6+ 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, 17+ 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, 18+ 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, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis Video commerce now accounts for roughly a fifth of Southeast Asian e-commerce gross merchandise value, forcing consumer brands across the region to overhaul their distribution models. Data compiled by Google, Temasek and Bain shows creator-led…...

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   (387+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis Singapore e-commerce technology platform Graas has raised US$17 million in fresh capital and completed the acquisition of product data company Trustana. The transaction brings Trustana’s catalogue and product intelligence software directly into Graas’s automated operating…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (438+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis Singapore-based parenting network and consumer data platform Supermom secured S$18 million in Series B funding to expand its artificial intelligence capabilities across Southeast Asia. The round provides fresh capital to build out data infrastructure that…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (440+ words) Retail News Asia newsroom analysis Pop Mart International Group posted an 11.1 per cent decline in overseas revenue to RMB4.97 billion for the first half, hit by cooling international sales for its signature Labubu character. The international drop was sharpest across digital…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (203+ words) The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has unveiled a new framework designed to tackle measurement challenges within the rapidly expanding retail media sector. This initiative comes as over US$100 billion is now invested globally in commerce media, with retail media…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (232+ words) Recommendations from family and friends are the most influential factor, scoring 2.42 out of four. This outranks online reviews, which scored 2.36, and creators, who scored 1.98, in the consumer survey. Approximately 24% of consumers currently use AI tools like ChatGPT for initial product…...