Amazon to open first-ever hair salon in London, which will utilise AR tech
- The Amazon Salon will be spread over two floors of a building in Spitalfields, a trendy district near the City of London known for its shopping and restaurants. It will be open seven days a week.
- The 1,500 square foot space — less than a five-minute walk from Amazon’s U.K. headquarters, which has enough space for around 5,000 people— will initially only be open to Amazon employees.
- Members of the public will be able to make bookings in “the coming weeks” by calling, emailing or visiting the salon.
Amazon is planning to open its first-ever hair salon in East London as the e-commerce giant continues to explore new lines of business and promote some of the items it sells on its platform.
The launch of the salon comes as many people in the U.K. are struggling to book appointments for haircuts as a result of a backlog that has been caused by the country’s coronavirus lockdown. “At the moment Londoners will take any appointment they can get,” said London-based venture capitalist Simon Menashy.
Amazon, which is yet to release a price list, said it will use the Amazon Salon to try a number of new technologies. It gave industry publication Retail Week a preview ahead of the official announcement.
Augmented reality hair colours
Augmented reality technology will allow customers to see what they look like with different coloured hair, for example.
Elsewhere, new “point-and-learn” technology will allow customers to point at a product in the salon and view information on a display screen. If they wish to order the item then they can scan a QR code that will take them to a product page on Amazon.co.uk. Amazon also said that it will also give customers one of its Fire tablets to use during their appointment.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/04/20/amazon-to-open-first-ever-hair-salon-in-london.html?__twitter_impression=true