Abstract: Methods and systems facilitate managing retail facilities using a managed retail rental service. A physical facility for retail rental may be identified. Configuration instructions to configure the physical facility for a specific retail use in accordance with specific configuration parameters may be received from a retail portal. The configuration instructions may be processed into facility modification instructions that direct one or more facility operators affiliated with the physical facility to modify an attribute of the physical facility. The facility modification instructions may be provided to one or more facility operations devices to configure the facility according to the specific configuration parameters.

Abstract: Methods and systems facilitate managing retail facilities using a managed retail rental service. A physical facility for retail rental may be identified. Configuration instructions to configure the physical facility for a specific retail use in accordance with specific configuration parameters may be received from a retail portal. The configuration instructions may be processed into facility modification instructions that direct one or more facility operators affiliated with the physical facility to modify an attribute of the physical facility. The facility modification instructions may be provided to one or more facility operations devices to configure the facility according to the specific configuration parameters.

Abstract: Obtaining historical data for transactions, the historical data including a number of transactions within the first geographic area and respective shipping locations of the transactions within the first geographic area. Selecting a first respective shipping location of a first transaction within the first geographic area. Selecting a second geographic area based on the first respective shipping location, the first respective shipping location being within the second geographic area. Determining an impact of a physical store based on a set of characteristic values and a subset of the historical data corresponding to the second geographic area. Generating one or more map visualizations based on the impact determination. Presenting the one or more map visualizations. Triggering, in response to generating the map visualization, one or more actions. Generating, subsequent to the one or more actions being triggered and/or performed, an updated impact determination.

Abstract: A Retail as a Service (RaaS) platform enabling a customer of the RaaS platform to make a product available for retail utilizing the resources and expertise of the RaaS platform, and to monitor the effectiveness of retail efforts with data analytics provided by the RaaS platform. The RaaS platform enables intelligent updating of RaaS parameters in real time, and may include one or more of trained staff, product demo procedures, product placement, onboarding technology, product display technology, and a variety of retail facility sensors.

Abstract: A Retail as a Service (RaaS) platform enabling a customer of the RaaS platform to make a product available for retail utilizing the resources and expertise of the RaaS platform, and to monitor the effectiveness of retail efforts with data analytics provided by the RaaS platform. The RaaS platform enables intelligent updating of RaaS parameters in real time, and may include one or more of trained staff, product demo procedures, product placement, onboarding technology, product display technology, and a variety of retail facility sensors.

Abstract: Techniques for tracking a product at a retail location, monitoring a consumer at the retail location, managing product interaction at a physical display of the retail location, managing product interaction at an electronic kiosk of the retail location, and generating attributable interest. The electronic kiosk can be implemented as a smart mirror, a customized fitting room, a photo booth, an amusement park kiosk, a tablet computer, or the like. Attributable interest can be explicit for a potential consumer, such as a profile associated with a person for whom personally identifying information is known; a persona, such as a type of person for which demographic, psychographic, behavioristic, geographic, or other information is known; or a statistical potential consumer that incorporates advertising exposure, social interest, or the like into a probability score.

Abstract: A Retail as a Service (RaaS) platform enabling a customer of the RaaS platform to make a product available for retail utilizing the resources and expertise of the RaaS platform, and to monitor the effectiveness of retail efforts with data analytics provided by the RaaS platform. The RaaS platform enables intelligent updating of RaaS parameters in real time, and may include one or more of trained staff, product demo procedures, product placement, onboarding technology, product display technology, and a variety of retail facility sensors.

Abstract: Techniques for targeting consumers using consumer behavior-based dynamic product pricing. A system utilizing such techniques can include a consumer interaction monitoring system and a consumer behavior-based dynamic product pricing offering system. A method utilizing such techniques can include monitoring behaviors of a consumer in interacting online and offering consumers products at consumer behavior-based product prices determined based on the monitored behaviors.

Abstract: Techniques for selling products through flash retailing. A system utilizing such techniques can include a facility, a retailer system, a product developer system, and a flash retailing management system. A method utilizing such techniques can include facility management, product developer management, and retailer system management.

Abstract: Methods and systems facilitate managing retail facilities using a managed retail rental service. A physical facility for retail rental may be identified. Configuration instructions to configure the physical facility for a specific retail use in accordance with specific configuration parameters may be received from a retail portal. The configuration instructions may be processed into facility modification instructions that direct one or more facility operators affiliated with the physical facility to modify an attribute of the physical facility. The facility modification instructions may be provided to one or more facility operations devices to configure the facility according to the specific configuration parameters.

Abstract: A technique and system for delivering content to users and subscribers in a privacy based network. The technique can include creating a circle between the user and any number of subscribers by a privacy based social content broadcasting server system. Content can be received from the user and sent to the any number of subscribers through the circle. Content can also be received from one of the any number of subscribers and sent to the user and the other subscribers through the circle.

Abstract: A web-server engagement invitation system operates from a computerized internet-connected server having a plurality of clients, and serves content as web pages or presentations to individual ones of the clients through software executing from a machine-readable medium. A chat system operable by the server through the software provides chat communication between individual ones of the clients online. An invitation system operable through the chat system, enables a first client engaged in or entering one of the pages or presentations to issue an invitation to one or more other receiving clients to enter the same page or presentation, the invitation served as a chat message through the chat system.