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Supply Chain Briefing: Chief Supply Chain Officer Role Emerges to Improve Efficiency and Oversee Supply Chain Operations

Coresight August 22, 2019

The role of CSCO is relatively new, but we’re seeing more companies in retail and apparel hiring CSCOs to oversee their increasingly complex supply chain operations. Leveraging a CSCO role offers many benefits for forward-looking companies.

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Insights from China: The Booming Bubble Tea Market in China

Coresight August 20, 2019

China’s booming bubble tea market has experienced a high CAGR of 20% between 2014 and 2018, according to Qianzhan. Innovations in bubble tea recipes, modern tea houses serving as hang-out venues for consumers as well as viral marketing are factors that attribute to demand.

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US Monthly Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics Report: Increased Traffic in July Post Independence Day Weekend

Coresight August 18, 2019

US store traffic declined 3.8% year over year in July. The conversion rate declined 0.2 percentage points, average transaction value (ATV) grew 3.9% and the product return rate declined 0.3 percentage points.

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30 Global Retail Cities: Mexico City

Coresight August 16, 2019

Mexico’s diverse ethnic composition influences the designs, arts and crafts available in many popular shopping districts – along with the works of new and upcoming local designers.

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July 2019 US Retail Sales: Growth Accelerates in Most Sectors

Coresight August 16, 2019

Total US retail sales excluding gasoline and automobiles increased 5.6% year over year in July, strengthening from the 2.2% year-over-year rise in June.

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UK Retail Sales, July 2019: Growth Accelerates for Internet Retailers

Coresight August 16, 2019

July was a solid month for UK retail overall, according to the ONS: Sales grew 3.7% versus 4.0% in June and slightly below the 4.1% average for the prior 12 months.

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New Retail Briefing: JD.com Prompts Social Gifting on WeChat; Suning Acquires Convenience Stores from Fung Group

Coresight August 13, 2019

“New Retail” is a model for integrating online retail, offline retail and logistics across a single value chain powered by data and technology. In this biweekly series, we review the latest trends in New Retail, with a focus on major digital platforms and multichannel retail companies in China.

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July 2019 US Same-Store Sales: Costco Reports Comps Below Consensus

Coresight August 12, 2019

Costco’s global same-store sales growth marginally improved from June, but missed the consensus estimate. Its e-commerce growth accelerated to 21.3% in July, from June’s 15.7%.

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Three Months to Singles’ Day: Strategies to Drive Traffic for 11.11

Coresight August 12, 2019

In this report, we continue our countdown to 2019’s Singles’ Day to help merchants prepare for and make the most of the huge opportunity, looking at traffic promotion mechanisms on Tmall and Taobao platforms.

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Amazon India Engages Consumers with Gamification

Coresight August 9, 2019

App-only quiz campaigns are part of Amazon India’s marketing campaign to promote its mobile app, increase subscribers and drive mobile traffic. With 483 million Internet users in India, about 36% of the population, there is room for growth in mobile app users, Amazon is trying to leverage this opportunity.

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30 Global Retail Cities: Geneva

Coresight August 9, 2019

Geneva hosts the annual International Exhibition of Inventions, which showcases over a thousand innovations from around the world; companies looking to acquire new technology and investors come to see what the future may look like

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Six Top Chinese Shopping Festivals You Cannot Miss

Coresight August 9, 2019

The top shopping festivals in China represent huge opportunities for brands and retailers to raise brand awareness and drive sales. Brands and retailers must be ready to take advantage of the shopping festivals China to tap into their full potential.

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Supply Chain Briefing: Robotic Process Automation Brings Productivity and Precision to the Supply Chain

Coresight August 8, 2019

RPA offers numerous benefits to supply chain operations and the retail industry. Companies such as Walmart and Walgreens have adopted RPA. With RPA’s promise of greater efficiency, increased productivity and greater, we expect to see more retailers adopt this technology.

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US Back-to-School 2019: Digital Trends

Coresight August 8, 2019

This is the second report in our US Back-to-School series for 2019. Here, we assess the digital trends that we expect to see this shopping season.

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Insights from China: The Booming E-Cigarette Market in China

Coresight August 6, 2019

Domestic and foreign e-cigarette players are eying expansion in the China market, with e-cigarettes being promoted as safer alternatives to traditional cigarettes. In fact, the stated intended use (by many of the companies) is to provide a safer alternative for smokers to stop using tobacco.