Asia consumer & technology: Multifarious merchants
Technology is changing the way consumers interact with retailers both concrete and virtual. Ramping up the sociability factor has become a priority amid increasingly pervasive mechanization
The most striking aspect of the idea that the pandemic is pushing offline retail online is its magnitude. It represents a seismic and irreversible shift in a $25 trillion global industry that touches every...
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