Amazon, now a physical retailer too, is granted an anti-showrooming patent

 Amazon was recently granted a patent that could be used to prevent brick-and-mortar retailers from leveraging technology in their stores that could stop shoppers from comparing prices of in-store products to those online. Yes, it appears that a new patent that could prevent the practice of “showrooming,” is now, hilariously, in the hands of Amazon – the very company that… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/16/amazon-now-a-physical-retailer-too-is-granted-an-anti-showrooming-patent/?ncid=rss