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Automated Vehicles to reinforce Retail Proposition?

Article by Andrea Zaffin commenting on the article “Technology delivered: Implications for cost, customers, and competition in the last-mile ecosystem

The world of automation has always been a fascinating topic.

The future described in this article makes me imaging a scenario of non-stop flow of automated vehicles running up and down our streets delivering our online shopping 24/7 (yes probably we will have automated receiving areas too!) basically extending the supply chain till our doorstep.

Definitely efficient and convenient. This will give additional mileage to online increasing service and convenience to further level.

However the excitement is not without some concern for the competition off line. I think about the impact that this will have on the famous ultimate reason that make us taking time and effort to drive to a physical store: “the retail experience”.

Let’s say that walking around a mall carrying big shopping bags is not exactly the kind of “experience” we look for, so maybe this futuristic evolution driven by automated vehicles might become somehow a service to reinforce physical stores proposition too, at least in this case technology will be fairly applicable to both on and off line retailers for the benefit of all consumers.

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Dubai: The Ultimate Retail Destination

Dubai Retail in Dubai

Andrea Zaffin, Founder and  Managing Partner of Proriented, comments the Article “Dubai’s Retail Space to Surge by 50% in Three Years, CBRE Says”

Normally I am not so inclined to easy going optimism so reading the article at the beginning I was pretty doubtful too of all what is going on.

On the other side having being 18 years in Dubai and having experienced the amazing transformation of the city I started turning my thoughts imaging that this huge increase of retail space actually can be a challenge but also a phenomenal opportunity for Dubai to upgrade commercial real estate and correctly as mentioned in the article to requalify underperforming retail areas to new destinations.

It is true that what is going on is truly massive, it is also true that Dubai proved over the years to have an amazing capability to cope with challenges that initially were looking unachievable.

One for all the ambition to become the biggest international airport in the world headquartering the biggest international airline of the world ….bigger than Heathrow bigger than British Airways….unthinkable 15 years ago….well mission successfully accomplished a few years ago! (ok ok I know I am talking about transportation vs retail it is different ….Yes you are right….However, the spirit driving the ambition to succeed is the same!)

Yes, the challenge this time seems again too big…. the vision first and the execution after to deliver a massive wave of modern new retail space to lead Dubai to become the ultimate global retail destination ….no matter what I definitely love Dubai taking this challenge …..and looking forward to the next one!

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-14/dubai-s-retail-space-to-surge-by-50-in-three-years-cbre-says


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Maintenance Cost: Foreign subsidiaries cost to maintain.  For just one employee you can expect to spend $20/25K per year in hard costs, on average.

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This thinking process was entirely correct 10+ years ago; you would need to go down this path, spend time and money, and ultimately have another company to manage.

In today’s volatile environment, does it really make sense to create another liability?

We say “No” for 9 out of 10 companies (at least when first entering a market), and can offer an alternative that is inline with the modern “Agile” environment and sharing economy.

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