By Anita Balakrishnan
Facial recognition, computer vision and artificial intelligence may sound like creepy technology buzzwords, but they are quickly becoming a part of everyday brick-and-mortar shopping.
Marketers hope these technologies can reveal what you are thinking in the crucial period between entering the store and making a purchase — that means recording everything you do and analyzing that data.
Companies like Amazon already have granular data on what consumers look at, click on, and add to their carts before making a final purchase online — but when it comes to store purchases, like food, companies know less about us.