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A digg-style grocery store, where customers can vote online for new products.

• endtime 18y ago
  Just to play devil's advocate, how much more information would this offer over purchase data?
  • chaosmachine 18y ago
    The idea is to find out what people want ahead of time, rather than buying a bunch of product only to find out that nobody wants it. Of course, just because people vote for something doesn't mean they'll actually go to the store and pick it up.
    • endtime 18y ago
      Oh, I thought you were talking about something for consumers to get new product recommendations, rather than something to help the supermarkets target their inventory. So...how often do people know new products exist, let alone whether they want them, if the supermarket isn't already selling them? Not trying to shoot you down, I think it's an interesting idea, just trying to make sure I understand it.
      • chaosmachine 18y ago
        One possibility: The grocery store seeds the site with product data from their suppliers, and customers vote up what they want to see on the shelves. New product lines could be "featured" weekly, and the ones that pass a certain vote threshold get ordered. If a product you voted for gets added, perhaps you get an email with a coupon.