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Holiday 2019: Retailers Harness the Power of Social Media

Continuing our Holiday 2019 series, we outline the popularity of social media channels among holiday shoppers for gift inspiration and promotion tracking. We discuss the engagement of selected retailers—including Amazon, Target and Walmart—and outline their holiday campaigns heading into the holiday season.

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Ulta Beauty: A Timeline of Key Events

Ulta Beauty timeline: How a mass-market beauty retailer upped its game by moving into more high-end products, carrying digital native and DTC products – and bolstering its loyalty program.

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ICSC Research Connections: Experiences, Services, Fun and Commerce Too!

On October 27–29, Coresight Research attended attended and presented at ICSC’s Research Connections conference in Florida. Our key insights from the event include the heightened consumer expectation for experiences, an increasing focus on sustainability for retailers and shopping-center developers and the synergistic effect of online and physical retail.

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Holiday 2019: UK Black Friday Insights

On November 29, Coresight Research’s UK team undertook its fifth annual tour of stores in central London for Black Friday. In this report, we pick out likely outperformers, one apparent underperformer and other stores of note. We also provide a table comparing promotions this year to those of 2018.

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October 2019 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and China

Macro economic indicators from the US, UK and China all seem to point to positive – but growth seems unsteady and although positive there remain areas of concern. This report captures the big picture and what it means for retail as we head into the holidays.

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Supply Chain Briefing: Four Ways Companies Are Simplifying Their Supply Chains

Supply Chain Briefing: Four Ways Companies Are Using to Approach Supply Chain Simplification
Supply chains are becoming increasingly complex, prompting global retailers to look for ways to simplify processes to speed operations and cut costs. Companies are streamlining supply chains by consolidating vendors, unifying data systems and streamlining distribution channels by selling directly to consumers.

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Alibaba: A Timeline of Key Events

From 2017 to 2019, Alibaba expanded its cloud business into new territories outside China. We examine key events from the company’s recent history as part of our Retailers’ Timelines series.

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Retail-Tech Landscape: Artificial Intelligence in Retail

In this report, we continue our Retail-Tech Landscape report series, which spotlights innovative retail-tech companies that are disrupting the retail industry. This landscape focuses on technology startups that are providing AI solutions for the retail industry across the supply chain.

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Holiday 2019: Hottest Toys

Continuing our Holiday 2019 series, we outline key trends that we think are going to influence toy gifting in the US this shopping season. We also consider the competitive strategies of major players in the toys and games sector, including Amazon and Walmart.

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