Store Tracker | November 30, 2018 Premium Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2018, Week 48: Gap Plans Store Closures in the “Hundreds”Coresight Research tracks store openings and closures for a select group of retailers in the US and the UK, as well as major US store bankruptcies. Read More
Analyst Corner | November 30, 2018 Register for Free Access WEINSWIG’S WEEKLY NOVEMBER 30, 2018This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses what we have learned from visiting and analyzing Amazon’s physical stores. Read More
Flash Report | November 30, 2018 Register for Free Access Top Takeaways from the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2018, Day 1On November 29, the Coresight Research team attended the first day of the Bengaluru Tech Summit, taking place November 29–December 1 in Bengaluru, India Read More
Insight Report | November 30, 2018 Premium October 2018 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and ChinaEach month, we round up key metrics that reflect consumer demand in the US, the UK and China. In these updates, we focus on direct, leading indicators of the health of the consumer economy: wage growth, price changes and retail sales growth. Read More
Insight Report | November 29, 2018 Premium Ten Days of Holiday Innovators, 2018: Day 8— Vbeauté Pure Luxury SkincareTo kick off the 2018 holiday shopping season, Coresight Research is featuring daily profiles of 10 innovative companies that span health and wellness; apparel, footwear and accessories; and beauty. Each of our Ten Days of Holiday Innovators profiles provides a company overview, insight into what makes the company innovative and the company’s recommended “must-have” gift for 2018. In this, the eighth report in our series, we look at Vbeauté Pure Skincare. Read More
Insight Report | November 29, 2018 Premium Kroger: A Timeline of Key Events – November 2018This is the third report in our Retailers’ Timelines series. In this report, we examine a timeline of key events in Kroger’s recent history that have shaped it into the retailer it is today. Read More
Insight Report | November 29, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Giving Tuesday—Generosity Rules the DayThe Tuesday after Thanksgiving, known as “Giving Tuesday,” is an unofficial start to year-end charitable contributions. Ahead of the day, Whole Whale, a consultancy focused on nonprofits and for-benefit companies, forecast that charities would raise a total of $363 million this Giving Tuesday. Read More
Company Earnings Update | November 29, 2018 Register for Free Access Dick’s (DKS) 3Q18 Results: Below Expectations and Raises Full-Year EPS GuidanceDick’s Sporting Goods reported 3Q18 revenues of $1.86 billion, down 4.5% year over year and below the consensus estimate of $1.88 billion. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $0.39, below the year-ago quarter of $0.35 and above the consensus estimate of $0.26. Read More
Insight Report | November 29, 2018 Premium Ahold Delhaize: A Timeline of Key EventsThis is the fourth report in our Retailers’ Timelines series. In this report, we chronicle key events in Ahold Delhaize’s recent history. Read More
Company Earnings Update | November 28, 2018 Register for Free Access Tencent (0700.HK) 3Q18 Results: Solid Revenue Growth Despite Slowdown in Gaming(0700.HK) 3Q18 Results: Solid Revenue Growth Despite Slowdown in Gaming 3Q18 Results Tencent reported total revenues for 3Q18 of ¥80.6 billion ($11.7 billion), up 24% year over year. The gross margin decreased by 456 basis points to 44% from a year ago due to increased spending. Non-GAAP diluted EPS was ¥2.06, up 15% year over… Read More
Analyst Corner | November 28, 2018 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly Nov 16, 2018FROM THE DESK OF DEBORAH WEINSWIG Three Ways that Singles’ Day Is Evolving Last weekend, the Coresight Research team was at Alibaba’s Singles’ Day event in Shanghai. There, we watched the live count of Alibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival sales as they ticked toward the final total of ¥213.5 billion ($30.8 billion). The day’s sales… Read More
Store Tracker | November 28, 2018 Premium Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2018, Week 47: Advanced Sports Enterprises to Shut 40 StoresYTD 2018, the number of US store closure announcements stands at 5,468 and the number of store openings is 3,060. Read More
Insight Report | November 28, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Creep into Early NovemberFrom Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, more than 165 million Americans shopped according to a new survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Read More
Insight Report | November 28, 2018 Premium Ten Days of Holiday Innovators, 2018: Day 7—NeuroGum, an All-Natural Energy GumTo kick off the 2018 holiday shopping season, Coresight Research is featuring daily profiles of 10 innovative companies that span health and wellness; apparel, footwear and accessories; and beauty. Each of our Ten Days of Holiday Innovators profiles provides a company overview, insight into what makes the company innovative and the company’s recommended “must-have” gift for 2018. In this, the seventh report in our series, we look at NeuroGum, an all-natural energy gum. Read More
Insight Report | November 28, 2018 Premium Singles’ Day 2018: Assessing the Slowdown in Total E-Commerce GrowthAccording to data from China-based data services firm Syntun, the total transacted gross merchandise value (GMV) across various e-commerce platforms on Singles’ Day totaled ¥3 billion ($45.2 billion). Alibaba continued to take the lead in the overall sales in this year’s Singles’ Day, accounting for 67.9% market share. Read More
