Tesco expects revolution in in-store 3D printing

Totally new
shopping experience

“The potential for 3D technology to revolutionise the way we view stores and what we
can get from them is vast”, says Paul Wilkinson in his blog: “We already
print photos and posters in many of our larger stores, so why not other gifts
and personalised items? How about letting kids design their own toys and then actually
being able to get them made. What if we had a digital catalogue of spare parts
for items that you’d bought? They could be printed on demand and ready for you
by the time you’d finished your shopping”, he dreams out loud.

“You could
even take a broken item in to store; we could scan it in 3D, repair it
digitally and make you a new one”, he continues. If it will
all really happen this way and when we will see the first 3D-printer at Tesco,
is not clear. But, as Wilkinson says it: “No idea is too big, no thought
unthinkable and no ambition too grand – well, almost.”