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Like shoes ? and clothes ? those are starting to move online using some interesting technologies[1][2] and there's no reason to believe that we won't find a way
by ippisl 14y ago
Like shoes ? and clothes ? those are starting to move online using some interesting technologies[1][2] and there's no reason to believe that we won't find a way to help with buying other physical items.
[1] using the kinect to virtually measure clothes on your TV.
[2] using a variable robot to show you how a specific garment would look on your specific measurements.
- eshvk 14y agoThe Zappos (owned by Amazon) model is kind of interesting too. They actively encourage you to return shoes that you don't like for any arbitrary reason, thereby making it easier at least from the consumer's perspective of avoiding the situation where he/she would be stuck with a purchase that doesn't fit them or something.
- jpxxx 14y agoI have on good authority that their return rates reach 40%.