APAC Retail 2025: Mobile Wallet Boom, Same-Day Delivery Costs, Country Road Turnaround
Mobile wallets now power 73 % of APAC e-commerce checkouts, same-day shipping prices hit record lows, and Australia’s Country Road Group faces a 93 % profit plunge. In this Five Things Friday episode, Alex (The Retail Podcast) joins Ryf Quail (Managing Director, NRF APAC) and Laura Doonin (Retail & Digital-Tech Advisor) to unpack:
Mobile Wallet vs. Credit Card Shift – QR pay, A2A rails, WeChat Pay, Alipay, UPI, DuitNow
Same-Day Delivery Economics – Shippit 2025 data, ship-from-store strategy, endless-aisle logistics
Post-Purchase Community – Need It For Tonight, Cutter & Squidge, WhatsApp…
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