Retail 2025 Sector Outlooks: Ebook

Published – January 2025

The Coresight Research Retail 2025 series of reports looks ahead to the prospects for retail in 2025, exploring key trends by geography (namely, the US, the UK, China and India) and sector. We will also explore top trends for technology and AI (artificial intelligence), and retail media.

This comprehensive ebook brings together our 10 Retail 2025 Sector Outlooks, presenting directional market insights and themes to watch across multiple retail sectors. We focus primarily on sectors in the US market—apparel and footwear; beauty; CPG (consumer packaged goods); department stores; drugstores; grocery; home and home improvement; and mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs and discount stores—but we also discuss e-commerce in China and the US, as well as the global luxury market.

From M&A (mergers and acquisitions) and retail media to the impacts of AI (artificial intelligence), this ebook provides critical insights to help you shape your strategies for success in 2025.

Data in this research report include:

• Our projections for US retail sales growth overall in 2025
• Total sales and year-over-year growth projections per sector
• Headwinds and tailwinds per sector

40-page PDF report

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• US Apparel and Footwear: Sales and YoY Change
• US Beauty Products Market: Sales and YoY Change
• US CPG: Total Sales and YoY Change
• US Department Stores: Sales and YoY Change
• US Drugstores and Pharmacies: Sales  and YoY Change
• US Grocery Retail Market: Total Sales and YoY Change
• US Home and Home-Improvement Sector: Sales and YoY Change
• US Mass Merchandisers, Warehouse Clubs and Discount Stores: Total Sales and YoY Change
• US E-Commerce: Sales and YoY Change
• China E-Commerce: Sales of Physical Goods and YoY Change
• Global Luxury: Sales and YoY Change