Source: Fung Global Retail & TechnologyThis week, the Fung Global Retail & Technology team was in Las Vegas to attend Shoptalk 2017, the next-generation commerce event which brings together technology and retail. One of our ongoing research themes has been the retail revolution that is currently taking place in the US and globally. At Shoptalk, we saw that Amazon is continuing to make strides in improving its retail offering. The VP of Marketplaces, Peter Faricy, delivered a solid pitch to brands to start selling on Amazon’s marketplace. Even though Alibaba is still relatively less known in the US, the company is arguably at the frontier of retail.

Source: Forbes March 24, 2017 19:30 UTC