retail sector

The retail sector is the industry involved in the sale of goods and services directly to consumers, encompassing both physical stores and online marketplaces.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to significant foreign investment in its modernization and the expansion of AI applications in supply chain management and automation.

Latest on retail sector

• Foreign investors bet on revamp of Bangladesh's informal retail sector
• SoftBank now controls supply chain visibility across 21,000 retail locations—without a public framework for how AI decides inventory, pricing, or consumer data flows.
• The investment expands SoftBank's portfolio in retail and artificial intelligence applications across the consumer sector.
• The company develops robots for hospitality, retail, and real estate sectors across Southeast Asia.
• crop insurance and conversational analytics still can't scale beyond their pilot regions
• Japan's NTT Data launches new payment platform in India

Connections

5 entities linked to retail sector across the news graph.