Insight Report | June 18, 2018 Premium Tesco (LSE: TSCO) 1Q19 Update: UK Growth Softens, Booker Drives Group AccelerationTesco reported a 2.1% increase in comparable sales in its core UK market in 1Q19, a slight slowdown from prior quarters. Read More
Insight Report | June 15, 2018 Premium May 2018 UK Retail Sales: A Bounceback with Very Strong Volume Growth; Inflationary Pressures EaseWarm May weather prompted British consumers to flock to the shops over the month’s two public holidays, to the benefit of grocery stores, clothing specialists and DIY stores. Read More
Insight Report | June 14, 2018 Premium Innovator Intelligence: Spring Marketplace – Leveraging Real-Time Purchase Data to Provide Robust CRM and Marketing Across Online and In-Store RetailSpring Marketplace (Spring) has created a platform that helps retailers extend their existing customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing efforts beyond traditional methods. Through partnerships with payment networks (Visa, Mastercard and American Express), Spring connects consumers’ payment cards to customized retail loyalty programs, enabling retailers to track how their digital marketing affects in-store transactions and tailor their future efforts accordingly. Read More
Deep Dive | June 13, 2018 Premium US Plus-Size Apparel: Reviewing the $46 Billion OpportunityThe women’s plus-size apparel market has been under served historically, but recent trends show that the segment has been growing at a faster rate than the US apparel market overall. Above-average growth in plus-size fashion will continue to be propelled by increased supply, changing consumer demographics and psychographics, and higher obesity rates through 2021. Read More
Insight Report | June 12, 2018 Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: EuropeRetail-Tech Landscape Europe Read More
Insight Report | June 7, 2018 Premium NACS Convenience Summit Europe 2018: Technology Helps C-Stores Turn to Fresh Food and Food-Service OfferingsThe Coresight Research team attended day one of the NACS Convenience Summit Europe 2018 in London on June 6. Here are our top takeaways from the day: Read More
Insight Report | June 7, 2018 Premium JD.com’s 6.18 Shopping Festival: More than Just DiscountsJD com first launched its annual 6.18 Shopping Festival in 2010. JD.com’s 6.18 event runs for 18 days beginning on June 1 through to June 18,as compared to rival Alibaba’s popular Singles’ Day held on November 11. Read More
Insight Report | June 6, 2018 Premium US Father’s Day Spending Forecast to Hit $15.3 Billion, the Second-Highest Total in Survey’s HistorySpending for Father’s Day, which falls on June 17 this year, is expected to reach a near-record high of $15.3 billion in 2018, down slightly from last year’s record total of $15.5 billion, according to an annual spending survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Read More
Insight Report | June 6, 2018 Premium Zalando (XTRA: ZAL) 2018 Capital Markets Day: Doubling Sales—Margins Can WaitCoresight Research attended Zalando’s Capital Markets Day 2018 in Berlin, Germany, on June 5. Our top takeaways from the meeting include: Read More
Insight Report | June 4, 2018 Premium Amazon Prime Day 2018 Preview: Echo Devices and Private-Label Products Look Set to Take Center StageAmazon Prime Day 2018 will start on July 16, 2018. This year, the company has announced a bigger-than-ever promotional event, which will see more deals and more products on offer for a longer period of time. Read More
Insight Report | May 30, 2018 Premium April 2018 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and ChinaEach month, we round up key metrics reflecting consumer demand in the US, the UK and China. We focus on direct, leading indicators of the health of the consumer economy: wage growth, price changes and retail sales growth. Metrics for April include: Read More
Deep Dive | May 29, 2018 Premium Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 1: Applications Across Customer-Facing FunctionsThis report is the first in a short series looking at the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in retail. Here, we explore AI applications across the customer-facing functions of retail. Our proprietary CORE (communication, optimization of pricing, rationalization of inventory and experiential retail) framework demonstrates the applicability of AI in customer-facing functions. The technology can be used for: Read More
Insight Report | May 28, 2018 Premium April 2018 UK Retail Sales: Very Weak Month Due to Earlier EasterApril was an exceptionally weak month for year-over-year retail sales growth. Value sales were up just 0.8% year over year and volumes were down 1.2%. An early Easter hit April sales: Easter Sunday fell on April 1 this year versus April 16 last year, and this pulled some Easter-related spending forward into March. Read More
Deep Dive | May 22, 2018 Premium Subscription Commerce Update – Disruptors Face DisruptionSubscription services continue to capture billions of dollars that would otherwise go to conventional retailers. However, we are now seeing some US subscription commerce disruptors face disruption themselves. Read More
Insight Report | May 18, 2018 Premium April 2018 US Same-Store SalesSame-store sales for Costco saw an acceleration in April versus the same period last year. Cato and Buckle continued to report negative comps for the month. Costco and L Brands beat estimates. Read More
