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> store clerk knowing your name when you walk in the store is mostly creepy and wouldn't help sales Saying your name might be creepy (but maybe people will be
by hackuser 11y ago
> store clerk knowing your name when you walk in the store is mostly creepy and wouldn't help sales
Saying your name might be creepy (but maybe people will become accustomed to it). Knowing your identity I think would certainly help sales, the same way it does when you shop online.
- joe_the_user 11y agoKnowing your identity I think would certainly help sales, the same way it does when you shop online. How? I suppose you could have store change it's stock based on who it knows has visited it. But that sounds cumbersome and speculative. The store might find itself removing the things people like to buy from that store and stocking things people prefer to buy from other stores and so wind-up selling less. Kind of like when things I've searched for on amazon reappear as Facebook ads. It don't click through and buy 'cause I've already decided on whether or not to get them.
- hackuser 11y agoI'm surprised to find questions like this on HN. These are fundemental concepts that drive SV; while I don't expect the world to understand I expect it here.