins spy on shoppers to boost luxury sales
Store mannequins are meant to catch your eye. Soon you may catch theirs. Benetton is among fashion brands deploying mannequins equipped with technology used to identify criminals at airports to watch over shoppers in their stores.
Retailers are introducing the EyeSee to glean data on customers much as online merchants are able to do. The device has spurred shops to adjust window displays, store layouts and promotions to keep consumers walking in the door and spending. A camera embedded in one eye feeds data into facial-recognition software like that used by police. It logs the age, gender and race of passers-by. (Bloomberg)
Undies for newbies: A guide to buying lingerie for your loved one
If you’re planning on buying some fancy underthings for your lucky lady this Valentine’s Day, you’d do well to consult our guide first.
Gary Clement’s Week in Review for Nov. 20 to 26, 2011
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Twenty injured after woman pepper sprays L.A. Black Friday shoppers in act of ‘competitive shopping’
Twenty people, including children, received minor injuries after a woman reportedly pepper sprayed other shoppers at a Los Angeles-area Walmart store on Thursday as late-night Black Friday sales began in the United States and Canada.
Calling it an act of “competitive shopping,” a fire captain told the Los Angeles Times the woman had intentionally taken the pepper spray with her to the department store in Porter Ranch to get the edge on her fellow shoppers.
She used the pepper spray in several areas of the store, Los Angeles Fire Capt. James Carson told the Times.
At least seven of the shoppers were receiving medical care; areas of the store were reportedly evacuated after the incident. Victims reported irritation of the skin, eye and throat. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Black Friday 2011: Canada shoppers buy into U.S. Thanksgiving discount culture
Stores in Canada being forced to drop their prices for the U.S. Thanksgiving holidays as shoppers here increasingly look south for Black Friday bargains. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving in the United States and marks the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season there.
Target unveils Canadian stores
Target Corp. has announced the first 105 locations that it will take over from Zellers when it begins opening stores in Canada in early 2013. “This is just the first wave,” Target Canada president Tony Fisher told media in a presentation in Chicago Thursday.
The list includes properties in 10 provinces; 13 in Alberta, 15 in British Columbia, five in Manitoba, one in New Brunswick, two in Newfoundland and Labrador, two in Nova Scotia, 45 in Ontario, one in PEI, 19 in Quebec, and two in Saskatchewan. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
As we reported in the Financial Post, household debt in Canada has surpassed the U.S. for the first time in 12 years, with the Canadian debt-to-income ratio hitting a record 148.1%. See all of Gary Clement’s cartoons.
