Dressed by an algorithm: Amazon to open fashion store with ‘magic closet’

Each dressing room will have a touchscreen letting shoppers request more items that staff deliver ‘within minutes’

20 January 2022 - 20:56 By Jeffrey Dastin

Amazon.com’s recipe for the department store of the future includes algorithmic recommendations and what one corporate director called “a magic closet” in the fitting room...

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