The Good Old Days of Retail are Ahead of Us, Not Behind Us

Several years ago I started reporting about an emerging trend that is now in full bloom. It's called showrooming and is the practice of selecting and examining products in a physical store but then purchasing those products online, either while in the store using a smart phone or later at home. Thanks to the dramatic and exponential advances in processing power, storage, and bandwidth, combined with smart phones enabled with the latest barcode and