Store Tracker | June 14, 2024 Databank Members Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2024, Week 24: US Store Openings Surpass 4,000Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week includes highlights from Abercrombie & Fitch, Best Buy, Dollar Tree and Lululemon Athletica. Read More
Deep Dive | June 13, 2024 Premium US Back to School 2024: Popular Products and Classroom Chic—Which Categories and Apparel Brands Will Dominate the Season?What will consumers buy this back-to-school (BTS) season? Which apparel brands will capture spending? We continue our US Back to School 2024 series of reports by diving into proprietary survey findings on the product categories and apparel brands that consumers look set to shop this season. Read More
Deep Dive | June 13, 2024 Premium US Drugstores and Pharmacies: Real Estate Insights—Closures Lead to 8 Million Square Feet of Shuttered Retail Space in 2024We explore the real estate impact of drugstores’ and pharmacies’ evolving business models. We also dive into ongoing store closures in the sector, store traffic at major drugstore chains, and how drugstores and pharmacies are combating retail theft. Read More
Insight Report | June 13, 2024 Premium Retail Shrink and ORC: Losing Inventory, Losing Customers—US Consumers’ Response to TheftContinuing our regular series on retail shrink and organized retail crime (ORC), we focus this month on US consumers’ response to theft, presenting new, proprietary survey findings. Plus, dive into recent developments on shrink from the US and the UK, as well as recent earnings commentary from major US retailers, including Dollar General and Kroger. Read More
Deep Dive | June 12, 2024 Premium US Back to School 2024: How and Where Will Consumers Shop?—Uncovering the Channels and Retailers Set To Capture ShareHow and where will consumers shop for back-to-school (BTS) products? We continue our US Back to School 2024 series of reports by diving into proprietary survey findings on the channel and retailers set to capture share this BTS season. Read More
Deep Dive | June 11, 2024 Premium US Back to School 2024: Preparing for Class—Unveiling Consumer Spending ExpectationsWe kick off our US Back to School 2024 series of reports by diving into proprietary survey findings on US consumers’ spending expectations for the BTS (back-to-school) season! How much will BTS shoppers spend, and what will influence their purchase decisions? Find out in this comprehensive analysis of consumers’ plans for and attitudes to BTS shopping. Read More
Insight Report | June 11, 2024 Premium Earnings Insights 1Q24, Week 7: The Latest Financial Commentary from Costco, Dollar Tree, Lululemon, PVH Corp. and MoreOur weekly Earnings Insights reports feature highlights from recent management commentary from major US retailers. This week, there are highlights on first-quarter 2024 earnings from companies that reported in the week ended June 9, 2024, including Bath & Body Works, Big Lots, Costco Wholesale, Dollar Tree, Five Below, Lululemon and PVH Corp. Read More
Insight Report | June 11, 2024 Premium US CPG Sales Tracker: Beauty Slowdown Sees E-Commerce Growth Turn NegativeThe Coresight Research and Circana 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. We present key insights from the four weeks ended April 21, 2024. Read More
Deep Dive | June 10, 2024 Databank Members Responses to Inflation—Fewer Shoppers Are Changing Their Spending Habits: US Consumer Survey InsightsWhat are US consumers’ perceptions of inflation, and how are they changing their spending habits as a result? We analyze new survey findings to find out, and present an update on consumers’ behaviors and sentiment. Read More
Event Coverage | June 10, 2024 Premium Tackling Theft, Standardizing RMNs and More: Tech Insights from Retail Innovation Conference & Expo 2024Discover key technology-related insights from the 2024 RICE conference. Dive into the technologies support loss prevention, the need for standardization in retail media, the opportunities for tying together digital gaming and retail, and more! Read More
Analyst Corner | June 9, 2024 Register for Free Access Analyst Corner—High-Tech Healing: Four Ways AI Is Revamping Healthcare, with Madhav PitaliyaIn this week’s Analyst Corner, Madhav Pitaliya, Analyst, discusses four ways in which AI (artificial intelligence) is driving the rise of personalized and consumer-centric healthcare, and the benefits for healthcare providers. Read More
Infographic | June 7, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekDiscover key data points we are watching in week 23 of 2024, from the square-footage impact of US store openings to Amazon’s position in the online grocery landscape. Read More
Store Tracker | June 7, 2024 Databank Members Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2024, Week 23: Dollar General Revises Its Store Opening PlanOur Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week includes highlights from American Eagle Outfitters, Bath & Body Works, Citi Trends, Dollar General, Foot Locker, Frasers Group, Kohl’s, Sephora, Ulta Beauty and WHSmith. Read More
Deep Dive | June 7, 2024 Databank Members Positive Thinking—Shoppers Remain Optimistic in Economic Outlook: China Consumer Survey InsightsWe assess Chinese consumers’ expectations for the state of the economy. Our monthly China Consumer Survey Insights series presents an update on consumers’ shopping behavior, levels of activity and sentiment. Read More
Deep Dive | June 6, 2024 Premium US Online Grocery Survey 2024 Amazon and Walmart Showdown in Grocery E-CommerceIn our seventh annual US online grocery survey, we delve into the purchasing patterns of online grocery shoppers, including their product choices, preferred retailers and fulfillment preferences. The consistency of many of our survey questions enables us to build up trend data from our first survey, which we ran in 2018. Read More
