{
  "id": 4186,
  "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.20593v1",
  "title": "Bridging the Analytics Divide: Retail Technology Diffusion in South Africa's Traditional Retail Sector",
  "summary": "Retail analytics holds immense potential for enhancing decision-making, efficiency, and competitiveness in the retail sector. However, its adoption across traditional and hybrid retail industries in emerging markets remains inconsistent. This study examines the adoption of analytics technologies in South Africa's traditional retail sector, utilizing the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework and the Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) theory. Drawing on a qualitative multi-case study of ",
  "authors": "Shaun Moloi, Adheesh Budree, Pitso Tsibolane",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "africa",
  "published_at": "2026-05-17T13:11:39.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:30:50.570Z",
  "source_slug": "arxiv-ethics",
  "source_name": "arXiv",
  "source_homepage": "https://arxiv.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/4186",
  "original_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.20593v1",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}