Computing What Fits.

The article discusses the use of applications and pods to improve virtual and actual retail experience. Topics discussed include Romney Evans and Jessica Arrendondo Murphy's True Fit which offers a fit confidence engine that analyzes data to help consumers understand how the clothes and shoes they s...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 57; no. 11; pp. 16 - 20
Main Author: Shein, Esther
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Nov2014
Subjects:
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=99074383&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 99074383
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00010782
        ACM
      jtl: Communications of the ACM
      issn: 00010782
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: Nov2014
      vid: 57
      iid: 11
      pid: 68
      pub: Association for Computing Machinery
    artinfo:
      ui:
        99074383
        10.1145/2667113
      ppf: 16
      ppct: 4
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Computing What Fits.
      aug:
        au: Shein, Esther
      su:
        Electronic commerce software
        Application software
        Mobile apps
        Retail industry software
        Online shopping
        Shopping
        Computer software
      sug:
        subj:
          Electronic commerce software
          Application software
          Mobile apps
          Retail industry software
          Online shopping
          Shopping
          Computer software
      ab: The article discusses the use of applications and pods to improve virtual and actual retail experience. Topics discussed include Romney Evans and Jessica Arrendondo Murphy's True Fit which offers a fit confidence engine that analyzes data to help consumers understand how the clothes and shoes they see online will fit them, projected growth of retail electronic commerce in 2014 and 2018 and virtual fitting room company Fits.me's shape-shifting robotic mannequins used to provide consumers photographic images of how a garment looks.
      pubtype: Periodical
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2014
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N