Retail Academy
Learn how retail in Asia actually works
Free reference guides for people who run retail in Asia: how operations work on the ground, how leaders decide where to expand, and a toolkit of checklists and definitions you can use today.
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- Guides
- 4
- Tracks
- Free
- Always, no wall
125+ original articles a week
Reported across 14 sectors and every major Asian market — deals, openings, results and people moves, seven days a week.
Structured micro-courses
Follow a short learning path, track your progress, and receive email reminders when the next lesson is ready. Free account required.
Tracks
Retail Operations
How retail actually runs in Asia
Working guides on supply chain, store operations, fulfilment and merchandising, written around the constraints that are specific to Asian markets: fragmented logistics, cash on delivery, live commerce, and landlords who still set the terms.
- Supply chains in Southeast Asia
- Omnichannel fulfilment
- Inventory planning and cover
- Last mile and delivery costs
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Retail Leadership
Strategy, economics and market entry
The numbers and decisions behind expansion in Asia-Pacific: unit economics, market entry models, franchising versus owned stores, and how deals in the region are typically structured and financed.
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Asia Market Guides
Every Southeast Asian market, country by country
A country guide for all eleven Southeast Asian markets: how retail is structured, where people actually shop, the import and ownership rules that decide entry, and the operating details that catch first-time entrants out.
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Retail Toolkit
Checklists, dictionaries and templates
Reference material you can work from directly: a store opening checklist, a KPI dictionary with formulas, and definitions for the metrics that show up in Asian retail reporting and earnings calls.
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Every Monday
Weekly briefings
One theme from our reporting becomes a new Academy piece: what happened, what it changes for operators, and what to watch next. The track rotates, so each of the four gains a briefing every month.
Read the weekly briefingsWho this is for
Everything in the Academy is free and stays free. It is written by the same newsroom that reports on Asian retail daily, so the guides use the same definitions, sources and market detail as our coverage.
- Store and operations managers across Asia
- Teams planning a new market entry
- Analysts who need consistent retail definitions