September 10, 2015 Flash Report Register for Free Access China Puts a Damper on the Beauty CategoryOn Friday, September 4, L’Oréal lowered its forecasted growth for the cosmetics category in 2015 to around 3.5%, down from its previous expectations of 3.5%–4%. That said, the company did not adjust its expectations for its own sales performance for the second half of the year.
August 26, 2015 Event Presentation Premium Doing Business in China$1.63 billion in sales are made in the first 38 minutes • 42.6% of sales are made via mobile devices • The first domestic order is delivered in 15 minutes • The first cross-border order is delivered in 2 hours • In 2014, Alibaba offered an 11.11 shopping festival to global shoppers
August 11, 2015 Insight Report Premium Jet.com Update Aug 11, 2015The third week of July 2015 was an exciting one for retail. We saw both hype and grumbling mover Amazon’s Prime Day launch on July 15 and, ultimately, solid results from the company.
July 20, 2015 Insight Report Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #4: Moment of the truth… recap“Thank you to the hundreds of thousands of new members who signed up on Prime Day, and our tens of millions of existing members for making our first ever Prime Day a huge success,” said Greg Greeley, Vice President of Amazon Prime, at the conclusion of Amazon’s inaugural Prime Day 24-hour super sale.
July 20, 2015 Insight Report Premium Jet.com: The Stealth Fighter with Amazon Squarely in Its SightsThere’s a new e-commerce startup in town—by the name of Jet.com—that’s poised to give Amazon some competition by combining the membership approach of Costco, the broad retail category coverage of Amazon, and some innovative analytics for computing pricing and shipping. The Jet.com team is extremely familiar with Amazon’s competitive advantages as well as its weaknesses, since Jet.com‘s CEO Marc Lore worked at Amazon for a couple of years after it acquired his startup (Quidsi, the parent company of Diapers.com).
July 15, 2015 Insight Report Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #3: AS THE DAY comes to the end…FBIC’s global team has been tracking Amazon Prime Day and its “lighting deals” around the clock today. Since midnight PDT, FBIC team members in Hong Kong, the UK and the US have been following Amazon’s global sites, social media outlets and media responses.
July 15, 2015 Insight Report Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #2: AS THE DAY GOES ON…FBIC Global Retail & Technology is tracking Amazon Prime Day live. The sales event is a global shopping day exclusively for Amazon Prime members who have been promised new deals every 10 minutes through the day on July 15.
July 15, 2015 Insight Report Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #1: Launch UpdateThere was certainly a lot of hype surrounding the launch of Amazon’s Prime Day, the big online sales day that the company announced on July 6 and which we previewed in our “Amazon Prime Day” report on July 14.
July 14, 2015 Insight Report Premium Amazon Prime Day PreviewLast week, Amazon announced that it is designating July 15 as Prime Day, set merely 6 days before its potential strong competitor jet.com’s July 21 launch date. Amazon Prime Day will be a global shopping event exclusively for Amazon Prime members who will be able to shop new deals offered every 10 minutes.
July 14, 2015 Flash Report Register for Free Access Alibaba Announces Investment in Mei.com to Expand its Presence in LuxuryIn one day, Alibaba announced two investments, totaling at least US$300 million, that enable the company to accomplish two separate but significant goals: to move up the value chain to integrate luxury products and flash sales into its Tmall.com site and to continue its geographic expansion by increasing its investment in SingPost, the leading mail-delivery company in Singapore.
July 13, 2015 Flash Report Register for Free Access Alibaba Announces Investment, Agreements with SingPost to Expand its Presence in LogisticsIn one day, Alibaba announced two investments, totaling at least US$300 million, that enable the company to accomplish two separate but significant goals: to move up the value chain to integrate luxury products and flash sales into its Tmall.com site and to continue its geographic expansion by increasing its investment in SingPost, the leading mail-delivery company in Singapore.
July 7, 2015 Flash Report Register for Free Access Amazon Prime DayTo celebrate its 20th anniversary, Amazon announced that it’s designating July 15 as Prime Day, an exclusive, global shopping event for Amazon Prime members. Prime members in the US, UK, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada and Austria will be able to shop new deals, offered every 10 minutes, across a dozen categories, starting at midnight on July 15.
July 1, 2015 Insight Report Premium Amazon Prime Now Is Here Now!Amazon UK has brought its one-hour delivery service, Prime Now, to London. Over in the States, shoppers in 14 metropolitan areas are already able to get their hands on Amazon purchases within an hour. We have tried this service and were very impressed! Now, Londoners too can get their goods delivered within 60 minutes of placing an order on the dedicated Prime Now app. The service is offered across 57 central London postcode areas, from Bow in the East End to Park Lane in the West.
June 30, 2015 Flash Report Register for Free Access Target Chief Merchandising and Supply Chain Officer Kathee Tesija to Move to Advisory RoleTarget announced that its Chief Merchandising and Supply Chain Officer, Kathryn “Kathee” Tesija, would step down after 30 years with the company, effective July 6. Tesija will remain in an advisory role with her current salary and bonus until next April.
June 15, 2015 Event Presentation Premium Retail UpdateRetail Update 2015 April 2015 Total Online Unique Visitors Amazon Sites Captures Over 69% of Online Audience. Amazon Attracts Millennials, Families and High Income Households. More Than 50% of Households Have Income <$75,000 and 44% Have Children.
