Insight Report | March 27, 2018 Premium Beauty Tech Comes of AgeL’Oréal announced that it is acquiring ModiFace, a Canadian company that creates augmented reality and artificial intelligence technologies for the beauty industry. Read More
Insight Report | March 26, 2018 Premium Toys“R”Us Closures: Exclusive Coresight Research Survey Suggests Big Gains for Walmart and TargetToys“R”Us looks set to close all 800 of its US stores, following its bankruptcy filing. To assess which other toy retailers are likely to gain from the chain’s closure, we conducted a proprietary consumer survey among US toy shoppers. Read More
Insight Report | March 26, 2018 Premium Next (LSE: NXT) FY18: In-Line Results, but Store Comp Decline of Almost 10% Weighs on ProfitsA near-10% decline in store-based comparable sales weighed on Next’s profits in FY18, ended January 2018. Read More
Insight Report | March 23, 2018 Premium February 2018 UK Retail Sales: Solid Growth SustainedUK retail sales grew by 3.4% year over year in February, level with the rate seen in January. Year-over-year volume growth nudged up from 0.6% in January to 0.8% in February. Read More
Insight Report | March 23, 2018 Premium February 2018 US Retail Sales and TrafficAccording to the US Census Bureau, US retail sales declined by 0.1% month over month in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, representing a three-month decline. Read More
Insight Report | March 22, 2018 Premium Shoptalk 2018: Day 4 Takeaways—Radical Retail, Anti-Amazon AI and Supply-Chain StartupsThe Coresight Research team is in Las Vegas this week, attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2018 conference held March 18–21. In this report we share our key takeaways from the fourth day of the conference, which include: Read More
Deep Dive | March 16, 2018 Premium Deep Dive: Transforming the fashion industry through data-driven and actionable consumer insights and preferencesFashwire is launching a first-of-its-kind app that connects brands, designers and retailers. Read More
Insight Report | March 15, 2018 Premium Amazon Apparel: Who Is Selling What? An Exclusive Analysis of Nearly 1 Million Clothing Listings on Amazon FashionIn this report, we present an analysis of Amazon’s clothing offering based on aggregated data on almost 1 million women’s and men’s clothing products listed on the company’s Amazon Fashion US website. Read More
Insight Report | March 13, 2018 Premium WeChat Mini Programs: Opening Up New Pathways for Selling WeChat Mini Programs are mobile applications of less than 10 megabytes that WeChat users can access directly through the platform’s messaging app—users do not have to download these mini apps separately or register to use them. In this report, we explore some of the new ways of selling that WeChat Mini Programs have enabled. Read More
Insight Report | March 12, 2018 Premium Furniture Re-Commerce: A Niche Segment with Significant PotentialIn this report, we explore the online furniture re-commerce market and examine some of its key players. Read More
Insight Report | March 7, 2018 Premium St. Patrick’s Day Spending Forecast to Hit a Record $5.9 Billion This YearAccording to the most recent annual survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, more than 149 million Americans plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, and to spend a record $5.9 billion on items related to the holiday, up from last year’s total of $5.3 billion. Read More
Insight Report | March 6, 2018 Premium Kohl’s and Aldi: A Win-Win for an Overspaced Department Store and a High-Growth Grocery ChainKohl’s will be carving out space from 5–10 of its stores and leasing that space to grocery discounter Aldi. Read More
Insight Report | March 5, 2018 Premium Countdown to Shoptalk: Startup Pitch Competition Participant Profile—StoreDNAThe Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2018 conference in Las Vegas March 18–21. Billed as the world’s largest conference devoted to retail and e-commerce innovation, Shoptalk will cover “the rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy—from new technologies and business models to the latest trends in consumer behaviors, preferences and expectations.” Read More
Insight Report | February 27, 2018 Premium Waymo Set to Make the First Move in Autonomous Ride-HailingIn this report, we look at Waymo, a company leading the pack in self-driving technology. We also examine some recent developments that are keeping it ahead in the race for autonomous cars. Read More
Deep Dive | February 27, 2018 Premium The CORE Framework for Artificial Intelligence in RetailThe CORE framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in retail notes the value of AI in four areas for retailers seeking to compete with platforms such as Amazon and JD.com. Read More
