Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 30, 2020 premium Consumer Tech Briefing: Foldable Phones from Samsung and Microsoft, Plus Amazon’s Digital Wellness Offering Each month, our Consumer Tech Briefing series discusses recent developments in the world of technology. This month, we look at new foldable screen smartphone releases from Microsoft and Samsung, as well as Amazon’s latest move into the health-care space.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 30, 2020 premium Reshaping Supply Chains for the 2020s: #5—Technologies That Are Fueling Sales Growth In our Reshaping Supply Chains for the 2020s series, we analyze the technologies and trends that are enabling the evolution of the supply chain. In this report, we discuss what retailers are doing to optimize sales management and the strategies and technologies that will drive sales growth.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 29, 2020 premium Halloween 2020 US Retail Preview: Covid-19 Spooks Festivities and Haunts Retail As Halloween kicks off the US Holiday season, festivities are likely to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. We discuss the impact of Covid-19 on Halloween celebrations and retail spending. We also explore the detailed insights provided by our September 22 survey on US consumers’ behaviors, concerns and expectations in relation to this year’s Halloween holiday, with a focus on the implications for US retail.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | September 29, 2020 premium US Home-Improvement E-Commerce: Retailers Accelerate Plans To Scale Online Operations Despite the underwhelming narrative for much of discretionary retail in the US this year, home-improvement retail is one sector that has fared well, supported in part by key retailers' quick pivot to e-commerce. We discuss how three major Coresight 100 home-improvement retailers have accelerated their shift toward digital transformation and upped their e-commerce game to generate success.Read More
Product TypeRegistered Insight Report Product TypeRegistered Insight Report | September 29, 2020 US CPG Sales Tracker: Online CPG Growth Re-accelerates as the Pandemic Wears On The Coresight Research and IRI monthly US CPG Sales Tracker provides our data-driven insights into online sales trends in the US CPG industry—covering the product categories of food & beverage; health & beauty; and general merchandise & homecare. In this report, we present five key insights from the four weeks ended September 6, 2020.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 24, 2020 premium 2Q20 US Retail Inventory Tracker: Most Retailers Post Higher Inventory Turnover as Stores Reopen In our quarterly US Retail Inventory Tracker reports, we analyze inventory trends among those US retailers listed in the Coresight 100. We look at the inventory levels of various retailers in 2Q20 and assess why levels may have changed from the year-ago period—with most retailers posting higher inventory turnover as stores reopen.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 24, 2020 premium China National Day Golden Week 2020 Preview: A Focus on Smaller Tourist Groups and Safe Travel With China’s National Day holiday fast approaching, we present our expectations for outbound international travel and domestic travel by Chinese tourists during Golden Week 2020. We also discuss the focus on safe travel that has emerged for this year’s holiday due to the Covid-19 crisis. Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | September 24, 2020 premium US E-Commerce: Post-Crisis Outlook We explore the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on US e-commerce. We present our trend analysis and insights into the online channel’s development in the second quarter of 2020. We also discuss three post-crisis US e-commerce trends across the themes of digital investment, omnichannel capabilities and drones/autonomous vehicles. Read More
Product TypeRegistered Insight Report Product TypeRegistered Insight Report | September 22, 2020 The Global Shopping Festival Landscape: The New 10.10 Shopping Festival in Context Due to the Covid-19 crisis, shopping holidays are likely to hold heightened relevance during the remainder of 2020 for brands and retailers looking jump-start their sales recoveries, as well as for consumers looking for deals. We present Coresight Research’s new 10.10 Shopping Festival and outline the global landscape of shopping festivals.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 22, 2020 premium Beauty Insights: CBD and the Future of Health and Wellness As part of our Beauty Insights series, we explore the potential of cannabidiol (CBD) products in the US beauty sector and present our estimations for the significant growth of the market for CBD health and wellness over the next five years. We discuss the opportunity for brands and retailers in this space, using findings from Coresight Research’s proprietary survey of US CBD users.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 16, 2020 premium Retail Robustness Index: September 2020 Update—Store Reopenings Drive Higher Index Values Coresight Research’s Retail Robustness Index evaluates the 100 largest US retailers (by revenue) on their ability to weather dramatic shifts in demand as the Covid-19 lockdowns began. The September update revises the scores based on financial reports and store-reopening announcements. Alongside the report, our infographic summarizes key changes since the previous Retail Robustness Index update in August. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 14, 2020 premium Earnings Insights 2Q20, Week 6 and Wrap-Up: Digital Businesses Lead Retail Recovery Our weekly Earnings Insights reports feature highlights from recent management commentary at major US retailers as they report second-quarter 2020 earnings. We condense what retail companies are reporting, with a focus on the impact of the coronavirus crisis. This week, there are highlights from companies that reported in the week ended September 13, including American Eagle Outfitters, Casey’s General Stores and Kroger. This is the final report in the second-quarter Earnings Insights series. As such, we also summarize the performance of retailers reported in the prior weeks.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | September 10, 2020 premium Two Months to Singles’ Day: Five Marketing Tools To Drive Store Traffic for Alibaba’s Newly Extended Double 11 Event With two months to go until Singles’ Day 2020, we explore how brands and retailers can use Alibaba’s marketing tools to increase brand or product exposure and drive traffic to their Tmall and Taobao stores. Read More
Product TypeCompany Profile Product TypeCompany Profile | September 9, 2020 Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Adobe Inc. is a US-based retailer of image and video editing applications, analytics software, and marketing tools. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company operates in Australia, China, India, the UK and the US, among others, and sells its products and services worldwide.Read More
Product TypeCompany Profile Product TypeCompany Profile | September 9, 2020 Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) Oracle is a US-based retail-tech provider with products including business software, client premise or cloud-based applications and hardware including enterprise resource planning (ERP). Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, the company operates in China, the UK and the US, among others.Read More
