May 3, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Shoptalk 2019 Startup Pitch RecapThe Coresight Research team was in Las Vegas attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2019 conference, March 3-6. In this report, we profile the 15 innovative retail-technology companies that competed in Shoptalk’s Startup Pitch.
April 29, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access CoCoon Pitch Night 2019: Hearing from Six Platform StartupsOur Big Day, BestShare and FindRecruiter were selected winners by the three-judge panel because they clearly addressed problems faced by their respective sectors and confidently presented ideas with feasible business models that could attract investment.
April 12, 2019 Flash Report Register for Free Access Walmart to Acquire Technology and Assets of Silicon Valley Adtech Startup Polymorph LabsOn April 11, 2019, Walmart announced plans to acquire the assets and technology of Silicon Valley-based advertising-technology startup Polymorph Labs for an undisclosed amount.
April 11, 2019 Deep Dive Premium The Greater Bay Area, or “China’s Silicon Valley”: What is It, How Will It Develop and How Can Businesses Benefit?The Greater Bay Area could be China’s answer to Silicon Valley. On February 18, 2019, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council of the People’s Republic of China released a development plan for the Greater Bay Area.
April 10, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Online to Offline Beauty: Brands That Are Winning by Understanding the Digital Consumer and Then Going PhysicalDigitally native beauty brands are opening stores and differentiating through customer experiences. Opening a physical store increases online traffic by 45%, according to the ICSC.
April 5, 2019 Flash Report Register for Free Access Goodwill NYNJ Partners with Price Technologies to Boost Re-Commerce OpportunitiesOn April 1, 2019, nonprofit organization Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey (Goodwill NYNJ) announced a partnership with technology startup Price Technologies (Price) to offer more opportunities for shoppers to buy secondhand items.
April 1, 2019 Deep Dive Premium US Retailers Becoming More Relevant Through Acquisitions: Mass Merchandisers vs. AmazonM&A activity has risen in the US retail sector over the past 10 years, in terms of deal value and number of deals, and the same trend applies within the mass-merchandiser sector.
March 27, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Shoptalk 2019 Startup Pitch Competition Recap: 15 Retail Technology DisruptorsThe Coresight Research was in Las Vegas attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2019 conference, March 3-6.
March 15, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 3: What Startups Are Doing with AIThis is the third report in a short series looking at artificial intelligence (AI) in retail. In this report, we explore what startups are doing with AI in the context of our proprietary CORE framework, which stands for Communication, Optimization of pricing, Rationalization of inventory and Experiential retail.
March 8, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Blockchain in Retail: Decentralizing the Digitalization of Retail OperationsBlockchain technology has the potential to disrupt retail as it can decentralize processes through which retailers interact with partners, industry players and consumers, making operations more efficient and secure. We looked into the implications for this technology
March 6, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Shoptalk 2019, Day 3 Innovator Insights: Last-Mile Delivery, Beyond Search and Discovery and Solving Online ReturnsThe Coresight Research is in Las Vegas this week, attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2019 conference, March 3-6.
March 6, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Shoptalk Day 3 Coresight Research Insights: Hearing from Old Navy and HBC on Omnichannel; Tapestry and Lowe’s on Knowing Your CustomerOmnichannel execution is a process worth perfecting, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. The evolution of the physical store into an omnichannel strategy requires new KPIs and cultural change.
March 5, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Shoptalk 2019: Innovator Insights from Day 2 — VR and AR Bring “Real World” Shopping to E-Commerce; Computer Vision Enables Product Discovery; Localization Supports Offline-Online IntegrationThe Coresight Research is in Las Vegas this week, attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2019 conference, March 3-6. These are just a few of the innovative technologies we saw at the show.
March 5, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Day 2 at Shoptalk Coresight Research Insights: Hearing from Levi’s On Personalization; and Using AI to Deepen Connections with CustomersPersonalization is growing in importance to create authentic consumer to brand relationships. Brands and retailers going global are localizing more than ever in other markets.
March 4, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch CompetitionTo kick off this year’s Shoptalk conference, Coresight Research Founder and CEO, Deborah Weinswig, emceed Shoptalk’s Startup Pitch competition featuring 15 early-stage technology companies. Two winners won $25,000 prizes: One chosen by the judges, one through audience voting.
