Insight Report | October 14, 2019 Premium China’s National Day Wrap-Up: Golden Week Brings Spending BoomWhile China’s economic growth has slowed, Golden Week remains a prime opportunity to spur consumer spending. This year, we saw an acceleration in the rate of total spending, driven by sales growth in retail, catering and travel. Activities surrounding the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and extended retail hours contributed to the strong increase in spending. Read More
Company Earnings Update | October 14, 2019 Register for Free Access Seven & i Holdings (TSE: 3382) 1H20 Results: Operating Income Grows in Both Domestic and Overseas Convenience StoresJapan-based diversified retail group Seven & i reported net sales down 1.9% year over year to ¥2,656.6 billion in 1H20, ended Aug 31, 2019. Operating income came in at ¥205.1 billion, up 2.8%, primarily driven by strong overseas convenience store operations. Read More
Insight Report | October 10, 2019 Premium Beauty Insights: Six Reasons Apparel Brands are Moving Into BeautyApparel brands are turning to beauty products as a way to generate interest for their entire portfolio. We highlight six ways in which apparel retailers are leveraging the beauty sector to grow their customer base and increase revenue. Read More
Insight Report | October 8, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing: Taobao Launches New Feature of Hot-Topic Live RankingTaobao launched a new feature of hot-topic live ranking to prompt users to discover products from trending topics. Read More
Event Coverage | October 8, 2019 Register for Free Access Vera Bradley Investor Day 2019: Three-Year Plan To Accelerate Brand GrowthCoresight Research attended Vera Bradley’s 2019 investor day on Oct 3, 2019, in New York City. The company expects to achieve $490 – $505 million sales in FY20, and to accelerate brand growth through a three-year plan. Read More
Deep Dive | October 8, 2019 Premium Private Label To Drive Disruption in CPGPrivate labels are a serious challenge for CPG brands, taking a considerable share of the market. Retailers have an advantage in capturing consumer insights to develop private label products. Compared to traditional brands, private labels carry lower cost for advertising, marketing and slotting fees. Read More
Event Coverage | October 4, 2019 Register for Free Access Insights from Groceryshop 2019The Coresight Research team was in Las Vegas attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2019 conference, September 15-18. In this report, we share our insights from the conference. Read More
Insight Report | October 4, 2019 Premium 30 Global Retail Cities: São PauloSão Paulo Fashion Week is a semi-annual event that acts as a platform to promote Brazil’s creative fashion culture. Read More
Analyst Corner | October 4, 2019 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly — October 4, 2019This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at the waning importance of holiday shopping for US retailers, with holiday sales accounting for a steadily decreasing proportion of annual sales. Read More
Insight Report | October 3, 2019 Premium Supply Chain Briefing: 5G Reduces Latency and Speeds Up the Supply Chain5G promises many benefits, including lower latency, higher reliability and greater energy efficiency than previous generations, enabling faster data transfer for improved efficiency and a better customer experience. Read More
Insight Report | October 2, 2019 Premium Big Billion Days 2019: Highlights So Far from India’s E-Commerce FestivalFlipkart’s annual Big Billion Days (BBD) sales event and Amazon’s Great Indian Festival (GIF) kicked off on September 29, and are running for six days through October 4. Read More
Deep Dive | October 1, 2019 Premium Holiday 2019: US Retail Outlook—Anticipating 4% GrowthContinuing our Holiday 2019 series, this report offers our full look at expected US retail demand this November and December. Read More
Event Coverage | September 30, 2019 Register for Free Access Best Buy Investor Day 2019: Management Plans to Improve “Brand Love”Best Buy delivered an upbeat 2019 investoy meeting lauding its meeting of goals set in 2017 and laying out aggressive but achievable goals for FY25. Read More
Insight Report | September 29, 2019 Premium Xcel Brands x Coresight Research Monthly Fashion Trend Data Report: October 2019The Monthly Fashion Trend Report highlights the fashion trends that are emerging, growing and maturing- offering insights for designers, planners, retailers, buyers and merchandisers. Read More
Insight Report | September 24, 2019 Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: The Internet of ThingsThe Internet of Things (IoT) improves retail operations and transforms the consumer shopping experience. This report continues our Retail-Tech Landscape series. It lists notable companies that are utilizing the IoT to provide applications focused around improving consumer engagement, measuring and analyzing shopper behavior and managing supply chains, inventory, store operations, payments and waste management. Read More
