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Trillions in revenue and a million jobs: Unpacking JD.com’s 20-year roadmap

Inside Retail

The company began offering general merchandise in 2008, transforming JD from an electronics retailer to a full-fledged e-commerce platform, and launched an online marketplace platform in 2010. JD.com’s global aspirations revolve around leveraging its robust supply chain infrastructure to enhance its international business operations.

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Decoding the global trends shaping the future of retail

Inside Retail

KPMGs 2024 Apac seamless commerce report suggests Gen Z shoppers (born 1995-2010) are now so heavily influenced by what they see on social media and livestreaming, that 63 per cent said social commerce is most important to their shopping experience, followed closely by livestreaming (57 per cent).

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Vaccines to Vaccinations: Towards collaboration in vaccine administration

Cisco Retail

Here, digital technology can help a lot: from patient access and outreach to field hospital and mobile clinic set up, from supply chain management to data security, privacy and compliance. ” The Lancet 375.9709 (2010): 166-169. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103(4):1367–1369, 2020. [5]