Industry Research Grounded in Decades of Experience
IDC’s industry research assists business and IT leaders in making technology decisions across six industries – retail, government, financial services, manufacturing, health and energy.
IDC’s industry research helps business and IT leaders:
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Optimize IT Strategy with Proven Industry Insights
- Plan and implement digital transformation strategies with industry expertise from our global analysts.
- Validate conclusions and identify risks early on based on accurate, relevant data.
- Plan to meet company goals with guidance from our rigorous research methodology.
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Foster Growth and Innovation in Your Organization
- Drive growth by evolving your organization into the digital age with our analysts’ industry expertise and advice.
- Build out digital transformation roadmaps with our consulting services.
- Promote innovation by supplying your team with the latest technology data and trends from around the globe.
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Access Insights to Define your Digital Strategy and Operate Efficiently
- Develop a clearly defined digital strategy and positioning based on our expert industry analysis and guidance.
- Keep operations efficient and aligned to your digital initiatives with IDC’s most cutting-edge digital strategies for your industry.
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Make Informed Decisions with our Industry Expertise
- Lead informed negotiations with vendors grounded in fact-based industry research, expertise and guidance.
- Accurately assess supply and demand, market costs and vendor metrics with our industry consulting services.
IDC’s industry research also helps technology suppliers inform their vertical marketing, sales, and product management strategies so that they more closely align with key industry-specific trends and investment priorities.
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IDC Energy Insights works with utility providers, oil and gas producers, and mining companies on how to leverage data and technology to improve operational excellence and create new information-based commodities.
Its global team of analysts with decades of industry experience, advise on how to create holistic digital operational strategies that deliver agile operations and how to harness information for improved decision making and the creation of new value add-services.
IDC Financial Insights works with financial institutions to help them achieve success through accelerated banking, the creation of value through open, agile, and secure infrastructures, creating dynamic customer experiences, and deliver to banking and payments customers worldwide.
Its global team of analysts, with decades of industry experience, advise financial institutions on how to supplant the functionality of legacy systems with digital technologies that will improve efficiency and profitability, engage the customer in a meaningful way while reducing risk and fraud.
Latest Financial Insights Research
IDC’s extensive portfolio of subscription services enables clients to keep abreast of the latest market trends and empowers them to make the most well-informed decisions for their organization.
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C2G IDC Playbook for Tech Sales Leaders: State of Asia/Pacific Banking Digital Transformation Opportunities and Challenges
This IDC Presentation reviews the winning strategies for sales leaders to pitch to banks in Asia. Asia banks are at an inflexion point, with plenty of opportunities despite multiple challenges, which include geopolitical tensions, softening interest rates, increasing financial crime, greater…
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Industry Buyers Handbook: Asia/Pacific Banking 2024
This IDC Industry Buyers Handbook provides technology vendors with insights into the key factors influencing technology purchasing decisions in the financial services industry, particularly banking. It covers critical priorities, challenges, and emerging trends, such as legacy system modernization,…
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C2G: New Credit Risk Technologies from China and Their Implications for ASEAN Markets
This IDC report explores the evolving landscape of credit risk management technologies, focusing on advancements from Chinese tech vendors and their implications for ASEAN markets. The report emphasizes the significance of leveraging big data, AI, ML, and blockchain technology to enhance credit…
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China Banking IT Solutions Market Shares, 2022: Seeking Resilient Growth in Deepening Competition (I)
This report draws an overall judgment on the market share and competitive landscape in the China IT solutions banking market through desk research and direct interviews with ISVs, systems integrators (SIs), IT product vendors, and end users in the industry, aiming to provide insights for banking…
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China Banking IT Solutions Market Shares, 2022: Seeking Resilient Growth in Deepening Competition (II)
This report draws an overall conclusion on the market share and competitive landscape in the China banking IT solutions market through desk research and direct interviews with ISVs, systems integrators (SIs), IT product vendors, and end users in the industry, aiming to provide insights for banking…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Corporate Banking 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications
This IDC Presentation discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) localization of the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Corporate Banking 2025 Predictions (IDC #US51442424, October 2024). This IDC FutureScape predicts significant technological shifts transforming the corporate banking landscape in…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Corporate Banking 2025 Predictions — APEJ Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders
This IDC study is as an accompaniment to IDC FutureScape Worldwide Corporate Banking 2025 Predictions — APEJ Implications (IDC #AP52723924, November 2024). It looks further at IDC’s top 10 predictions for Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) corporate banking for 2025 and beyond. The report…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Insurance 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications
This IDC Presentation discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) localization of the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Insurance 2025 Predictions (IDC #AP52550824, October 2024). In the APEJ region, insurers are moving beyond the hype of generative AI (GenAI), understanding that its real value is…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Retail Banking 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications
This IDC Presentation discusses the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) localization of the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Retail Banking 2025 Predictions (IDC #US52634924, October 2024). The financial services landscape continues to undergo transformative shifts as emerging technologies, such as…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Insurance 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders
This IDC study provides additional information as an accompaniment to IDC FutureScape Worldwide Insurance 2025 Predictions Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications, November 2025, looking further at IDC’s top 10 predictions for worldwide insurance for 2025 and beyond. This accompanying document…
IDC Government Insights works with governments throughout the world on their digital transformation journeys, helping them provide better quality services to citizens, while improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and delivery of government programs and services.
Its global team of analysts, with decades of industry experience, advise central and local governments on how to improve the delivery of government services, creating more effective and engaged services and citizens.
Latest Government Insights Research
IDC’s extensive portfolio of subscription services enables clients to keep abreast of the latest market trends and empowers them to make the most well-informed decisions for their organization.
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Industry Buyers Handbook: Asia/Pacific Government, 2024
This IDC Industry Buyers Handbook aims to help technology vendors understand the areas of technology investments of Asia/Pacific governments. Vendors can use this handbook to: Align the company’s proposition to the buyer’s tech priorities as they relate to domain processes. Position the technology…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide National Government 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific and Japan Implications
This IDC Presentation provides our top 10 predictions for national governments in Asia/Pacific (including Japan) (APJ). These predictions reflect IDC’s vision of 10 important trends that will impact government stakeholders for 2025 and the planning horizon for the next five years.These predictions…
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IDC Announces the 2024 Future Enterprise Awards Winners for Singapore
Changi Airport Group and David Tan of Income Insurance Receive Future Enterprise of the Year and CIO/CDO of the Year Awards, Respectively
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IDC Announces the 2024 Future Enterprise Awards Winners for the Philippines
Philippine Enterprises Recognized for Excellence in Customer Experience, Digital Innovation, Cybersecurity, and Sustainability at the 2024 Future Enterprise Awards
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Sustainability and the Circular Economy: Implications for Asia/Pacific Public Sector
This IDC report explores the current focus on sustainability and circularity by the public sector organizations in Asia/Pacific. This report, by taking a deep dive into the organizational readiness maturity, their spending priorities, and preferred attributes they look for in an external partner…
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Innovation Road Map: Government Agencies’ Digital Policy for Emerging Tech in Asia/Pacific
This IDC Perspective examines the urgent need for robust AI and generative AI (GenAI) policies in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan and China) (APEJC) government agencies. It highlights how these agencies are navigating innovation amid undefined regulations. The report also provides actionable…
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Industry Analysis Perspective: Asia/Pacific Government, 2024
This Industry Analysis Perspective is designed to provide sales, marketing, and product/channel managers of technology companies with foundational insights into the Asia/Pacific government sector as of 2024. By understanding how governments are structured and operate, sales, marketing, and product…
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Industry Digital Transformation Market Forecasts: Asia/Pacific Government, 2024
This Industry Digital Transformation Market Forecast for Asia/Pacific Government provides technology suppliers with an overview of the regional government spending for digital transformation (DX) and insights into the market context influencing that spend for 2024.It allows to understand the…
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IDC: One-Third of Asia/Pacific Govts Plan to Adopt Sovereign Cloud Services by 2026 Amid Geopolitical and Cyber Challenges
SINGAPORE, 29 April 2024 – According to a recently released IDC report, State of Sovereign and Industry Cloud Investment by Asia/Pacific Governments , government interest in the region for sovereign cloud solutions is rising due to geopolitical disruptions, increasing cyber threats, evolving data…
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AI and GenAI Advancements Are Revolutionizing Government, Education, and Healthcare Use Cases in APEJC
The IDC Perspective highlights the transformative impact of AI and generative AI (GenAI) applications across government, education, and healthcare sectors in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan and China) (APEJC) region, emphasizing the region’s significant investment and adoption growth. It outlines…
IDC Health Insights works with healthcare and life science organizations throughout the world providing value-based healthcare and knowledge-based medicine.
Its global team of analysts with decades of industry experience, advise healthcare organizations on how to shift from sick care to healthcare with an emphasis on preventative care and population health management. Health Insights helps life science organizations employ a more knowledge-centric approach to new drug development, disease diagnosis, management, and treatment.
Latest Health Insights Research
IDC’s extensive portfolio of subscription services enables clients to keep abreast of the latest market trends and empowers them to make the most well-informed decisions for their organization.
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Industry Buyers Handbook: Asia/Pacific Healthcare, 2024
This IDC Industry Buyers Handbook aims to help technology vendors understand the areas of technology investments of Asia/Pacific healthcare provider organizations. Vendors can use this handbook to: Align the company’s proposition to the buyer’s tech priorities as they relate to domain processes….
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Healthcare Industry 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications
This IDC report presents the top 10 predictions for the healthcare industry in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) for the next five years. As the APEJ’s healthcare sector is passing through the second wave of digital transformation powered by GenAI, this transition is set to make AI accessible…
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IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Electronic Health Record 2024 Vendor Assessment
This IDC MarketScape evaluates the electronic health record (EHR) solution providers in Asia/Pacific through a set of comprehensive attributes across their current capabilities and strategies for the next three years. These platform providers keep expanding their offerings, moving beyond clinical…
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Sustainability and the Circular Economy: Implications for Asia/Pacific Public Sector
This IDC report explores the current focus on sustainability and circularity by the public sector organizations in Asia/Pacific. This report, by taking a deep dive into the organizational readiness maturity, their spending priorities, and preferred attributes they look for in an external partner…
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IDC: Over Half of Healthcare and Life Sciences Organizations in Asia/Pacific* are Prioritizing Budgets for GenAI
IDC expects the Healthcare and Life Sciences Sector Spending on GenAI to Exceed $1.5 Billion by 2027
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GenAI in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Current Trends and Future Potential in Asia/Pacific
This IDC report explores the current adoption landscape and future potential of GenAI in Asia/Pacific healthcare and life sciences. The report, after setting the context of GenAI in the sector, further explores the current adoption model, investment priorities, and challenges faced by CIOs while…
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Industry Analysis Perspective: Asia/Pacific Healthcare, 2024
This Industry Analysis Perspective offers foundational insights into the Asia/Pacific healthcare sector in 2024 for sales, marketing, and product/channel managers at technology companies. By comprehending the sector’s structure, financing, and operations as well as its impact on individual and…
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Industry Digital Transformation Market Forecasts: Asia/Pacific Healthcare, 2024
This industry digital transformation (DX) market forecast for Asia/Pacific healthcare provides technology suppliers with an overview of regional healthcare spending for DX and insights into market spend for 2024.This document discusses regional healthcare DX spending in the context of the total DX…
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From Diagnostics to Surgery: How AI and Automation Are Changing the Future of Healthcare
This IDC Market Perspective gives an overview of how the healthcare sector in Asia/Pacific is leveraging AI and automation to address challenges, such as accessibility, cost, and efficiency. With a 60% increase in AI solution adoption predicted by 2026, technologies, such as telemedicine, AI-driven…
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One NTT DATA: Leveraging Disruption to Ignite Tomorrow, Today
This IDC Market Note features the NTT DATA Analyst Day held in Singapore in March 2024. NTT DATA leaders revealed the formation of NTT DATA as one company outside of Japan and highlighted its unique capabilities and value proposition. The two-day event was packed with presentations, panel…
IDC Manufacturing Insights works with manufacturing organizations to accelerate the delivery of innovation through integrated products and services.
Its global team of analysts with decades of industry experience, advise manufacturers on how to drive additional revenue opportunities throughout the product life cycle, without negatively impacting the ability to scale to profitable volumes.
Latest Manufacturing Insights Research
IDC’s extensive portfolio of subscription services enables clients to keep abreast of the latest market trends and empowers them to make the most well-informed decisions for their organization.
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Indonesia X2G Report: An International Expansion Playbook for Asia Homegrown Vendors 2025
This Market Presentation is designed to provide technology companies with key insights and strategies for expanding into Indonesia. This report addresses Indonesia’s market intelligence to help Asia-based technology vendors understand the market viability, prevalent opportunities and gaps, and how…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders
This IDC Market Presentation is an accompanying document to the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications research. This report offers insights and guidance to technology sales and marketing leaders on how to position themselves for…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications
This IDC study examines the market dynamics and technology adoption trends in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) region. As businesses in APEJ face increasing pressure from a competitive market, supply chain disruptions, inflation, cyberthreats, and sustainability mandates, manufacturers are…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2025 Predictions ― Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications
This IDC FutureScape study presents the top 10 technology predictions that will shape technology adoption in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) supply chain industry over the next five years. This document aims to support tech buyers in planning their IT strategies by providing insights into…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Sustainability/ESG 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications
This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation discusses the top 10 predictions and key drivers for sustainability strategies, technologies, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) business services in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (APEJ) region. The report has a five-year forecast of 2025–2029. It…
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Industry Buyers Handbook: Asia/Pacific EOVC Manufacturing, 2024
This IDC Industry Buyers Handbook aims to help technology vendors understand the areas of technology investment for Asia/Pacific engineering-oriented value chain (EOVC) manufacturing organizations. The document highlights regional EOVC manufacturers’ technology investment priorities and initiatives…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2025 Predictions ― Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications: Positioning for Success ― Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders
This IDC Market Presentation piece is an accompanying document to the IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Manufacturing 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications report. This document provides insights and guidance to technology sales and marketing leaders, helping them create an…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2025 Predictions ― Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders
This IDC Market Presentation piece is an accompanying document to IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2025 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications (IDC Manufacturing Insights #AP51720824, November 2024). The goal of this document is to equip technology sales and marketing…
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Taming the Cyber Wild West: Impacts of Australia’s Cyber Security Bill 2024 on Technology and Manufacturing Sectors
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C2G: Asia/Pacific Logistics and Transportation Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Growth Resumed
This IDC Market Share report provides insights into the market shares of logistics and transportation management applications in the Asia/Pacific region. Driven by ecommerce demands, and supply chain efficiency needs, the market grew 4.5% in 2023, supported by increased public cloud investments….
IDC Retail Insights works with retailers to create exceptional, immersive customer experiences that engage and allow the customer to discover, evaluate, select, and transact in a frictionless manner.
Its global team of analysts, with decades of industry experience, advise retailers how to transcend the focus on “transaction” to a focus that blends connected technology with an elevated customer experience.
Latest Retail Insights Research
IDC’s extensive portfolio of subscription services enables clients to keep abreast of the latest market trends and empowers them to make the most well-informed decisions for their organization.
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Empowering Checkout Experiences: A Review of Point-of-Sale Innovations in Asia/Pacific Retail Landscape
This IDC study discusses how the Asia/Pacific retail landscape is rapidly evolving with innovative POS systems transforming checkout experiences. Retailers are integrating mobile POS, AI-driven solutions, contactless payments, and data-driven personalization to enhance operational efficiency and…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Retail Predictions 2025 — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications
This IDC FutureScape predictions report provides Asia/Pacific retail executives with insights into future business scenarios and their associated technology impacts. The intended readers of this document include executives and business and IT leaders of retail organizations in the region. This IDC…
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Retail Predictions 2025 — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications: Positioning for Success — Opportunities for Tech Sales and Marketing Leaders
This IDC document is an accompanying piece to the main FutureScape PowerPoint of the same topic. It provides specific recommendations for two tech vendor personas: tech sales leaders and tech marketing leaders.
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Industry Buyers’ Handbook: Asia/Pacific Apparel, Footwear, and Accessories, 2024
This IDC Industry Buyers Handbook aims to help technology vendors understand the areas of technology investments of Asia/Pacific apparel, footwear, and accessories retail organizations. Vendors can use this handbook to: Align the company’s proposition to the buyer’s tech priorities as they relate…
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Industry Analysis Perspective: Asia/Pacific Retail Apparel, Footwear, and Accessories, 2024
This Industry Analysis Perspective report is designed to provide technology companies’ sales, marketers, as well as product and channel managers with foundational insight into the retail apparel, footwear, and accessories (retail apparel) industry in the Asia/Pacific region in 2024. By…
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IDC PlanScape: Analysis of Computer Vision Implementation in Automated and Self-Checkout Stores
This IDC PlanScape report highlights the transformative impact of computer vision technology on the retail sector in Asia/Pacific, particularly in enhancing automated and self-checkout stores. It underscores the technology’s role in streamlining operations, reducing labor costs, and improving…
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Industry Digital Transformation Market Forecast: Asia/Pacific Retail, 2024
This industry digital transformation (DX) market forecast for Asia/Pacific retail provides technology suppliers with an overview of regional retail spending for Digital Transformation, and insights into the market context influencing that spend for 2024.It allows to understand Asia/Pacific retail…
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ETP Group Launches ETP Unify to Expand the Potential of Retail Enterprises with Its Unified Commerce Platform
This IDC Market Note discusses the launch of ETP Unify, a unified commerce platform for retailers, which combines retail and ecommerce capabilities. It highlights the challenges faced by retailers because of increasing customer touchpoints and the need for inventory coordination. The platform aims…
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Industry Market Trends: Asia/Pacific Apparel and Accessory Retail, 2024
This IDC Market Presentation about the apparel and accessory retail market trends in Asia/Pacific aims to provide technology vendors with an overview of the key business trends shaping the retail industry in the region in 2024. The report offers a foundation of industry knowledge to:Develop a…
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IDC: 85% of Asia’s Top Retailers to Explore GenAI to Improve Product Data, Customer Support, and CX
Retail Predictions in Asia/Pacific* for 2024 and Beyond Revealed by IDC