News English — Payment Methods

A review of the frictionless store concepts on view at #NRF2019; Ai-Fi, Cloud Pick, Cisco, Toshiba, Zippin, and Soul-M. Only one of these appeared commercially available right now - Cloud Pick, a Chinese company.

Following the release of "Topshop x bPay" accessories as a collaboration with Barclaycard the Arcadia-owned group company has once more released a range of stylish payment accessories. We see this as a step forward for the introduction of Wearables in FashionTech. However, there are no references to how or if customers are actually using the accessories as a way to pay for products in Topshop stores. Read more on Barclaycard's website here