11+ hour, 11+ min ago   (252+ words) Rainbow opened its upgraded Shahe sp@ce supermarket in Shenzhen on September 8, deploying more than 17,000 connected IoT devices across the trading floor. The project turns a 17-year-old site in Nanshan District into Rainbow’s first operational store digital twin, linking physical…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (330+ words) Retailers are increasingly adopting AI, but face growing scrutiny over data handling and public perception, particularly in Australia. Community advocacy group GetUp targeted hundreds of Coles stores across Australia with spoof digital billboards, challenging the supermarket operator over its enterprise…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (448+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis The retail industry is seeing diverse strategies for growth, from AI integration to physical expansion. NIQ and Similarweb are collaborating on an Agentic Commerce Measurement solution to help brands, retailers and technology platforms track purchases…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (494+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis Walmart, Flipkart's parent company, has a mixed record of expansion and consolidation across Asia. Flipkart has expanded its quick commerce arm Minutes past 1,000 dark stores across 120 to 130 Indian cities. Dark stores operational for five to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (398+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis TikTok Shop doubled its livestream shopping sales in the United States during the first half of 2026, exporting a commercial format pioneered across Asian digital marketplaces. The platform increased its live broadcast sessions by more than…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis Coles Group posted a 1.09 billion Australian dollar net profit for the financial year ending June 28, as the country’s supermarket giants add thousands of private-label lines to store shelves. The expansion of store brands directly targets…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) Australian consumers now place more trust in artificial intelligence for shopping recommendations than in human retail staff, according to new industry research tracking store-floor buyer habits. The findings point to a decisive shift in how shoppers research products, compare prices,…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (489+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis Global retail spending on artificial intelligence assistants will expand from USD 2.4 billion in 2026 to USD 22.4 billion by 2036, according to industry data from Fact.MR. The projected 25.0 per cent annual growth rate adds USD 20 billion in…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (413+ words) Quick commerce adoption in China reached 83 per cent and 82 per cent in India, creating a multi-trillion-yuan grocery delivery market that outpaces Western peers. The channel is on track to surpass 1 trillion yuan in China this year, backed by a logistics…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (460+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis Indian IT services major Tech Mahindra partnered with London-based Rezolve Ai to deploy automated agentic shopping technology across its network of more than 1,100 enterprise clients. The agreement gives Rezolve access to 146,000 systems professionals across 90 countries…...