LeBron James opens his own retail store, stuffs it with 45 iPads to sell you shoes

2. Fallout09 posted on 03 Jan 2012, 09:11 1 0

It's not so much that he is using iPads, it is that he has 45 iPads on a wall of a shoe store. I think the author feels (as so do I) that it would make more sense to put 45 different pairs of shoes on the wall. Of course most people in the world find easier to manipulate the actual shoe as opposed to viewing a picture of a shoe on a iPad.

4. arcq12 posted on 03 Jan 2012, 09:19 0 0

@Fallout09 come on man it's some sort of a gimmick..

5. XiphiasGladius posted on 03 Jan 2012, 09:59 0 0

What they did with the iPads seems like a catchy gimmick and might work or it might have already worked, anyways it's their damn business and they dont give a damn about any optimism from this site. . .

6. dirtydirty00 posted on 03 Jan 2012, 11:03 1 0

HEH! lebron james. LOL! what a suprise. a basketball player selling sneakers. lol

7. Fallout09 posted on 03 Jan 2012, 11:16 0 0

Gimmick??? Seems like a bad idea. Why would anyone drive to a store to view shoes on iPad when you can get the same experience from the comforts of your own home?

8. squeeb posted on 03 Jan 2012, 11:57 2 0

No ring for the king!

10. Fallout09 posted on 03 Jan 2012, 12:10 0 0

Exactly, that’s just it..... Manipulating a shoe on an iPad is not a true store experience. I see it mimicking an @ home experience in a physical store. Adding technology just for the sake of technology is pointless if it doesn’t make the user experience easier or better. I can safely say that by adding these 45 iPads, it doesn’t improve the shopping experience in any way.

11. rockhouse67 posted on 03 Jan 2012, 13:09 0 0

Why would he put a virtual version of the shoe by itself, when the the shoe is sitting right under the ipad? Dont be such idiots. It says in the article also to "get clothing suggestions and pricing..." Possibly meaning matching clothing options for whole outfits or single combinations. Shirts, hats, sweat...etc. Dont be so critical. Hes rich, if his shop tanks (Which I hope he's successful), big deal. It's his...

12. atheisticemetic posted on 03 Jan 2012, 18:31 0 0

if Lebron wasnt such a tool, i'd prolly buy something from his store ;)

13. jbash posted on 03 Jan 2012, 19:29 1 0

the store will do well this year and then in the fourth quarter, for some reason we can't figure out, it will choke and fail