Pattern Implementation in the Retail Domain
The chapter provides an overview of the retail domain and how IoT is set to transform this domain by enabling innovative use cases and applications. This chapter will help the reader in understanding the retail domain from a historical perspective and how IoT, along with other technologies, is expected to catapult it to another level.
The chapter also lists the challenges faced by retailers and how these challenges can be effectively mitigated by IoT. The information gained in this chapter is then used to show how a next-generation retail store can be realized, where the store, the shopper, and the merchandise are continuously monitored to gather useful insights and improve store operation.