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> I think its everyones dream to walk into a store, type what you're looking for into your phone and see how far it is away from you.

Soon you won't even need to go to a store, the things you want will be dropped off to your home or business...

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I believe the future in the short term would be something like BufferBox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BufferBox

"temporary parcel pickup station for packages ordered online"

https://www.bufferbox.com/

I want to do something like this in my country.

You mean like amazon prime? I'll admit amazon isn't always the cheapest, but with subscriptions and whatnot, its way nicer to have things mailed to me.

That said the environmental impact of shipped boxes may not be better overall. But damn is it convenient.

That's a great vision and we at Estimote are really into it. But be believe there will always be goods you need to touch and try before you buy (expensive cameras, furnitures, even fashion).

Retail stores with sensors could deliver you both great showrooming experience and mobile commerce, something people already do anyway trying in Best Buy and buying from Amazon :P

Google Shopping Express puts Amazon Prime to shame. Same-day delivery, and some of the pricing is cheaper than Amazon (some is more expensive). Selection is, of course, more limited since it's just started this year.

It's bagged up, so less cruft than Amazon which has to worry about freight delivery.

Neither does groceries, so I'm stuck with Safeway deliveries for that (which hasn't been a completely stellar experience).

I would be singing the praises of InstaCart, but they happened to no want to deliver to my area of the SF bay yet :)

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