I spoke at ICSC’s Repositioning to Realize Potential conference last week in Hong Kong. You can find my presentation here. I learned a lot about market trends as I prepared for the event. More importantly, I learned a lot from the other presenters at the event. Here are a few things I’d like to share with you. Read the rest of this entry »
Tmall, the B2C unit under China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group, yesterday said it will offer 300 million Yuan (US$48.4 million) worth of cash vouchers and encourage consumers to share gift coupons with friends to allow more participants at its annual shopping spree on November 11. Read the rest of this entry »
In Bangladesh’s villages and on its street corners, Japanese fashion giant Uniqlo is quietly gathering market data to help it in its ambition of becoming the world’s top clothing brand in seven years. Read the rest of this entry »
Consumers have benefited in a big way from all the new technology over the past 10 years. Think smartphones, apps, easy online shopping services, 3G wireless networks. All these technologies have made modern consumerism infinitely easier, while they’ve often created new challenges for traditional retailers.
CEO Bruce Berkman discusses some of the big new challenges facing retailers and mall operators in China, and some of the possible solutions.