– Alibaba invests $635MM in Red Star Macalline, China (Techcrunch, May 16th, 2019)

Brick And Mortar Sales Grew Faster Than E-Commerce In 2021 (Forbes, Feb 16th, 2022)

Physical stores will comprise 70% of total retail sales in 2027 (Forrester, Aug 2022)

– "73% of survey respondents plan on shopping the same or more in-store in 2023 vs last year" ("Survey: Consumers to prioritize in-store bargain shopping this year" Chain Store Age, Jan 13th, 2023)

– "Pulse of Retail" Survey Results of 500 retail executives: 67% are "ready for in-store next generation technologies" (Chain Store Age, Jan 26th, 2023)