John Lewis will extend its JLabs start-up incubator scheme to 2015, having begun trialling a new click & collect service with this year’s winner – proximity-based firm Localz.
Speaking at The Drum’s Disruption Day event in London today, John Lewis innovation manager John Vary confirmed the programme will be repeated next year, and said he hopes to see more start-ups pitch internet of things (IoT) propositions.
However, he added that there remain challenges around working them IoT-based services into an in-store environment in a way which “makes sense to consumers”.
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Source: The Drum
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