Insight Report 10 minutes PremiumShoptalk 2018: Day 4 Takeaways—Radical Retail, Anti-Amazon AI and Supply-Chain Startups Coresight Research March 22, 2018 Executive SummaryThe Coresight Research team is in Las Vegas this week, attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2018 conference held March 18–21. In this report we share our key takeaways from the fourth day of the conference, which include: Alipay announced a partnership with Freedom Pay and First Data to bridge the international travel experience and serve the growing number of Chinese tourists visiting the US. Radical retail thinking requires being uncomfortable, feeling wrong and having “one foot in the boat and one on the dock,” according to Walmart’s incubator Store No. 8, Williams Sonoma and Home Depot. Albertsons is to launch a digital marketplace which allows vendors to sell direct to shoppers. Flexport and Optoro are startups that are transforming the supply chain and logistics industry. Tophatter—an AI retail startup that calls itself the anti-Amazon solution—is driving engagement, not efficiency. Already a subscriber? Log in You are currently viewing a preview of this report. Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options - Show Options + Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans. View Subscription Plans or Contact us to purchase this report. Contact us ✕ This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Seasonal Shopping, 4Q23—Shoppers’ Latest Holiday Expectations: US Consumer Survey Insights ExtraWeekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2024, Week 36: Foot Locker To Close Nearly 150 StoresNew Sustainability Requirements in Europe—Dragging the Rest of the World Forward?US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker, October 2023: Clothing and Footwear Spending Up Low Single-Digits; Beauty Spending Growth Remains Resilient