Brick-and-mortar… goes pixel-and-avatar: America’s largest retailer wants a slice of the metaverse pie. Yesterday Walmart launched two digital lands: “Walmart Land” is focused on “verch” (virtual avatar merch) and “Walmart’s …
Walmart is entering the metaverse with two experiences premiering Monday on online gaming platform Roblox. The retail giant’s first foray into the virtual world will feature a blimp that drops toys, …
Alibaba Group’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion platform has hosted an augmented reality fashion show and introduced a Meta Pass, which confers priority digital access to brands’ products. In recent years, the …
Good Food Holdings and Instacart will open the first Instacart Platform-powered Connected Store at a Bristol Farms location in Irvine, Calif. The supermarket will utilize the Connected Stores experience to …
After a successful pilot program at 70 stores, Walmart Canada is expanding its partnership with software company Focal Systems to bring a computer vision artificial intelligence (AI) solution to stores …
In an effort to position itself as a fashion destination, Walmart announced on Thursday that it’s rolling out a new Be Your Own Model virtual try-on function, according to a company …
Balmain Paris has announced a Balmain x Pokémon collaboration, an immersive digital experience enabled through NFC patches and a luxury connected jacket. To integrate the technology, Balmain has partnered with …
High-end global marketplace for sneakers The Edit Ldn is entering the metaverse with a premium store within Bloktopia’s crypto paradise. The Edit Ldn, which has grown 525 percent every year …
Starbucks will unveil a Web3 initiative at next month’s Investor Day event. This was first flagged up in early 2022. During its fiscal Q2 2022 earnings call, the coffee giant …
StrEATS, a Canadian restaurant franchise is putting its customer loyalty programme on the blockchain through a new Tenacious Tacos NFT collection. Touted as the world’s first ever loyalty club backed …