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Got a source on retailers actively doing this?
by bdavbdav 2y ago
Got a source on retailers actively doing this?
- erikerikson 2y agoWord of mouth: retailers in China have been using face recognition technologies to identify key customers so that they can be greater by name when delivered their favorite drink upon entering the premises.
- gruez 2y agoThe trouble with "word of mouth" is that you can't tell whether something is actually real, or vaporware that some account executive dreamed up to close a deal.
- erikerikson 2y agoI agree, which is why I qualified it. I was working at a retailer, building it's cloud systems at the time. It was told to me by a colleague who claimed to be told that by a peer from China at a conference.
- spencerflem 2y agoIts very well known that Target, Wallgreens use facial recognition for shoplifting. Its harder to prove any specific stores are using any specific survailence product for marketing, but plenty of companies are offering it. Here' Samsung's take: https://web.archive.org/web/20230410052807/https://www.samsungsds.com/global/en/solutions/off/nbs/nexshop_behavior_sensing.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230410052807/https://www.samsu...
- bdavbdav 2y agoThat’s really interesting- thanks for the link!
- vmilner 2y agohttps://www.facewatch.co.uk/ https://www.facewatch.co.uk/
- bdavbdav 2y agoI meant more for marketing - definitely used lots for loss prevention.