Top 10 Retail Themes - Thematic Research
Summary
This report looks at the top 10 themes that will impact the retail sector in 2022. For each theme, we offer a series of predictions and identify winners and losers.
In 2022, the major themes impacting the retail sector will be: smart supply chain, geopolitics, sustainability, virtual and augmented reality, delivery efficiency and speed, ecommerce, COVID-19, ambient commerce, mobile, future of work.
Scope
- The Russia-Ukraine crisis blights an already pressured supply chain Environmental consciousness remains elevated despite the ongoing pandemic The online market will continue to grow, now from a higher base
- Gain insight into a specific theme impacting retail and how conflicting themes interact with one another. Identify the winners and losers based on factors such as technology leadership, market position, and other factors. Access valuable strategic take-outs to help direct future decision-making.
- Executive summary
- 2022 theme map
- Viewing the world’s data by theme helps you make important decisions
- Smart Supply Chain
- Optimizing operational processes to mitigate disruption
- Winners
- Losers
- Further reading
- Geopolitics
- Russian invasion of Ukraine highlights the increasing geopolitical instability
- The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will have global repercussions for retail
- Brexit continues to impact retailers in Europe
- Winners
- Losers
- Further reading
- Sustainability
- Environmental consciousness remains elevated despite the ongoing pandemic
- Sustainability focus will move to wider environment issues than plastic
- Consumers’ sustainability concerns will clash with financial worries
- Winners
- Losers
- Further reading
- Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Brands vie for a slice of the metaverse pie
- The metaverse won’t become a retail destination for a long time, if ever
- COVID-19 renewed the purpose for AR & VR technology
- Winners
- Losers
- Delivery Efficiency & Speed
- Rapid ecommerce adoption requires greater last-mile delivery capabilities
- The demand for ultra-convenience is driving Q-commerce solutions
- Emerging delivery technologies can enhance efficiency and speed
- Winners
- Losers
- Ecommerce
- The online market will continue to grow, now from a higher base
- Emerging digital economies offer the greatest opportunity
- Retailers should not ignore older shoppers online
- Winners
- Losers
- Further reading
- COVID-19
- The virus will continue to impact retail
- The pandemic has changed consumer priorities in the long term
- Online penetration will rise again in 2022
- Winners
- Losers
- Further reading
- Ambient Commerce
- More retailers will venture into ambient commerce
- Amazon is ramping up expansion
- China leads the way in the development of ambient commerce
- Winners
- Losers
- Further reading
- Mobile
- Mobile will be the fasting growing device for retail
- Mobile is increasingly integrated with instore shopping
- Payments will be increasingly made using mobile
- Winners
- Losers
- Further reading
- Future of Work
- Hybrid working has become the norm
- Working from home will change where and what people purchase
- Employment polarization was exacerbated by COVID-19
- Winners
- Losers
- Further reading
- Further readings
- GlobalData reports
- Our thematic research methodology
- About GlobalData
- Contact Us
- List of Tables
- Table 1: GlobalData reports
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Our theme map shows the biggest themes driving growth in the retail sector
- Figure 2: Impacts of smart supply chain
- Figure 3: Impacts of geopolitics
- Figure 4: Impacts of sustainability
- Figure 5: Impacts of virtual and augmented reality
- Figure 6: Impacts of delivery efficiency and speed
- Figure 7: Impacts of ecommerce
- Figure 8: Impacts of COVID-19
- Figure 9: Impacts of ambient commerce
- Figure 10: Impacts of mobile
- Figure 11: Impacts of the future of work
- Figure 12: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard
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