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Seven critical Asia Pacific retail trends that technology can address

Inside Retail

Sun talked to Inside Retail about critical trends impacting retailers in Asia Pacific and beyond… 1 The rise of e-commerce and omnichannel retailing For retailers, adopting omnichannel retail solutions – including an e-commerce presence – is no longer a luxury but an essential part of every business.

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Who won Easter 2024, and what it says about the future of supermarket retail

Inside Retail

Traditionally, the main battleground of the Easter trading period is in supermarkets and, of course, confectionery. But, in examining the chocolate wars of 2024, several other retailing trends emerge. The everyday shop gets mangled by Easter It was striking how sensorily busy grocery stores were.

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Key retail trends for 2024 – and what you need to do about it NOW

Mike Anthony

But if retail is changing, then manufacturers and suppliers (as well as retailers) need to adjust their strategies and plans to address each of the trends, to realize the huge opportunities that each offers, and to ensure that the (equally huge) threats they pose are understood and mitigated. That’s where I come in.

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Retail trends post-pandemic: mobile payments entering the mainstream as normality approaches

Retail Times

Having spent hundreds of millions of pounds on protective measures during the height of the pandemic, it has been reported that retail chiefs are in discussions over the logistics of removing plastic screens from supermarkets.

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How the emergence of online shopping will change the face of bricks and mortar grocery retail

Mike Anthony

At a time when online grocery shopping puts huge pressure on bricks and mortar retail stores, this reality offers a huge lifeline to bricks and mortar grocery retail. Research shows that significant proportion of shoppers in every market in the world exclusively shop in offline stores.

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What Aussie retailers can learn from their counterparts in the UK, Europe

Inside Retail

Retail trends tend to surface in the UK and Europe about 12-24 months before they reach Australia. On the ground, I can report that there are challenges facing UK and European retailers that savvy Australian retailers can learn from to plan ahead. I witnessed one supermarket with a joint of lamb locked in a Perspex box.

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The Future of Retail: 9 Ways Alibaba is Redefining Retail Stores

Indigo 9 Digital

A Hema supermarket in China. By Tricia McKinnon If you want to know what the future of retail looks like perhaps it’s time for you to take a trip to China. China is considered to be two to three years ahead of the United States when it comes to merging digital with offline retail. As of March 2021 Hema had 257 stores.