Executive Summary

September 20, 2019

• This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at India’s Big Billion Days shopping festival.

In the news this week:

• Shopify is bringing new tools for US hemp and CBD retailers, such as online store design, payment, shipping and marketing.
• Ahold Delhaize has partnered with China-based tech firm Hanshow Technology to install electronic shelf labels that allow shoppers to access product information and also enable automated price cuts.
• IKEA has started construction on a new ¥1 billion ($141 million) store in China’s southwest Yunnan province, scheduled to open next year.