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Event Presentation | March 30, 2018 Premium

New Retail Inspirations – What We Can Learn from the East

• Alibaba has significantly invested
in or acquired various brick-and mortar businesses in China,
including Suning, Intime Retail
Group, Sanjiang Shopping Club
and Sun Art Retail Group.
• The company is already operating
automated cashless retail stores
in China.

Analyst Corner | March 30, 2018

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Weinswig’s Weekly March 30, 2018

This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses what makes shopping unique in China and how Chinese shoppers’ habits differs from those of their Western counterparts.

Store Tracker | March 30, 2018 Premium

Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2018, Week 13: All 94 Aaron Brothers Stores to Close; Jet.com Gets New President

Year-to-date 2018, the number of US store closure announcements stands at 3,258 and the number of store openings is 1,699. Year to date in the UK, there have been 221 store closure announcements and 491 store opening announcements.

Company Earnings Update | March 29, 2018

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Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Fiscal 2Q18 Results: Beats Consensus Estimates and Raises Annual EPS Guidance

Walgreens Boots Alliance reported fiscal 2Q18 adjusted EPS of $1.73, handily beating the $1.55 consensus estimate and up 27.1% year over year. Revenues were $33.02 billion, up 12.1% year over year and beating the consensus estimate of $32.20 billion.

Company Earnings Update | March 29, 2018

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Restoration Hardware (RH) 4Q17 Results: Beats EPS Estimate, Guides Up for FY18

Restoration Hardware reported 4Q17 adjusted revenues of $669.7 million, up 13.5% year over year but below the $672.4 million consensus estimate. Adjusted EPS was $1.69, above the $1.56 consensus estimate and up from $0.68 in the year-ago quarter.

Company Earnings Update | March 29, 2018

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PVH (PVH) 4Q17 Results: Company Beats Expectations, Offers Outlook Above Consensus

PVH reported 4Q17 revenues of $2.50 billion, up 18.6% year over year and beating the $2.35 billion consensus estimate. Adjusted EPS was $1.58, above the consensus estimate of $1.47 and up 28.5% from the year-ago quarter.

Insight Report | March 28, 2018 Premium

Easter Spending Forecast to Hit $18.2 Billion This Year, the Second-Highest Total in NRF Survey History

According to an annual spending survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, 81% of Americans plan to celebrate Easter this year and to spend a total of $18.2 billion on items related to the holiday, down slightly from last year’s record total of $18.4 billion.

Insight Report | March 28, 2018 Premium

Digital Red Packets: WeChat’s Successful Foray into Mobile Payment

Sending and giving red packets, or red envelopes, containing cash is a long-held Chinese tradition at Lunar New Year. Leveraging on this, WeChat, China’s most-used messaging app, introduced a function to send digital red packets back in 2014.

Company Earnings Update | March 28, 2018

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H&M (STO: HM-B) 1Q18 Results: Cold Weather and Markdowns Hamper Sales and Profit Growth

Swedish fashion group H&M announced absolute sales and profit data for 1Q18 on March 27. The company had already announced 1Q18 revenue growth on March 15.

Flash Report | March 27, 2018

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Walmart’s Jet.com Appoints Tesco Veteran Simon Belsham as President

Simon Belsham, a veteran of the UK online grocery industry, has been appointed President of Walmart-owned Internet pure play Jet.com.

Market Outlook | March 27, 2018 Premium

Opportunity in the US Plus-Size Apparel Market

The women’s plus-size apparel market has been growing faster than the apparel market overall in the US, and analysts predict that the segment will continue to grow faster than the overall clothing market in coming years.

Insight Report | March 27, 2018 Premium

Beauty Tech Comes of Age

L’Oréal announced that it is acquiring ModiFace, a Canadian company that creates augmented reality and artificial intelligence technologies for the beauty industry.

Insight Report | March 26, 2018 Premium

Toys“R”Us Closures: Exclusive Coresight Research Survey Suggests Big Gains for Walmart and Target

Toys“R”Us looks set to close all 800 of its US stores, following its bankruptcy filing. To assess which other toy retailers are likely to gain from the chain’s closure, we conducted a proprietary consumer survey among US toy shoppers.

Insight Report | March 26, 2018 Premium

Next (LSE: NXT) FY18: In-Line Results, but Store Comp Decline of Almost 10% Weighs on Profits

A near-10% decline in store-based comparable sales weighed on Next’s profits in FY18, ended January 2018.

Flash Report | March 26, 2018

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Marks & Spencer Appoints Retail Veteran Stuart Machin as Managing Director of Food

Marks & Spencer (M&S) announced that it has appointed retail veteran Stuart Machin to the newly created role of Managing Director of Food.