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4 Tips for Staying Ahead of Retail Competitors

Retail TouchPoints

decrease from 2019 primarily driven by the decrease in single-site operators. Focus on service. Outperforming your competitors in customer service is an effective way to gain new customers and retain their loyalty. Contactless payment options are yet another big opportunity. Take the tech leap.

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How Indian brands could benefit from Walmart’s ambitious export goals

Inside Retail

The company reportedly intends to build a comprehensive ecosystem in India that will include a wholesale cash and carry business, e-commerce platforms, a payment and financial services platform, logistics as well as supply chain competencies. billion, and operating income was up US$0.9 per cent to US$26.8

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How Hong Kong gourmet food start-up Le Dessert is tapping into tech to grow

Inside Retail

Established in Hong Kong in 2018 by Paris-born Julien De Preaumont, Le Dessert has quickly gained a reputation for its signature Pavlovas and Charlotte layer cake creations, as well as creative jar desserts and cookies. Customers in Hong Kong are very demanding and they have very high standards both in terms of product quality and service.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

She will lead the wholesale and retail group, which has close to 120 independently owned and operated health food stores across Australia, and provides third-party distribution to over 500 independent health food stores across the country. The commitment included “making an immediate payment of €11.2 million (US$12.1

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Locals rebuff invaders: Inside Vietnam’s convenience stores war

Inside Retail

They grew quickly, relatively unchallenged by local operators. billion in 2018-19 – gained a foothold in the sector by snapping up rival retail groups including 23 Fivimart supermarkets, 87 Shop&Go convenience stores and the smaller Queenland convenience-store chain, rationalising and rebranding the network under the VinMart banner.

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25 Cybersecurity Statistics Small Businesses Should Know

Small Biz Trends

Business leaders can expect more incidents of attack surface expansion, data security breaches, digital supply chain attacks, ransomware attacks, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, identity theft, and remote code execution attacks than in the previous year if they don’t take proactive cybersecurity measures. With only 2.5%

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Can anything take the Shein of China’s e-commerce titan?

Inside Retail

In the past five years, Shein has acquired Romwe, another Chinese e-commerce site operating in the US, and begun developing its own integrated supply chain, rivalling those of Zara, Fashion Nova, and H&M. All this after beginning as a dropshipper with products sourced from China’s wholesale clothing hub in Guangzhou.