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Publication Detail
Enhancing the 'second-hand' retail experience with digital object memories
  • Publication Type:
    Conference
  • Authors:
    De Jode ML, Barthel R, Rogers J, Karpovich A, Hudson-Smith A, Quigley M, Speed C
  • Publisher:
    ACM
  • Publication date:
    05/09/2012
  • Place of publication:
    New York
  • Pagination:
    451, 460
  • Published proceedings:
    Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
  • Name of conference:
    14th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
  • Conference place:
    Pittsburgh, US
  • Conference start date:
    05/09/2012
  • Conference finish date:
    08/09/2012
  • Keywords:
    RFID, digital object memory, internet of things, second-hand retail
Abstract
For a long time, the second-hand retail market was the preserve of the charity shop. However, the advent of services like eBay has massively increased its prominence. In this paper we describe a novel Internet of Things-based approach to enhancing the second-hand retail experience by augmenting items with their provenance. After a discussion of the underlying technology, we shall describe its deployment in two related case studies conducted in collaboration with Oxfam charity retail outlets in which we tagged donated items with RFID and QR codes, allowing shoppers to hear the story behind the donated items. Finally, we discuss the impact of the deployments and their implications for the second-hand retail sector.
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