Category: Research

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 […]

Retail Asia29/06/2017
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Today’s highly competitive retail environment requires that retailers create compelling and unique customer experience (CX) allowing them to have a frictionless shopping experience across all the channels. The customer experience is not confined to a single department or a job role but a holistic organizational effort that requires participation from all the stakeholders within the […]

Retail Asia14/06/2017
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The greatest DDoS risk for organisations is the barrage of short, low volume attacks which mask more serious network intrusions,  Corero Network Security has warned. According to new Corero research, which highlights DDoS attack attempts against its customers, short, frequent, low-volume DDoS attacks continue to dominate. Despite several headline-dominating, high-volume DDoS attacks over the past […]

Retail Asia31/05/2017
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Juniper Research predicts that the digital commerce sector is set to see substantial growth in user numbers over the next 4 years, as the number of unique users exceed 3 billion by 2021. Juniper has identified two sectors set to drive the digital commerce market, in terms of transaction values; these are digital and physical […]

Retail Asia30/05/2017
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3min
The e-commerce market is one. According to BMI Research, three specific areas: big-box boulevards, e-commerce, and duty-free shopping will be the key growth areas in Malaysia’s retail sector over the coming years. They are attracting significant investment initiatives that are in line with the government’s National Economic Transformation Program. The government is currently stimulating public-private investment […]

Retail Asia29/05/2017
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7min0
A recent EY– Forbes Insights research report  clearly shows the value organisations get from the strategic use of data; the most mature respondents of its survey were found to be considerably more likely to enjoy growth in revenues and operating margins of 15% or more, along with significant improvement in their risk profile.  No wonder […]

Retail Asia23/05/2017
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3min0
In a recent video software market report, ABI Research evaluates expectations of the new TV as a Service (TVaaS) business model and finds that TVaaS revenues will grow from 10% in 2016 to 35% of video software revenues in 2021. The TVaaS model states that recurring revenues based on video consumption, transactions, or subscriber-related metrics […]

Retail Asia22/05/2017
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Asian economies are more digitally engaged relative to their global peers at similar stages of development, according to Deloitte. The company’s second edition of its Voice of Asia series shows that Asian economies are leveraging digital technologies to help them leapfrog development hurdles, resulting in them winning the race on connectivity. Asia has become the […]

Retail Asia15/05/2017
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2min0
ABI Research predicts in a new report that fingerprint sensors in smartphones will surge to reach a 95% penetration rate of smartphone shipments by 2022. This will prompt new opportunities for biometric technologies, such as eye recognition, to be utilized as part of novel identification and payment applications for both the banking and governmental markets. […]

Retail Asia12/05/2017
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3min0
Time spent in apps has surged to nearly 1.7 billion hours during the first quarter, largely a result of an exploding global user base, according to App Annie’s latest Consumer App Usage report. The report reveals that despite each operating system having a separate top trending app category, there is actually no one size fits […]

Retail Asia11/05/2017
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One in three Hong Kong CIOs believe that a lack of employee knowledge and skills around data security is the most significant security risk their organization will face in the next five years, according to Robert Half Hong Kong. A survey commissioned by the specialist recruitment consultancy finds that Hong Kong CIOs are stepping up […]

Retail Asia02/05/2017
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Nearly one in five mobile phones and one in four video game consoles shipped internationally are fake, according to a new OECD report. Trade in Counterfeit ICT Goods finds that a growing trade in counterfeit IT and communications hardware is impacting consumers, manufacturers and public finances. Smartphone batteries, chargers, memory cards, magnetic stripe cards, solid […]

Retail Asia26/04/2017
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15min
With e-commerce being fitted into their arsenals, retailers are now aiming to provide new experiences and greater convenience for shoppers. And while bricks-and-mortar stores will continue to exist, they are no longer places exclusively for shopping, but also must function as showrooms and fitting rooms. Many modern shoppers now pick what they want online, search […]

Retail Asia24/04/2017
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Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 9.2% year over year to $32.6 billion in 2016, IDC estimates. Vendor revenue for the fourth quarter meanwhile grew at 7.3% year-on-year to $9.2 billion, the research firm said. Cloud IT infrastructure sales […]


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