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YouGov says wearable tech will play an important role in retail

04/14/201504/11/2015 Julie Campbell

As smartwatches enter the mainstream, retailers will need to embrace this technology in order to keep up. According to a recent statement made by YouGov, as wearable tech becomes a growing part of the everyday lives of the majority of the population, brick and mortar retailers are going to need to start to embrace what these devices have to offer in order to improve their in-store experience in a way that will allow them to compete with online-only merchants. The statement, made by YouGov director Russell Feldman, called wearables “an…

Some wearable technology will be mainstream in 2015

01/01/201512/31/2014 Stephanie Beck

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There are already many gadgets on the market from smartwatches to the smart bra, but only some are actually selling. In 2014, many were calling it the year of wearable technology, and while it did represent a time in which many, many new devices made their way onto market shelves, it was still quite rare to actually see the majority of them in everyday life. Now, the next generation of mobile gadgets are starting to find their way onto the clothes and wrists of consumers. A recent report has shown…