Tag: Research

Retail Asia17/06/2019
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The biggest trend in logistics right now is arguably not artificial intelligence, blockchain or even visibility, it’s hyper-personalization – which is ushering in a new era of delivery once only accessible to big global companies and corporates. For Asia’s legions of entrepreneurs and small businesses – more than 70 percent of whom are now exporting […]

Retail Asia03/05/2019
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ABI Research forecasts that Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) devices will exceed 1.6 billion annual shipments by 2023. Growth in segments like smart home, beacons and asset tracking, emerging IoT applications, alongside growth in existing key markets and the emergence of audio over BLE will enable the technology to achieve a CAGR of 27% between 2018 and […]

Retail Asia23/04/2019
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CIMB Investment Bank Research (CIMB IB Research) has retained its “reduce” call on AirAsia Group Bhd as it forecasted the company to face higher operating costs and gearing levels until 2021. The research house lowered its target price for AirAsia to RM1.50, from RM1.82 previously, as it expects lower core earnings per share and dividend […]

Retail Asia18/04/2019
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China’s mobile ecosystem added 5.2 trillion yuan ($750 billion) in value to the country’s economy in 2018, according to a new GSMA report. Mats Granryd, director general of the GSMA says the report confirms how China’s mobile industry has been a key driver of economic growth, inclusion and modernization – creating a new generation of […]

Retail Asia27/03/2019
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Spending on 5G will account for the majority of China’s technology spending in 2019 as the nation continues to spend heavily to ensure it leads the global race to implement the mobile technology, Forrester Research predicts. China will spend a total of $256 billion on technology goods and services this year, with 5G spending to account for […]

Retail Asia26/03/2019
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The Vietnam retail sector is forecast to record double-digit growth from 2019 to 2024, according to a report by ResearchAndMarkets. While a number of Vietnamese consumers still choose to shop in traditional markets as they can buy ingredients in smaller portions, supermarkets are offering ready-to-cook packages better suited to the daily needs of the average […]

Retail Asia25/03/2019
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Data platform Next Billion is collaborating with data exchange service Ocean Protocol to pilot a new data-sharing model that gives Indian rural store owners an extra income stream. Next Billion, which creates insights to enable companies to expand in high-growth emerging markets, provides free point-of-sale platforms to rural store owners to record real-time inventory and […]

Retail Asia21/03/2019
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A new study from Juniper Research found that 3.5 trillion business A2P (Application-to-Person) messages will be delivered by 2023, up from an estimated 2.5 trillion in 2019, a 40% growth. The new Juniper Research paper, A2P Messaging: SMS, RCS & OTT Business Messaging 2019-2023, forecast that the rich media interactivity of RCS (Rich Communications Suite) would make […]

Retail Asia20/03/2019
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New data from Synergy Research Group revealed that hyperscale operator capex reached over $32 billion in Q4, outperforming the first three quarters of the year, which had themselves set records. Full-year hyperscale capex jumped 43% to almost $120 billion. Meanwhile telco capex was over double that of hyperscale operators, but notably telco spending remained at the same […]

Retail Asia18/03/2019
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MWC 2019 demonstrated the mobile industry knows it needs to change and without that change and a massive recalibration of its fundamental business model and modus operandi, it will become obfuscated, according to ABI Research. “MWC 2019 could best be characterized as displaying an anxiety borne from an industry suffering from a combination of split […]

Retail Asia06/03/2019
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More than 90% of mobile operators fear that the arrival of the 5G era will result in significantly higher energy costs, according to research from data center equipment provider Vertiv and 451 Research. A survey of mobile operators, released at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, found high interest in technologies and services that can improve […]

Retail Asia11/02/2019
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Korea needs to give equal emphasis to the development of battery electric vehicles and fuel cell cars, considering the estimated future demand and the country’s competitiveness, a report said Thursday. “It’s a well-known fact that our car manufacturers have the mass-production technology for fuel cell automobiles,” the report from the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics […]

Retail Asia29/01/2019
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Southeast Asia’s online retail market is expected to reach US$53 billion in the next five years, according to a recent analysis by Forrester Consulting. The report anticipated a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the industry of 23 per cent over the period, given the momentum of smartphone penetration and fast-growing economies in the region. […]

Retail Asia29/01/2019
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Turnover in the Chinese retail industry will eclipse that of the US later this year, according to analyses. “Nothing is going to stop them,” said one commentator as new data emerged showing a fast-narrowing gap between the two markets. The fact China would overtake the US was never in doubt – China’s population of 1.4 […]

Retail Asia29/01/2019
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All eyes are on Southeast Asia as the world’s next consumer powerhouse, with its young population and increasing purchasing power. Almost 280 million centennials – those born since 1995, also known as Generation Z, currently call this region home. While the size of this new generation alone makes them attractive prospects for retailers, their distinct […]

Retail Asia24/01/2019
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Retail shopping continues to be the largest expense for tourists from China, according to a survey from Nielsen and Alipay, accounting for almost a quarter of total spend. The 2018 trends of Chinese mobile payment in outbound tourism survey revealed that retail spending took up 24.6 per cent of Chinese tourists average spend, followed by […]

Retail Asia24/01/2019
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Samsung Electronics is ready to roll out both 5G and foldable phones, two of most highly-anticipated products from the electronics company. While Samsung has already announced a plan to introduce new Galaxy phones at an unpacking event next month in San Francisco, it is confirmed on Tuesday that Samsung’s global production base in Vietnam has completed […]


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