Retail Pakistan: Future, Challenges and Opportunities

Despite political uncertainty and economic turmoil, experts believe that the outlook for retailing in Pakistan remains positive. At the same time, there are a lot of industry specific challenges such as lack of quality human resource and limited infrastructure which are slowing down the growth of the industry as a whole.
Keeping this in mind, Microsoft and Mantaq Systems organized twin events in Lahore and Karachi which were centered around a round table discussion of retail business leaders, to discuss and possibly flesh out solutions for the unique challenges that the industry faces.

The event was a huge success with a significant number of retailers actively participating in the event. Some of the key questions the retail leaders discussed collectively were

1. What is the future of Retailing in Pakistan? Where are the opportunities for growth and improvement?
2. Will the retail sector become more organized? What's holding it back?
3. What are the top challenges of the retail as an industry?
4. How can we resolve these issues together?

At the end of the discussion Mantaq Systems shared some of their own research on the retail industry and officially unveiled Microsoft AX for Retail in Pakistan.

For those who missed the event, we have created some knowledge bites from the event on this micro site. Hope you find the content insightful.