Stores

In pictures: China’s Alibaba and JD.com reinvent stores

By 2018-06-05T06:00:00

Screens with product information that can be called up via a product's QR/barcode are at the end of some of the ambient food aisles

Retailers are looking East, not West, for the future of retail. John Ryan goes to China to see the tech-enabled stores of ecommerce giants Alibaba and JD.com.

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