Modern technologies will remain in retail

The sudden shift towards digital technology came with the outbreak of the new virus. In March 2020 alone, online sales grew by 25 percent in two weeks, a huge increase compared to the 14 percent Cumulative Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for the past four years according to the Adobe Digital Economy Index.

"Whilst the growth was driven by grocery sales to a large extent, e-commerce sales of clothing, industrial goods, and beauty products had risen by an average of almost 10 percent since the start…