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US store-based traffic and sales declined in February, while the conversion rate grew 0.4 percentage points. Average transaction value (ATV) grew 1.8%, slower than the 5.5% growth reported in January.
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.
In February, Costco’s same-store sales growth showed a sequential slowdown. The company posted accelerated growth in e-commerce comparable sales. Adverse weather conditions, holiday shift and forex currency fluctuations negatively impacted Costco’s performance.
This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses how blockchain technology could democratize operations and promote cooperation in retail.
Total retail sales excluding fuel and automobiles increased 3.7% year over year in January, growing substantially from the revised 0.1% year-over-year decline reported for December.
Each of our Sector Overview reports provides an essential briefing on a sector or market. In US drugstore retailing. Collaborations and alliances formed last year will manifest synergies in the form of innovation in offerings.
Blockchain 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
Amazon plans to close 87 of its pop-up stores by the end of April, a company spokesperson confirmed to the Wall Street Journal. The pop-ups sell other brands of Amazon consumer electronics products, and their existence underscores Amazon’s willingness to experiment with various retail formats and make changes based on data collected.
In this is the third report in our series A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, we focus on how foreign brands can use Singles’ Day as a springboard to enter China, leveraging our proprietary data on brands’ sales performance on Singles’ Day 2018 on Tmall.
Alibaba Group’s business-to-business (B2B) trading platform Alibaba.com announced a strategic collaboration with the US business services and supplies company Office Depot.
Amazon is reportedly planning to expand its presence in the U.S. grocery market through building new stores to be operated under a banner other than its acquired Whole Foods Markets and with a more typical product offering. Amazon is also considering the acquisition of several region chains. At the same time, the company is expanding its fleet of Whole Foods Market and Amazon Go stores.
Each of our Sector Overview reports provides an essential briefing on a sector or market. This report focuses on e-commerce.
Zalando wants to attract more brands to its Partner Program and to sell fulfillment and marketing services to more of them — creating a stronger multibrand proposition.
This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses the adaptive clothing and footwear market, which represents a $47.3 billion opportunity in the US.
