latest newcomer in this category is Costco. For Prof. Dr. Bernd Hallier there will be a change of mindset in the future. “Traffic jams are no incentives for longer shopping-distances. Small local shops with fresh assortments in connection with e-bike-delivery will be the hot topic in future in Asia” he stated in his 4 weeks China lectures.
In Foshan nearly 60 Chinese retailers attended his one-day-seminar about the successstory of the German discounter ALDI and its different approach in the UK or in Shanghai’s test market (Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4, Picture 5, Picture 6, Picture 7). Interviewed by CCTV in the ALDI store Hallier claimed that those missing China as a market will decline in global competence (see also CCTVplus). For him retail is changing its benchmark: innovation in this century will be driven by Asia!
25th REAL CORP Current discussions on “Low Carbon Cities” or “Smart Cities” seek to address future developments of cities under the condition of climate change employing amongst other things energy saving technologies; “green retreats” in mega-cities (like this roof-garden on top of an ecology-oriented supermarket in Heifei/China) are not only needed for personal relief but also as “micro-climate zones” for air-circulation within cities.
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