rethinking shopping

Some links from Allan

2009-04-28T04:34:00.001-07:00

Impulse buying at Costco

Diversion Buying

Why we buy?

2009-04-14T16:08:00.000-07:00

A 30 minute clip about the science of shopping.

For Thursday 04/02

2009-03-30T16:15:00.000-07:00

Watch your selected film: Make notes, diagrams, and think about how the systems at play in the film are at work. Be prepared to discuss the film as a class, and in small groups.

Teams:

Amy + Matt: Metropolis
Patrick + Allan: 2001
Kevin + Alex: Chinatown
Brad + Josh: Bladerunner
Bhavna + Alyssa: Playtime
Tim + Emily: Videodrome
Kyle + Sean + Andy: Gattica
Evan + Andy: Brazil

Films

2009-03-29T18:35:00.000-07:00

For the first week of class we will be looking at various films and the network/control systems that are in place within the storyline. Each team should look at one film. This is a recommended list. Many of the films can be watched on Netflix, some can be found on YouTube.

Class Description

2009-03-29T14:01:00.000-07:00

RETHINKING SHOPPING: FUTURE TACTICS FOR BIG BOX RETAIL

The objective of this course is to increase student’s awareness of dynamic information systems that interface exclusive infrastructures, with the focus on improving the everyday while overlaying a system of network protocols (systems) that challenge the status quo in existing business (retail) environments. Our focus of study will be a Costco Wholesale Warehouse in
NE Cincinnati.

Students will create their projects in the context of an existing infrastructure with the intent to identify problems, conceptualize, and propose systems and potential solutions that utilize emerging technologies and that take advantage of the downturn in today’s marketplace to innovate and leapfrog the shopping experience of today, and speculate on what will come
next.