Clearly, retail businesses are being forced to change their business models, and we’ve witnessed some very exciting and creative concepts here in Detroit recently like 71 Pop, Somerset Collection CityLoft, Food Trucks, etc.  The sky is the limit when it comes to creative ways to market and sell your goods and wares.

Have you seen the latest from eBay?  They are taking “window shopping” to a new level.  Our friends at Fast Company wrote an article recently profiling eBay’s “physical push for mobile sales”, and it’s pretty fascinating.  Using your mobile phone & QR codes, you can effectively buy something you see in the window of a shop immediately.

Take a read through the article.  Do you think that small retail businesses could and should adopt something similar?  At the very least it’s an interesting attempt at turning traditional retail on it’s head.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1791203/ebay-inspiration-shop-mobile-strategy