Retail.io

Inspiration

Often times, when you go shopping with others, someone will inevitably finish quicker than the others and spend the rest of the time waiting for the rest of the group to finish. We wanted to find a way to optimize that wasted time to help both the consumer and the retailer. This project is in a relatively unique position, where there are very few examples to draw inspiration from!

What it does

Consumers and retailers mutually benefit:

• Consumers can earn coupons and gift cards by completing in-app "minigames".
• Retailers gain inventory information as well as another marketing venue to advertise discounts and new products.

How we built it

We used Flutter, built on the Dart language, to create a cross-platform solution.

Challenges we ran into

We have very little experience with Dart, so it was hard to get a functioning UI!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

All the basic features are there. In particular, the barcode scan functionality works as intended!

What we learned

We learned how to use Dart to build mobile apps!

What's next for Retail.io

There's the potential to implement many more minigames and to use machine learning on the backend to streamline the inventory process for retailers!

Built With

• dart
• flutter