The AI Revolution – Are Businesses Actually Ready to Embrace It? | NRF APAC 2025

About this Session:

With many of APAC’s retailers still harbouring doubts about the need to adopt AI, and others unsure of what AI even means, the question needs to be asked – are APAC’s businesses actually ready to embrace it, or is there a fundamental misunderstanding of what this revolutionary tech brings to the table?

Our panelists will discuss the following topics, and more:-

• Is AI on the cusp of becoming a killer app that everyone should be incorporating into their operations?
• Do brands understand how AI can help them – be it for front-end OR back-end applications?
• What do companies need to consider as they start their AI journey?
• What happens if retailers don’t embrace AI and get left behind?

All of Our Sessions at NRF:

June 3, 3:30 PM
“Social Commerce and Direct-To-Consumer Business Models – Who Needs a Warehouse Anyway?” 

June 4, 12:15 PM
“Retail Resilience: Driving Growth in an Era of Change”

June 4, 3:30 PM
“The AI Revolution – Are Businesses Actually Ready to Embrace It?” 

Relevant research:

• Retail 2025: 10 AI Trends—An Inflection Point in the GenAI Revolution
• Retail 2025: 10 Trends in Retail Technology
• All our coverage of tariffs
• Insights from last year’s event: NRF APAC 2024: Wrap-Up—Strategizing for the Future of Retail with AI and Customer-Centricity
• Read about the top tech themes and our overall insights from NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show, held in New York City earlier this year.
• Our research reports on China retail
• The Coresight Research China Consumer Survey Insights series