Category: Research

Retail Asia21/09/2017
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Vietnam is one of the fastest developing countries in the world with a huge population, and the number of middle and high income shoppers and consumers is steadily increasing. As a result, international brands such as Zara, H&M and Uniqlo have spotted a great opportunity for them to roll out new concepts and increase sales. […]

Retail Asia15/09/2017
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Four in five travel managers now believe mobility to be the biggest priority in managing corporate travel, according to Sabre Corporation‘s 2017 Asia Pacific Corporate Traveller study. According to the study conducted on corporate travel professionals from across 19 countries in the region, more than 43% of corporate travelers are also deviating from company policy ahead […]

Retail Asia04/09/2017
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Retailers are starting to realise the benefit of combining online and in-store shopping. And by encouraging you to buy online first and collect later, these businesses are saving in a number of areas. Despite historically lagging behind the rest of the developed world, Australian retailers are beginning to embrace this approach. From groceries, alcohol, fashion and […]

Retail Asia29/08/2017
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Indonesia has the biggest and fastest growing online retail sector in Southeast Asia, according to Research and Markets. In this environment, RTB House, a provider of retargeting technology for advertisers, anticipates that Indonesia’s e-commerce players will increase adoption and reliance on retargeting to improve customer engagement and conversion rates, strengthen branding, and enhance ROI on […]

Retail Asia17/08/2017
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Asia-Pacific’s robotics – including drones – and related services market is estimated to reach $66 billion this year, according to IDC. IDC expects spending to accelerate over the five-year forecast period of 2017-2021, reaching $162 billion in 2021 with a CAGR of 25.2%. This represents more than a projected 70% of the world’s total robotics […]

Retail Asia02/08/2017
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QR-code payments have the potential to replace any other form of mobile payment according to new research. More than 1000 Chinese consumers and 60 decision-makers from global merchant companies were surveyed by mobile payments specialist Cancan and financial research company Kapronasia for the first global study covering the impact of Asian mobile POS payments worldwide. […]

Retail Asia31/07/2017
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Two thirds of airline passengers in Asia-Pacific feel that inflight Wi-Fi is not merely a luxury but a necessity, according to Inmarsat-commissioned research. A survey of travelers in the region, conducted by market research company GfK, found that 79% are willing to pay for inflight connectivity even on short leisure flights. In addition, 61% believe quality inflight […]

Retail Asia26/07/2017
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Supply chains revolutionized how our society runs, now supply chains are being revolutionized. The name of the NEW game: blockchain! Supply chains can lack transparency and traceability. Two things at which blockchain is great at. Systems work based on transactions. They are built on a distributed blockchain ledger can record the transfer of goods as […]

Retail Asia25/07/2017
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“Returning the product to Amazon ASAP!” complained one disgruntled Amazon customer as they gave a one-star review for a digital camera on the company’s site. This is despite the same product having an average rating of four-and-a-half stars out of five from 242 other customers. Companies like Amazon aren’t just ignoring these disgruntled customers and their […]

Retail Asia25/07/2017
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The craft beer industry may still have some few more good years left in it, but its old has started showing after years of enjoy double-digit growth over the past years. Single-digit growth only happened last year and with it come the concern that the industry is set for a poor performance. While several factors […]

Retail Asia14/07/2017
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New Zealand is among the world’s stand out digital economies, according to the Digital Evolution Index 2017 launched yesterday by The Fletcher School at Tufts University and Mastercard. The research tracks the progress countries have made in developing their digital economies and integrating connectivity into the lives of billions – and put New Zealand with a […]

Retail Asia12/07/2017
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Bitcoin is the world’s most widely used crypto currency. Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of collapsed Bitcoin exchange MtGox, went on trial in Tokyo on charges stemming from the disappearance of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency from its digital vaults. Here are some key facts about the world’s most widely […]

Retail Asia05/07/2017
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Over 85% of consumers in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, who mention e-retailer brand names in their social media posts don’t tag brand handles, according to Digimind. This means brands need to be vigilant in monitoring their brand reputation in the wider social media space to ensure they aren’t missing out on key conversations and trends, […]

Retail Asia03/07/2017
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Manhattan Associates today announced the release of Performance at Work, a new solution for enhancing employee engagement, which results in productivity gains, lower attrition rates, and therefore greater customer satisfaction. The solution drives improved employee satisfaction by aligning individual employee activities with established organisational goals and metrics, providing employees and managers frequent feedback on their performance […]

Retail Asia30/06/2017
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Despite a booming middle-class and government promises to reform tedious and impenetrable red tape, many of the world’s top brands struggle to set up in Indonesia or thrive once established, as seen by the shock announcement from convenience store giant 7-Eleven to withdraw from the country this month. Research company Spire in 2016 found Indonesia […]


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