The34group

United States · New York

Retail technology in New York.

In-store technology that lets a store see and run itself. We work with New York clients across the Northeast corridor, and we build and ship it, we do not just advise on it.

Why New York, specifically.

New York is where retail real estate hits its global ceiling, with Upper Fifth Avenue among the most expensive storefronts on earth. When every square foot costs this much, a floor that can sense and respond is not a luxury, it is how the rent earns out.

The New York market.

New York is the flagship-retail capital and the most competitive, highest-cost market in the corridor, from Fifth Avenue and SoHo to Brooklyn's DTC scene. Demand is anchored by millions of residents and daytime workers, not mainly tourists.

Congestion pricing and a high wage floor. Manhattan congestion pricing and a $17 minimum wage reshape footfall, delivery cost and labor margins, rewarding transit-adjacent stores, tighter scheduling and a sharp read on which corridors justify flagship spend. MTA

$2,000/sf
Upper Fifth Avenue retail asking rent, the most expensive shopping street in the Americas (2024).
Cushman & Wakefield, Main Streets Across the World
$2,000/sf
Upper Fifth Avenue retail rent, among the most expensive on earth (2025).
Cushman & Wakefield

What it is.

Electronic shelf labels, pick-to-light, in-store and QR commerce, and a live data layer underneath, so the floor stops running half-blind and starts sensing and responding.

This is the work behind our named offer, delivered for New York.

The proof we bring.

In-store technology live in more than 150 stores across ten countries, and a digital price-tag programme now live in 150+ stores across 10 countries. The full record is on the proof page.

And it has a New York origin: the digital price-tag work that grew into a programme live in 150+ stores across 10 countries began in a New York store, the IKEA in Queens, with the first pilot live in two days.

FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

Fifth Avenue rents are brutal. How does in-store technology pay for itself here?

We wire the floor so the most expensive space in the country works harder: electronic shelf labels, pick-to-light and a live data layer that turns square footage into measured throughput. At New York rents the math is simple, every point of conversion and every avoided stockout shows up in the lease economics.

Who does retail technology in New York?

We do. We wire the floor: electronic shelf labels, pick-to-light, in-store and QR commerce, and the data layer that ties them together, built and shipped, not just advised. Our US team works New York across the Northeast corridor.

Do you only do retail technology in New York?

No. It is one of the things we do here. We also run the rest of our work across the corridor, from transformation to AI search, for the same New York clients.

More for New York: see New York in full, or the whole Northeast corridor. Or see The Connected Floor across every market.

Need retail technology in New York?

No deck, no gate. Bring your real problem to a working session with the operators who would own it.

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