Event Coverage 11 minutesRegister for Free AccessShoptalk 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. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? Register for a free user account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Is China’s Stimulus Package Boosting Consumer Sentiment?: China Consumer Survey InsightsAI’s CORE Revolution—Transforming Business Models and Customer Experience: Insights Presented at YPO Global Business Summit 2024Retail Shrink and ORC: US Small Business Owners’ Perspectives on Retail Theft, Plus New Measures To Combat Theft in New York, the UK and AustraliaIndications of a Summer Wind-Down Emerge: US Consumer Tracker 2023, Week 34
