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Pop-up stores become permanent

Just three years ago, pop-ups were mostly used for three purposes: experiential marketing exploits, fashion-week stunts, or e-brands making the leap to brick-and-mortar. The latter filled empty storefronts in New York’s SoHo district and downtown Los Angeles, selling then-unknown brands such as U.K. clothing retailer Boohoo.com Plc and dog food delivery service Ollie. The staff often included the founder. “I would get calls from a lot of emerging brands that were on Etsy and barely had their own website, and they wanted to do a one-off holiday pop-up for two weeks,” says Melissa Gonzalez, of the pop-up architecture company Lion’esque Group.

BusinessWeek

Amazon: Redefining the grocery store

At Amazon Go, just swipe a code on your mobile phone on your way into the store to get started. Every item you remove from the shelf is automatically added to your virtual shopping cart. This requires some impressive technology, which Amazon teases in the video released today as a mix of "computer vision" along with "deep learning algorithms" and "sensor fusion much like you'd find in self-driving cars." The result is that once you've grabbed your groceries and put them into your bag, you simply walk out of the place—no lines, no cash registers, the bill goes straight to your Amazon account.

FastCompany