“You Just Have to Get Traffic”
Specialty beauty retailer Sephora (2,300 stores worldwide) seems to be a bit ahead of the curve when it comes to brick and mortar retail. As this article describes, they are using technology to give control to the consumer and create a “fun” experience for them. They are reducing the role of the sales person and giving the customer the power to interact with them or not. They note that their customers tend to know more about the product than the sales person anyway.