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Retail TechMaster: AI-Powered Retail Operations & Growth — Hangzhou

27 Jul 20261 min read
Date
27 – 31 July 2026
Location
Hangzhou, China
Programme Fee
S$8,500/pax before GST
Funding
Up to 70% for 1st participantUp to 30% for 2nd participant
Retail TechMaster: AI-Powered Retail Operations & Growth — Hangzhou

Artificial intelligence is actively shaping how retailers in China create content, acquire customers, operate fulfilment and make decisions. The Retail TechMaster programme takes Singapore retail leaders on a five-day immersion in Hangzhou to experience this transformation first-hand.

Participants will visit the Alibaba ecosystem, live commerce operations, smart logistics facilities, new retail formats, and AI-generated content studios — before returning with a practical business application idea or next-step plan.

Programme Highlights

  • Alibaba Ecosystem & AI Retail Infrastructure — End-to-end AI-powered commerce from consumer data to content to fulfilment.
  • AI-Generated Content & Digital Human Tools — Content at scale: product descriptions, videos and digital human anchors for live selling.
  • Yowant Live Commerce Operating Model — High-volume live selling: planning, execution and optimisation.
  • Taotian (Tmall & Taobao) Platform Insights — Visibility, promotions and AI tools on China's largest commerce platforms.
  • Cainiao Logistics & Fulfilment — Smart logistics at scale, last-mile innovation and cross-border fulfilment.
  • Intime Department Store — Physical retail reimagined with digital integration and consumer intelligence.
  • Freshippo (Hema) New Retail Model — Alibaba's New Retail concept blurring online and offline commerce.
  • Singapore Business Application Workshop — Structured session to develop a practical idea to bring back to your business.

Programme Fees

S$8,500 per pax before GST, capped at 2 participants per company.

  • 1st participant: 70% funding — S$3,315 incl. GST
  • 2nd participant: 30% funding — S$6,715 incl. GST

Includes: Hotel accommodation, ground transport, meals.
Excludes: Airfares, airport transfer, visa.

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Contact Elise Lee at elise.lee@sra.org.sg or Stephen Sing at stephen.sing@sra.org.sg.

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