Another year, another holiday shopping season thrust upon us. It’s early December now, which means for many, the next few weeks will be full of trips to the mall, online ordering, and desperately hunting for last-minute gifts. But whether its Christmas Day or just another day, the retail industry is not-so-quietly undergoing a revolution thanks to a massive investment in new technologies, and that has profound effects on how you shop, and how you feel about it afterwards. So this week, a look at what the future of retail could be when the shopper, the shop, and the bank are all connected.