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The Future of Retail: 9 Ways Alibaba is Redefining Retail Stores

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A Hema supermarket in China. By Tricia McKinnon If you want to know what the future of retail looks like perhaps it’s time for you to take a trip to China. China is considered to be two to three years ahead of the United States when it comes to merging digital with offline retail. Stores as fulfillment centres.

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Alibaba’s Strategy, 6 Things to Consider

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“In fact, we saw the acceleration of offline retail as well—there’s more of a shift toward a true omnichannel integration.” Create a true omni-channel retail chain. With the New Retail strategy in place Alibaba made a move into physical retail in 2016 by opening a chain of futuristic supermarkets called Hema or Freshippo in English.