APAC Retail 2025: Mobile Wallet Boom, Same-Day Delivery Costs, Country Road Turnaround

Mobile wallets now power 73 % of APAC e-commerce checkouts, same-day shipping prices hit record lows, and Australia’s Country Road Group faces a 93 % profit plunge. In this Five Things Friday episode, Alex (The Retail Podcast) joins Ryf Quail (Managing Director, NRF APAC) and Laura Doonin (Retail & Digital-Tech Advisor) to unpack:Mobile Wallet vs. Credit Card Shift – QR pay, A2A rails, WeChat Pay, Alipay, UPI, DuitNowSame-Day Delivery Economics – Shippit 2025 data, ship-from-store strategy, endless-aisle logisticsPost-Purchase Community – Need It For Tonight, Cutter & Squidge, WhatsApp touch-points, handwritten notesCountry Road Group Reset – Sales -14 %, profit -93 %, new CEO Steven Cook, legacy brand revivalEvent ROI Blueprint – Path-to-conference plan, vendor vetting, tender fast-tracking🔑 Keywords: APAC retail trends, mobile wallet adoption, QR payments, same-day delivery cost, ship-from-store, post-purchase loyalty, Country Road turnaround, retail conference strategy, Five Things Friday.Listen for 45 minutes of zero-fluff insights you can apply before quarter-end—and follow the show so you never miss a Friday download!