Product TypeInsight Report March 9, 2020 premium International Women’s Day 2020 Update: Brands Across the Globe Launch Marketing Campaigns To Celebrate and Capitalize On the Event International Women’s Day 2020 took place on March 8. We discuss how brands and retailers around the world used the event as an opportunity to tap into consumer awareness of women’s right campaigns and thus increase their exposure and sales potential. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report March 2, 2020 premium International Women’s Day Preview: In China, It’s Another Shopping Festival March 8 will mark International Women’s Day, an annual event that has been treated in recent years as another shopping festival—representing an opportunity for brands and retailers to launch price promotions and marketing campaigns. We discuss how the retail industry in China is capitalizing on International Women’s Day this year, focusing on e-commerce.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report February 14, 2020 premium Valentine’s Day: Making It Sustainable In the US, this year’s Valentine’s Day is set to be another record-breaker for spending, predicted to be up some 32% over last year. But how sustainable is Valentine’s Day? Read More
Product TypeEvent Coverage February 13, 2020 premium Highlights from the “Introduction to Tmall Global” Webinar: International Opportunities and the Livestreaming Trend Tmall Global held a webinar to promote its online prowess in the fast-growing China market, where younger consumers are embracing new purchasing channels—and shedding their parents’ frugal spending habits. Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive January 21, 2020 Retail 2020: Five Forces, 10 Trends in Global Retail Coresight Research looks ahead at the 10 trends we think will reshape retail in 2020. We expect inclusivity to become more inclusive, innovative business models to become more mainstream and technology to continue to drive retail innovation.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report January 21, 2020 premium December 2019 UK Holiday 2019 Retail Sales and Trading Review: December Recovery Too Modest To Rescue Total Holiday Sales With soft total growth, UK retail saw a weak 2019 holiday season overall. Beneficiaries of shifts to e-commerce and discount channels were the exceptions.Read More
Product TypeFlash Report January 17, 2020 premium Gap Scraps Old Navy Spin-Off; Moderately Raises Its Fiscal 2019 Outlook On January 16, Gap Inc. announced that it had canceled its plans to spin off the Old Navy business, citing investors’ concerns over the complexity of the separation and softer business performance of the brand. Gap Inc. has raised its fiscal year 2019 outlook moderately, owing to better-than-expected promotional levels over the holiday period.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report January 17, 2020 premium December 2019 US Holiday Retail Sales and Comparable Sales Review: Solid Total Growth Not Enough To Support Challenged Sectors US holiday retail and comparable sales show a relatively strong macro environment, but mixed results in retail. Some retailers posted strong comparabale sales growth, but for others the holiday shopping season delivered fairly modest gains.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report January 16, 2020 premium Chinese New Year Preview: E-Commerce Platforms and Brands Seek To Tap into the Year of Rat’s $156 Billion in Consumer Spending Chinese New Year is the single most important holiday of the year in Chinese culture. We look at what retailers, brands and online platforms are doing to make the most of this annual retail opportunity.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report December 26, 2019 premium Holiday 2019: Global Holiday Cities—Shanghai Shanghai retailers up their Christmas season game with more decorations and innovative installations. In a country in which Christmas is not a traditional holiday, merchants have nonetheless grabbed the opportunity to launch holiday-themed marketing campaigns.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report December 24, 2019 premium Holiday 2019: Global Holiday Cities—London London retailers rise to the holiday challenge with innovative approaches to draw in and engage consumers for the 2019 holiday season. We’re seeing railway stations transform into shopping destinations, popups popping up and department stores offer a range of experiences.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report December 23, 2019 premium Holiday 2019: Global Holiday Cities—New York City New York retailers have long set the standard for holiday-themed events, and this year is no exception. Coresight Research visited some of New York City’s newer, more innovative shopping centers along with some of the must-sees.Read More
Product TypeFlash Report December 20, 2019 premium Double 12 Shopping Festival 2019 Wrap-Up E-commerce platforms and offline merchants celebrated China’s last major shopping festival of the year, Double 12, on December 12. We provide highlights from this year’s festival, including the promotions and performance of Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall, the popularity of livestreaming, Alipay’s partnership with offline merchants and the strong consumption in lower-tier cities experienced by JD.com.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report December 17, 2019 premium New Retail Briefing: Christian Louboutin Beauty Launches a Flagship Store on Tmall Dior launches a seasonal Christmas mini program on WeChat; Christian Louboutin Beauty opens its flagship store on Alibaba’s Tmall; and Alibaba invests in milk-delivery startup Tianxianpei.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report December 13, 2019 premium Holiday 2019: US Black Friday and Cyber Monday Online Pricing Insights In partnership with competitive intelligence provider DataWeave, we aggregated and analyzed pricing data on over 53,000 products on the websites of Amazon, Best Buy, Home Depot and Macy’s. Read More
