Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team is in Las Vegas this week, attending and participating in the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) 2019 RECon event, running May 19-22. These are some of the highlights from day 2:

• Retail investment in artificial intelligence (AI) is now greater than that of the banking sector.
• AI will become retailers’ go-to technology to strip friction from brick-and-mortar retail.
• Western retailers will increasingly adopt China’s “New Retail” as consumers further opt for digital, and especially mobile, shopping.

You may also be interested in our coverage from Day 1 and Day 3 of the RECon event.