Retailers show off innovation at expo
NEW YORK?•?I got a hint of black pepper.
Someone else thought she smelled lemongrass.
We laughed when the spice we were supposedly smelling popped up on the screen: cardamom. We blamed our errors on our weak noses while also wondering if the machine had really emitted any smell at all.
We were standing before a kiosk in the middle of the National Retail Federation’s cavernous and dizzying expo floor at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.
Hundreds of exhibitors this week rolled out fancy carpets and erected elaborate displays showcasing the latest store gadgetry and innovations such as bar code scanners, point-of-sale devices (for example, handheld card swipers to make transactions), interactive kiosks and “smart” walls that could be coming to a store near you.
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