Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 2 As a business owner of any size operation, it’s essential to stay on top of the newest technology that could potentially benefit and improve your products/services. As the technology progresses and becomes more refined, Apple’s new iBeacon could change the retail shopping experience and much more for customers. The push for development in mobile technology increases the need for further convenience for personal and business inclined smartphone users. What if there was a device in your iPhone that sensed your location in a grocery or retail store and sent you reminders or promotions at products nearby? No one wants to tirelessly search for coupons, deals, and bargains. Also, it’s so easy to get sidetracked at the grocery store by the endless isles of food and forget about what you needed. This technology dares combine online and physical shopping together for an ultimate experience. What is the iBeacon? The iBeacon is a new type of location based technology featured in the iO7. This feature developed by Apple, uses Bluetooth Low Energy to locate mobile devices in a store or wherever and relay relevant information to the smartphone user. Apple has downplayed this feature because it’s not quite ready and fully functioning with the participating stores and mobile apps who have begun to invest. Yet significant strides have been made with U.S. grocery food stores Giant Eagle and Safeway. In over 200 stores in Seattle, San Francisco, and Cleveland, the technology is functioning with the use of the mobile app called Checkpoints. Grocery store shoppers are engaged with sales ads, deals, bargains, and reminded of items to get at the store as they walk through each isle. As they approach particular items, information is transmitted to their mobile devices relevant to the products and their location in the store. This groundbreaking technology has the chance to make a major impact on the mobile world. Apps such as Google Maps also utilize GPS to target a person’s location and provide them updated information on travel directions and options, restaurants nearby, local stores, businesses, and even reviews of those establishments. Apple’s iBeacon is representative of the overall technological push to create a fluent and convenient transfer of useful information for mobile device users. This new technology will change the retail shopping business and even everyday life. What Does this Mean for Small and Big Business? Businesses of all sizes look to boost their marketing presence and authority online through new and good search engine optimization or SEO tactics. Yet the SEO game always changes with Google’s new guidelines, the development of technology, and how targeted consumers and audiences search for information. As technology with iBeacon becomes more convenient and sophisticated, businesses must tailor their products to the consumer’s shopping preference. Entrepreneurs should absolutely invest in mobile application development for their services/products. At the very least, a mobile website is a necessity. Yes SEO experts call for businesses to blog engaging content, spread their influence naturally through social media channels, but the new wave of marketing approaching with location technology in stores indicates that businesses must focus on mobile users. Image Source – iphonehacks.com Twitter Tweet Facebook Share Email This article was written for Business 2 Community by Jay Leonard.Learn how to publish your content on B2C Author: Jay Leonard Jay is a UK-based cryptocurrency expert, specialising in fundamental analysis and medium to long term investments. Jay has a great deal of hands-on experience in analysing financial markets and performing technical analysis. Jay is currently focusing on the institutional adoption of cryptocurrency and what it means for the future of … View full profile ›More by this author:Marvin Inu Trending on Twitter – Is Tamadoge Next to Pump?Hashed VC Reveals it Lost $3 billion worth of Luna in CrashDROP Crypto Token Scam – Operators Nailed and Jailed