Trouble viewing this email? link View in web browser › graphic The Wall Street Journal. graphic The future of everything banner. table with 23 rows and 1 columns row 1 column 1 In this edition: Elon Musk's Cybertruck, more workplace perks and California's election experiment. row 2 heading level 1 What's in Store row 3 Unlabeled graphic Unlabeled graphic To get missing image descriptions, open the context menu. PHOTO: JEENAH MOON slash BLOOMBERG NEWS row 4 Black Friday’s grip on holiday shopping is loosening. The day will account for link only 48 percent of the $68 link billion spent between today and Sunday, down from 60 percent in 2000, according to one estimate. Retailers are offering specials earlier and earlier in the season, and social media and shopping apps are making it easier than ever to score deals online. That's not all. In honor of the holiday, we've compiled some of our favorite articles from the last year that explore what’s next for retail, from novel approaches to bricks and mortar to the technology that’s changing how we pay. What do you think? Will any of these ideas succeed? Send me your thoughts, questions and predictions by hitting reply to this email. And, to our U dot S. readers, happy Thanksgiving! turkey row 5 row 6 row 7 Unlabeled graphic Unlabeled graphic im 93405.163136 PHOTO: JONATHAN ZIZZO FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL row 8 Don't Count Physical Retail Out. Destinations like link Manhattan's Showfields and Neighborhood Goods in Plano, Texas, offer the chance to link buy from online retailers IRL , while the link long awaited American link Dream mall in New Jersey boasts an indoor ski hill and 8 acre amusement park. row 9 Unlabeled graphic Unlabeled graphic im 116246.124214 PHOTO: ZIPPIN row 10 Cashless Is King. Amazon may have ignited the cashierless craze with its Go convenience stores, but rivals are emerging on several fronts, including link supermarkets in the U dot S. and link Europe and startups pitching link their own systems dot Plus, smart shopping carts and other innovations are link easing headaches in the aisles. row 11 Unlabeled graphic Unlabeled graphic B 3 DR 691 STORES G 201904111459… ILLUSTRATION: JASON SCHNEIDER row 12 Big Brother at the Mall. The battle to protect consumer data is link not confined to cyberspace , as retailers use magic mirrors and beacons to track shoppers in store. list with 1 items bullet link Everyone Hates Customer Service. This Is Why. out of list row 13 table with 1 rows and 2 columns row 1 column 1 graphic Forward icon. Share this email with a friend. link Forward column 2 graphic Friend icon. Forwarded this email by a friend? link Sign Up Here out of table row 14 column 1 Unlabeled graphic Unlabeled graphic B 3 DK 870 JETBLA M 201903132004… Text Til You Drop. That little black dress or bottle of vitamins is only a few smartphone taps away, thanks to new link personal shopping services that let users link buy by text dot list with 1 items bullet link Why Is This So Cheap? Chinese Shopping App Falls for American Bargains out of list row 15 Unlabeled graphic Unlabeled graphic im 65483.124621 Rolling Out the Robots. Don't be surprised if you spot link a friendly machine next to you in the produce section. Retailers are also link using robots in warehouses to handle the holiday online shopping rush. row 16 heading level 1 Future Feedback row 17 Last week, we reported on the link microneedle patches that might one day replace traditional vaccines. Readers shared their thoughts: list with 1 items bullet No one ever said, Please stick me with a needle, if they didn’t have to. I suspect just about everyone will be supportive of the microneedle patch if effective and relatively equal in cost. Just consider the number of people who avoid the flu shot every year despite knowing they should get one. Dave Stangis, Pennsylvania out of list list with 1 items bullet As someone who hates getting shots, the patch' you've described gives me the same rush of anxiety that needles do. There will have to be a way of describing it without the term microneedles' before I feel any better about it. Rudy Krehbiel, Georgia out of list list with 1 items bullet Given that we can’t get all nursing providers to administer a vaccination into muscle or subcutaneous tissue correctly or apply the tuberculosis skin test correctly, how would we get accurate training? Edward L. Braud, Florida out of list list with 1 items bullet I grew up with severe asthma and allergies and had probably received close to 1,000 traditional injections by the age of 15. The anxiety of getting a needle in the arm, leg or back was probably gone by the third or fourth shot. However, if microneedles can be used to simplify administration of daily insulin shots or faster relief of acute migraine, that’s a different story. Also, if your medical condition requires you to administer the shots yourself, I think microneedles have the potential to become a great relief. Anders Leideman, Stockholm out of list (Responses have been condensed and edited.) row 18 row 19 heading level 1 Elsewhere in the WSJ row 20 This week's futuristic news from The Wall Street Journal: list with 1 items bullet The Office of Tomorrow: More Perks, Less Personal Space. The U dot S. job market has been on a hot streak, and more companies are taking link employee complaints about the workplace seriously. out of list list with 1 items bullet It’s the Cybertruck! Elon Musk unveiled the link next piece of Tesla’s electric vehicle vision : a triangle like pickup truck with a starting price of $39,900. But the road won’t be easy. out of list list with 1 items bullet Tech Companies Step Up the Fight Against Deepfakes. Facebook, Twitter and Google have benefited from enabling users to easily share pictures and videos, but now they’re working to link stem the spread link of maliciously doctored content dot out of list list with 1 items bullet movie camera : California Is Trying to Change the Way We Vote. Los Angeles County is link remodeling its voting link experience dot And depending how the rollout goes for the county's 5.4 million voters during its 2020 election debut, voting changes could extend further across the U dot S. out of list row 21 row 22 Thanks for reading. I'm Leigh Kamping Carder, the digital director of The Future of Everything. 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