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China Watch: Self-Serve Convenience Stores

December 19, 2017 • Alibaba • China • computer vision • Convenience Store • ecommerce • FMCG • Interior • JD.com • Machine Learning • new product • Omnichannel • On to Offline • Payment Tech • Pop-Up Shops • retail technology • Self-Serve • Startup • Store of the Future • Stores

Self-service stores is a big thing in China. At what point will Chinese companies lead and businesses like Amazon follow?

Show Review: FinTech Connect Live, Excel, London, UK. Dec 6-7, 2017

December 07, 2017 • ecommerce • Fintech • Payment Tech • Trade Show

FinTech Connect Live, Excel, London, UK. Dec 6-7, 2017 Our score for this show is 4/5. We visited on Dec 7th. There were plenty of visitors and a good number of exhibitors. It took us about 2 hours to visit all stands and have conversations with about 10 exhibitors. KYC and regulatory compliance was a key topic but there was a good mixture of exhibitors from smaller startups to the likes of GBG, The Bunker and Schroders. The more interesting business (from our retail technology viewpoint) were: Flynet – Client emulator software for legacy systemsAll legacy retailers should know about...