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Global Tech Advocates Summit: Technology and Innovation To Drive Global Growth

Coresight October 21, 2019

On October 15, 2019, Coresight Research’s Shanghai team attended Global Tech Advocates Summit in Shanghai. The first-ever annual summit aims to promote and encourage collaboration across different tech hubs. The summit focused on the technology and collaboration among companies between UK and China.

Event Coverage

Highlights from the Taobao Maker Festival 2019

Coresight September 16, 2019

The Coresight Research team attended the Taobao Maker Festival 2019 in Hangzhou, China, on September 12. Alibaba’s Taobao Maker Festival, first launched in 2016, celebrates the “maker spirit” of Chinese merchants and designers, and how that spirit is resonating among China’s young generation (millennials and Gen Zers).

Deep Dive

RetailTech: In-Store Technology

Coresight August 12, 2019

This deep dive represents the third installment in the RetailTech series and covers everything from beacons to magic mirrors to robots.

Insight Report

New Retail Briefing: Oreo Launches New Flavors Inspired by Forbidden City; Tmall Gives Retailers New Tools to Innovate Storefronts

Coresight July 16, 2019

Oreo teamed up with Forbidden City to create a new line of featuring traditional Chinese aesthetics. Tmall has given retailers new tools to redesign storefronts to boost store traffic.

Insight Report

Retail-Tech Landscape—Reality Technology

Coresight June 17, 2019

Reality Technology—Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR)—offers innovative ways of engaging with consumers. This retail-tech landscape lists notable reality technology startups focusing on applications including virtual try-on, marketing and social commerce.

Deep Dive

Reality Technology in Retail

Coresight June 12, 2019

Reality technology comprises virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR). This report shows how the technology is changing the way consumers shop and how 5G will contribute to accelerating its adoption in retail.

Insight Report

Supply Chain Series: Reality Technology Streamlines Product Design and Improves Servicing

Coresight May 30, 2019

Reality Technology enables companies to streamline production through faster prototyping, to improve production speed and deliver better customer service in retail stores.

Insight Report

Supply Chain Series: From Immersive Technologies to Robotics

Coresight May 23, 2019

Technologies including blockchain, AI and others are transforming the various stages in the retail supply chain, including product design, demand forecasting, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, last-mile delivery and sales.

Deep Dive

US Furniture Market 2019

Coresight May 9, 2019

This report outlines the current landscape of the $114B US furniture and home furnishing industry, the changing behavior of the US consumer (including millennials), and profiles retailers that have innovated with new business models, technology and operational strategies.

Insight Report

5G in Retail: Growing Revenues in E-Commerce, Boosting Capabilities in IoT Technologies, and Unleashing Potential in AI, AR and VR

Coresight April 5, 2019

5G should unleash the full potential of data-intense technology in retail, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and reality technologies, empowering existing use cases and delivering new applications.

Event Coverage

VM Global Leadership Summit: Decoding the Consumer, The New Science of Customer Behavior

Coresight March 25, 2019

Coresight Research attended the 13th Annual VM Global Leadership Summit on March 20 in New York City. CEO Deborah Weinswig delivered the keynote address Consumers at the Crossroads of Tech and Retail and moderated a panel discussion titled Tactics and Insights for Decoding Consumer Behavior.

Flash Report

Fung Retailing Group’s Circle K Showcases First AI Checkout Experience in Hong Kong

Coresight March 18, 2019

On March 13, 2019, Fung Retailing Group’s convenience-store chain, Circle K, rolled out Hong Kong’s first AI-powered checkout solution using image recognition.

Deep Dive

Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 3: What Startups Are Doing with AI

Coresight March 15, 2019

This 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.

Event Coverage

Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participant Profile, Part 8 — DeepMagic

Coresight March 1, 2019

The Coresight Research team will attend and participate in Shoptalk 2019 March 3-6 in Las Vegas. The event brings together more than 8,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers to discuss rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy.

Event Coverage

Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participant Profile, Part 7 — LexSet and Mystore-E

Coresight February 27, 2019