14 Examples of Innovative Services from All over the World. These Solutions Could Come in Handy Anywhere!

Although ‘customer is always right’, it is always worth trying to let them be right even more often. Below you will find a bunch of examples how seemingly simple steps can bring about an astonishing effect.

Can a trip to the supermarket be even more pleasant? Of course it can!

In most supermarkets and shopping malls dogs have to be left outside. However, this Italian grocery lets the pets in. There is a designated space where dogs can wait. Of course as long as their owners will fasten their leash.

The only thing we usually do while selecting the toilet paper is to check the number of layers and, of course, the price. However, it is normally impossible to find out whether the material will be irritating for some of the most sensitive parts of our body. That is why a Dutch department store offers a special room where this feature can be put to the test.

Columbia Airport (Ohio, US) offers free tampons and panty liners for its female passengers.

One of Chinese subway stations has got a ticket machine that at the same time is a plastic recycling station. You can pay for your fare with plastic as currency!

One supermarkets grows its own mushrooms so that its customers could always get only the fresh ones.

Another supermarket, this time a French one, grows its vegetables on… the roof! The process can be watched on a TV screen. This is perhaps the shortest distance between the farm and the supermarket shelf in the world!

With so many varieties of apples, how can you possibly remember all the tastes? A resourceful manager of a greengrocer’s displayed an apple flavor scale clearly demonstrating which apples are sour or sweet.

One of RSA restaurants specializing in steaks offers a personal knife for each of their regular customers.

I guess you know how it feels when you have got a cup of hot coffee in your right hand, a suitcase in the left and there’s a door in front of you to open. This is a common situation, especially at railway station cafes. That is why one of them came up with a tiny shelf, still big enough to put a cup on it, so that you could easily open the door. Just don’t forget your coffee!

Although an umbrella is useful while you are walking in the rain, it becomes a nuisance when you enter a supermarket or a department store. That is why one of shopping centers arranged a spot where you can leave your umbrella and go on to browse!

Are you going on a trekking trip but you still don’t know what kind of shoes will be appropriate? Which sole will be more resistant? Which shoes will prove reliable on a mountain track and which will do better in the valleys?

This is the place for you to make your decision!

If you don’t trust your smartphone weather application, you can always ask the mirror. You will find out if you look good, in this kind of weather of course!

Some American bars offer counters that let you put your drink aside for a second to cool it down.

Although dogs are not allowed inside this store, you could leave them in a house like these. You can be sure that your pet won’t get wet on a rainy day and will stay cool thanks to air conditioning they offer.