Alo Yoga is introducing its very own immersive digital shopping experience for consumers to experiment with virtual reality, beauty, and wellness tutorials, workout classes, and more. The company is collaborating with Obsess, an experience e-commerce platform for the virtual Alo store, helping the customers check out smoothly within the virtual environment. Visitors may read about and purchase from Alo's collections, engage with custom content and create outfits. Some training videos are exclusively available to premium users from the Alo Moves fitness website.
"Interactive shopping experiences incorporating VR are the future of e-commerce," Danny Harris, co-founder and co-CEO of Alo Yoga, said in the release. "They are an exciting new way for a visionary brand like ours to reach and engage our community while transporting them directly into our world."
Interactive Activewear Metaverses
Alo Yoga Launches a Virtual Reality Shopping Experience
Trend Themes
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Industry Implications
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