Business Week special on how retail is going to great strength exploiting all sorts of state-of-the-art technology in a fierce competition to gain customers and increase sales

In a world where political power is giving way for capitalistic interests the commercial aspects of surveillance technology is probably the most concerning. Not because commercial interests are a threat to us, but because our every move can be potentially capitalized on. The Business Week survey gives a good insight into present techniques such as data mining, tracking, buying history and aimed advertising. It’s facinating – and frightening: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/tc_special/tc_05retailing.htm