Executive Summary

November 2, 2018

• This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses what we know about Amazon Fashion and whether Amazon is really the #1 apparel retailer in the US.
• Walmart’s warehouse club, Sam’s Club, is preparing to open the doors at a new Dallas-area store that will serve as a test-bed for the latest in retail technology.
• UK fashion chain Oasis has partnered with Sainsbury’s to open concessions in five of the latter’s supermarkets by next spring. Two of the stores will open by Christmas this year.
• Singapore’s largest retail group, Dairy Farm Singapore Group, and Singaporean electronic payment service Network for Electronic Transfers have entered into a collaboration that will enable customers to pay via WeChat Pay at more than 600 7-Eleven, Giant, Cold Storage and Guardian stores across the island starting November 1.