According to a report from Beijing colleague Zhang Xiying yesterday, the "unmanned convenience store Andrdquo; and a few years later in Beijing, which set off a boom in Beijing last year, quietly calmed down in just one year.The retail industry in Hong Kong has recently flooded, scrambling to open unmanned retail stores.
Among them, the Hong Kong listed company, which is engaged in food retail, first announced that it will open a unmanned snack shop in Mong Kok tomorrow to sell 100 different types of foods in Mong Kok, becoming the first Andrdquo;Sizhou emphasized that customers can complete the entire consumption process in this Andrdquo; when buying things, as long as they use RFID technology with electronic currency packets when they buy things, no one is required during the period.
Alipayhk (Alipay Hong Kong) also announced a high -profile opening ceremony on the same day of the unmanned store on the same day.The press release issued by Alipayhk pointed out that the company's full automatic unmanned store this time covers an area of more than 4,000 square feet. It is the first AND in Hong Kong.Feel the new consumption experience brought by new technologies.
As the new retail model has risen globally, in the past two years, Andrdquo, "unmanned stores; in mainland China, even the group has begun to introduce unmanned convenience stores in Taiwan.Beginning to face the dilemma of business, can Andrdquo in the unmanned store; Can this new model enter the Hong Kong market with only one river separated from the mainland?
Hong Kong's retail industry does not seem to be very optimistic about Andrdquo; "unmanned shops Andrdquo; can become the mainstream in Hong Kong. Yang Libin, chief executive chief of Lia Retail Group, which mainly engaged in OK convenience stores, put forward the reason proposed by Hong Kong media yesterday: customers may be greedy and freshTrying Andrdquo; but citizens need humanized services, so it is estimated that this retail industry business model is difficult to prevail in Hong Kong.
Many Hong Kong economists start from the perspective of cost, pointing directly at Andrdquo; the trend is difficult to become a climate in Hong Kong. Mai Cui, associate professor of the Department of Finance and Decision -making from Hong Kong Baptist University, pointed out that Hong Kong lacks economic incentives to promote unmanned retail sales.Because for retailers, rent is the biggest enemy.
For example, based on the median income from Hong Kong last year, the median income of 15,500 yuan (Hong Kong dollar, the same below, the same, S $ 2808), if each convenience store needs to hire two salespersons, the monthly labor cost of a convenience store is 3 is 3More than 10,000 yuan.In contrast, it is necessary to introduce a unmanned sales system without calculating the cost of R & D, and the required cost of more than one million Hong Kong dollars. It can be seen that the unmanned retail model does not reduce the cost of retailers.
Mai Cai also believes that technical obstacles are another problem facing unmanned retail. If customers choose the goods after picking up the goods, they do not go to the settlement area.To solve the security and system loopholes that appear "unmanned stores andrdquo;
In the final analysis, Andrdquo, "Unmanned Store andrdquo; To successfully take root in Hong Kong, commodity prices are always the most critical factor. As a major feature of Hong Kong as a metropolis, everyone is carefully calculated.In addition to rich, the main reason is the price. Many Hong Kong people are looking forward to Andrdquo, "unmanned stores andrdquo; Since there is no cashier, the product should be cheaper, otherwise it is better to choose to go to a popular shop.
In fact, Orange Born Huainan is orange, and was born in Huaibei.Whether a company can succeed has a close relationship with local social and culture.Many successful companies in the mainland have entered Hong Kong in recent years, and they have difficulty to successfully copy in Hong Kong due to cultural differences. The most well -known examples are shared bicycles.
The reason is that there are more people in Hong Kong, and the roads are not as broad as the mainland. There are no bike lanes in the urban area.If a large number of shared bicycles are popular, the problem of crowded roads in Hong Kong will inevitably be more serious.
In addition, Hong Kong's transportation is developed, and bicycle bicycles can only play a leisure and entertainment role, rather than making up for the lack of public transportation, and it is difficult to develop the market.As a result, the boom of shared bicycles in Hong Kong cooled up quickly. The mainland shared bicycle giant ofo OFO earlier announced the withdrawal from the Hong Kong market.
Of course, the two Andrdquo of Hong Kong's above "unmanned stores Andrdquo; have not yet opened, and currently set a light conclusion on its prospects. However, for the bosses of these" unmanned store Andrdquo;Technology can also attract the public's vision and increase popularity. Why not do it?
