"Almost every major retailer, from grocery chains to investment banks to the U.S. Postal Service, has a "predictive analytics" department devoted to understanding not just consumers' shopping habits but also their personal habits, so as to more efficiently market to them."
Our team has developed an application built on the new Razorfish Touch Framework called Razorfashion. It demonstrates how we believe retailers can meet shoppers growing expectations for more engaging digital experiences in-store and provide a consistent, integrated experience across the multi-channel shopping ecosystem.
They have a portfolio section on their website. A lot of stuff is proof-of-concept or small-scale right now from a quick look. http://emergingexperiences.com/portfolio
F acebook's imminent IPO should put to rest claims that social networking is a short-lived fad. Experts say sites like Pinterest, Twitter and Tumblr, Google+ and Svpply, Instagram and Spotify are reshaping shopping and turning old methods of customer engagement upside down.
Online shoppers spent more than $44 billion during the first quarter, says comScore, a 16.6% increase over Q1 2011. It was the highest year-over-year growth rate comScore has observed since late 2007.