Product TypeRegistered Insight Report Product TypeRegistered Insight Report | September 25, 2020 Blockchain Promises Financial Inclusion to the World’s 1.7 Billion-Plus Unbanked Inhabitants Blockchain is a powerful, fundamental financial technology that offers benefits to consumers around the world, particularly those currently excluded from financial systems. We present its features and the benefits it provides to businesses and consumers globally. We discuss three examples of companies that are developing blockchain solutions—namely, China-based Ant Group, UK-based Electroneum and US-based Ripple.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | August 25, 2020 premium Retail Reimagined: Coresight Research Ebook In Coresight Research’s Retail Reimagined ebook, we offer a thematic outlook to the post-crisis world, exploring eight key retail trends in how brands and retailers can engage with consumers (e.g., gamification, social media), adopt innovative ways of selling (e.g., livestreaming, community group buying, shopping festivals, contact-light retail) and deliver products in an efficient way. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | August 6, 2020 premium Retail Reimagined: Implementing Contact-Light Retail To Deliver a Safe and Convenient Shopping Process As part of our Retail Reimagined series, which explores the outlook for retail in a post-crisis world, we discuss how retailers are implementing contact-light retail operations to minimize contact for the consumer during the shopping journey. We discuss curbside pickup, cashierless stores, contactless payment and vending machines. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | July 22, 2020 premium Contactless Technologies in Grocery Retail and Food Service: Touch-Free Shopping in a Post-Crisis World We discuss recent developments in the adoption of contactless technologies in grocery retail and by food-service businesses, as they adapt to demand for touch-free shopping in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. This report includes highlights from Amazon, Coca-Cola and Walmart.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | May 21, 2020 premium Contactless Payment Options Continue To Gain Acceptance, Spurred by Necessity Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, many businesses have ceased accepting cash as payment in order to minimize contact and thus reduce the risk of spreading the virus. We discuss recent developments in mobile payment technologies, the adoption of which is being driven by changing consumer expectations in the current environment.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | March 25, 2020 premium Retail-Tech Landscape: In-Store Digitalization In this report, we continue our Retail-Tech Landscape report series, which spotlights innovative technology companies that are disrupting the retail industry. This landscape focuses on technology companies that are enabling the transformation of physical stores through artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | March 3, 2020 premium New Retail Models in E-Commerce: Opportunities To Accelerate Growth As part of our series exploring new models of retailing across different sectors and channels, we focus on the innovative strategies being implemented by major e-commerce players in China and the US, including Alibaba and JD.com. We discuss how online platforms are using technologies to improve the shopping experience, implementing extended features such as dropshipping and alternative payment options, helping brands to adopt consumer-to-manufacturer business models and launching creative initiatives to extend their reach to customers. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | January 31, 2020 premium Payment Technology: What We Saw at the NRF 2020 Big Show Retail technology is moving in leaps and bounds, promising a variety of new features and abilities such as cashless stores. This report looks at select new technologies, and some of the challenges they may face. Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | January 22, 2020 Retail 2020: 10 Retail-Tech Startup Trends In 2020, the retail industry will be shaped by emerging technologies that will change the way consumers interact with brands, while retailers will collaborate more than ever with tech startups to future-proof their businesses. Discover our 10 trends for the year.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | December 19, 2019 premium Alibaba vs. Amazon: Head to Head in E-Commerce and Technology Alibaba Group and Amazon are innovators in retailing and technology, and both are expanding their presence into international markets. Employing its “New Retail” strategy, could the emerging China giant threaten Amazon’s global dominance? We discuss the competition between these two companies, considering their retail ecosystems, global expansion plans, financial performance and internally developed technologies. Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | August 21, 2019 premium The Future of Payments This report looks at payment platforms, explores their prospects, and reviews new technologies that could shape the future of the global payment landscape.Read More
Product TypeCompany Earnings Update Product TypeCompany Earnings Update | August 15, 2019 Tencent (HKEX: 0700) 2Q19 Results: Mixed Results, Growth in FinTech and Business Services in Challenging Ad Environment Tencent reported 2Q19 revenue and EPS that beat consensus estimates, continuing to post strong growth in the FinTech and Business Services segment, in a challenging ad environment.Read More
Product TypeFlash Report Product TypeFlash Report | June 24, 2019 Facebook Announces its New Digital Cryptocurrency: the Libra On June 18, 2019 Facebook a new subsidiary named Calibra, whose first project is a digital wallet for a new global currency called Libra that is powered by blockchain technology but backed by real assets.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | May 2, 2019 premium Insights from China: Generation Z Buys Now, Pays Later – and Expects Fast Delivery of Online Orders Gen Zers in China are digitally native, rather impatient and open to taking on debt to pay the things they want.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | April 23, 2019 premium New Retail Briefing #8: Health and Medical Services Go Digital on WeChat and Alipay; Tmall Luxury Pavilion Welcomes Gentle Monster Tencent is testing medical services on its WeChat mini program.Read More
