Trends in 2018 around the globe

At the end of 2017 Auchan opened several hundred 18m² self-service shops in China, which sell only 500 products – mainly fresh and food-to-go products.

Shell and Costa Coffee have started cooperating in Singapore to widen the selection of food products and drinks offered at petrol stations.Online trader Alibaba has announced that it will invest USD 2.8 billion in developing hypermarket chain Sun Art.

Supermarket chain Hyper CITY introduced a shop-scan-go system in India – shoppers can use their smartphone to scan the product and they can also pay for them with their mobile.

JD.com – the biggest Chinese online retailer – focuses on the United Kingdom. In the next 2 years the company would like to sell GBP 2 billion worth of products in Britain. //