How biometrics (and blockchain) could save bricks-and-mortar retail
Alastair Johnson · Biometric Technology Today · 2019
The explosion of e-commerce over the past decade is testament to how digital advances are slowly consuming the domains of both finance and retail. Shoppers around the globe need only open a smartphone app, tap on the goods they wish to purchase and have them shipped, often with next-day delivery for domestic merchants. Combined with SciFi-worthy talk of drone deliveries, you'd be forgiven for thinking that bricks-and-mortar retailers are on the brink of extinction.