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Old 18-11-11, 12:47 PM
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eBay opens QR code store in London's West End

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but shoppers can only purchase by scanning the QR codes on their smartphones.

Sorry, but I thought the idea was to give people as many options as possible. QR codes should be an additional option, not the only option. Not everyone has a smartphone.

It's only a five day experiment, so it will be interesting to see the results.
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Hmm will be very interesting. Could this be the future of the high street? No tills, less staff, lower overhead?
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Definitely interesting. Don't see it taking off in the immediate future but this might be one for the long term future.

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Hmm will be very interesting. Could this be the future of the high street? No tills, less staff, lower overhead?
True and higher unemployment. It'll be interesting to see where this technology leads us...
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True and higher unemployment. It'll be interesting to see where this technology leads us...
Fewer lower skilled lower paid jobs, making companies more competitive, allowing them to expand, grow, and create more challenging and better paid jobs.
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Fewer lower skilled lower paid jobs, making companies more competitive, allowing them to expand, grow, and create more challenging and better paid jobs.
You forgot! where there are machines to scan QR Codes you also need mechanics for the billions of times the break down! Moar Jobs.
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It looks like John Lewis are at it now!

John Lewis teams up with Waitrose to open virtual store - Brand Republic News
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...and so it begins...

5 years time, I reckon we will have a transformed High Street, for better or worse
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