Why is the retail revolution is accelerating?

It has been reported that recently the relevant people have said that the future is the online and offline integration mode, that is, retail, the current traditional department store industry model is outdated, the competition is homogenized and serious, and can not meet the changing needs of consumers, etc. has also become an important reason for the traditional department store industry closure wave after wave.

Reports say that in 2017, following Amazon, domestic companies have also begun to test the water unmanned supermarkets, in the streets of Shanghai opened a "colorful box" unmanned retail stores, Alibaba also launched "unmanned supermarkets", enter the door, select the goods, through the Payment door in one fell swoop, the cashier disappeared, consumers can almost in the "senseless" state to complete the shopping.

The rise of unmanned supermarkets, behind the new consumer era of business judgment: another retail revolution may be accelerating the arrival of department stores to chain stores to large supermarkets, based on consumer change and technological change, the "retail infrastructure" has been changing, consumer habits and tastes are also changing.

Data show that as of the first half of 2015, major retailers (including department stores, supermarkets) in the country *** counted 121 closed. Among them, the department store business closed 25, of which only Wanda Department Store closed 10 stores, topped the list, a large number of only online platforms, will only sell low-priced traditional e-commerce, the next will face serious challenges. Must be accelerated from online to offline, but also to integrate and establish their own strong logistics capabilities.

I hope the new retail era can come soon!