Product TypeEvent Coverage Product TypeEvent Coverage | August 14, 2020 premium RevTech Ventures Presents: Fireside Chat with Matt Alexander, Neighborhood Goods—E-Commerce Success During the Pandemic We present key insights from our exclusive fireside chat with Matt Alexander, Co-Founder and CEO of Neighborhood Goods, presented by RevTech Ventures. In this report, we focus on three key topics: people-centric stores, interactive technology and booming digital sales.Read More
Product TypeStore Tracker Product TypeStore Tracker | August 14, 2020 premium Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2020, Week 33: Stein Mart Files for Bankruptcy Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Dick’s Sporting Goods, Stein Mart and Sur La Table in the US, and Jigsaw and River Island in the UK.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | August 12, 2020 premium US Back to School 2020: Consumer Survey Update—Further Shift of Spending from In-School to Digital Learning Part of our US Back to School 2020 series, we provide an update on consumer attitudes toward the back-to-school season, based on a recent Coresight Research survey of US consumers. We discuss our findings across three key topics—spending expectations, concerns about Covid-19 and attitudes toward in-store versus online shopping—with a focus on in-school versus online learning. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | August 6, 2020 premium Retail Reimagined: Implementing Contact-Light Retail To Deliver a Safe and Convenient Shopping Process As part of our Retail Reimagined series, which explores the outlook for retail in a post-crisis world, we discuss how retailers are implementing contact-light retail operations to minimize contact for the consumer during the shopping journey. We discuss curbside pickup, cashierless stores, contactless payment and vending machines. Read More
Product TypeEvent Coverage Product TypeEvent Coverage | August 5, 2020 premium Exploring Covid-19 Recovery with Ethan Chernofsky, Placer.ai: A Retail Turning Point or a Return to Status Quo? Coresight Research hosted Ethan Chernofsky, VP of Marketing at Placer.ai, in a webinar to discuss the future of US retail and the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis. We present an edited transcript from this webinar, which offers insights into the return of traffic to malls, mission-driven shopping and channel innovation in grocery, and retailers’ market positioning in the changing landscapes of different sectors.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | August 4, 2020 premium Retail Reimagined: Making the Store Experience Frictionless As part of our Retail Reimagined series, which explores the outlook for retail in a post-crisis world, we discuss how retailers are removing friction from the shopping process by adopting technologies that support seamless and integrated in-store experiences—including self-guided scanning and augmented and virtual reality technology. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | August 4, 2020 premium US Store Closures: Department Store Closures Exacerbate Challenges Faced by Mall Owners Store closures are continuing to mount across various discretionary sectors in the US retail industry—with the rise in department store closures and bankruptcies a particular cause for concern for mall owners. We provide an overview of announced department store closures and bankruptcy filings and discuss the implications for mall owners and the retail industry as a whole. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | August 4, 2020 premium Retail Robustness Index: August 2020 Update—Higher Scores Due to Increases in Store Reopenings Coresight Research’s Retail Robustness Index evaluates the 100 largest US retailers (by revenue) on their ability to weather dramatic shifts in demand as the Covid-19 lockdowns began. The August update updates the scores based on financial reports and store-reopening announcements. Alongside the report, our infographic summarizes key changes since the previous Retail Robustness Index update in July. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | August 3, 2020 premium US Back to School 2020: A Redefined Shopping Basket Part of our US Back to School 2020 series, we look at what the shopping basket may look like this season amid uncertainty around school and college reopening models due to the coronavirus crisis. We discuss the challenges that retailers face in determining demand and the implications of the transformed BTC season for students and retailers. Read More
Product TypeStore Tracker Product TypeStore Tracker | July 31, 2020 premium Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2020, Week 31: Ascena Retail Set To Shut More than 1,000 Stores Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Ascena Retail Group, Neiman Marcus and Tailored Brands in the US, and Ben Sherman and Oak Furnitureland in the UK.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | July 31, 2020 premium June 2020 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and China Analyzing consumer demand in June 2020, we saw a strong rebound in the US and the UK, while China continued to see improvements.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | July 28, 2020 premium Innovator Intelligence: Decoding Customer Data To Redefine Success in Category Management As part of our Innovator Intelligence series, we discuss key trends impacting retail category management and how retailers and manufacturers can leverage technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to become more shopper-centric. We also explore Centricity, an analytics company that leverages AI and machine learning to understand changing shopper demand in real time. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | July 28, 2020 premium US Back to School 2020: The Outlook for Retail amid Uncertainty and a Gloomy Economic Backdrop Launching our US Back to School 2020 series, we outline our expectations for the season this year, which is being shaped by the coronavirus crisis. We discuss the core market drivers behind our estimates of consumer spending in the US—including consumer focus on health and safety, the impact of Covid-19 on discretionary retail, potential school and college reopening models and the economic backdrop. Read More
Product TypeStore Tracker Product TypeStore Tracker | July 28, 2020 premium US Retail Bankruptcies: Store Closures Set To Spike amid Acceleration in Bankruptcy Filings In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a number of US retailers have filed for bankruptcy. We outline recent developments and their implications for the retail industry, as well as our expectations for the acceleration of bankruptcy filings and store closures through the remainder of the year.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | July 23, 2020 premium REITs Becoming Retailers: Mall Owners Are Looking To Acquire Struggling Retailers Amid the rise of bankruptcies in the retail industry and increasing brick-and-mortar store closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, we discuss a selection of US retailers that are potentially facing acquisition by mall owners—and we analyze the strategy behind REITs becoming retailers. Read More
