Think Your New Dell Laptop and Hyundai Accent is Cheap? OK so you venture off to a mythical store where you can buy a car, laptop, mobile phone and large screen TV.
Some standard technology items that a lot of us own already.
Assuming all the items were new and fully functional by 2007 standards what is the least amount you would expect to pay in total for all these items? Well you might say $13,000 for the car plus $1,000 for the laptop plus $150 for a new mobile phone outright (not tied to any contract plan) and $200 for a decent large screen TV totalling $14,350.
Well what if I told you that figure could be less than a quarter at around $3,000 for the lot.
Obviously for that to happen, the car would have to be the item that would have to reduce by a substantial amount but there is a new XO laptop that will soon be retailing for around $100.
The car produced by Indian Tata Motors and known as the People's Car will retail new for around $2,500.
So without going into the all the other issues like the environment, it is clear to see that these types of price points have the potential to revolutionize buying patterns of the greater population for decades to come.
A More Natural Way To Wake Up? It would be a safe bet that waking up to your alarm on Monday morning might be one of the most unpleasant but all too common experiences of people all around the globe.
The serenity of a warm and comfortable bed and your beautiful dreams is interrupted by that terrible sound reminding you that a week of work awaits.
Well while technology hasn't found a way to get rid of the working week grind (despite numerous promises over the years!) or the gridlock on the roads, it has found a way to make waking up all the more soothing on your body.
The glo Pillow in the lead up to you waking up gradually lights up (i.
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glows) over say a 30 minute period before your nominated wake up time allowing your body to wake up naturally as it would on a summer's morning on the weekend to the sun rising.
This presents less of a shock to the body and the circadian rhythms and less of that tired and lethargic feeling.
Surely a must have item for most of us! Shopping Alone with Your Friends? So this statement in and of itself would seem to be contradictory and make no sense.
However for ladies and men alike, this statement will hold true the world over as it did at Bloomingdales in New York.
Social Retailing allows you to walk into your favourite store and while trying on a possible glamour purchase press a button which immediately sends videos to your friends or family's mobile phones allowing you to receive that instant assurance that the jeans don't indeed make you look fat.
Additionally as a part of this ensemble at the store is a virtual mirror meaning you can look at yourself and see yourself wearing different items in the store without having to necessarily try them on allowing you to quickly sort through an array of items and top/bottom combinations to narrow down to what you really want to try on properly.
Many alpha male shoppers rate this feature highly as it can make the painful clothes shopping experience even quicker.