IDC's Worldwide Retail Industry Spending Guide Taxonomy, 2025

This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC Retail Insights' taxonomy and is intended to be a companion document to the IDC Worldwide Retail Industry Spending Guide. This structure provides the foundation for research and retail technology product and services spending forecasts across global IDC regions.According to Karen Massey, research director, Data and Analytics, "IDC Retail Insights' taxonomy presents a comprehensive organization of the market and helps shape our research agenda as vendors and retailers look to stay ahead of business and technology trends."