Store Tracker | November 20, 2020 Premium Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2020, Week 47: Ascena To Close All Justice Stores and Francesca’s To Close Over 100 StoresOur Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Ascena Retail Group, Francesca’s and Herman Miller in the US and Poundland and WHSmith in the UK. Read More
Insight Report | November 20, 2020 Premium Singles’ Day 2020: Analyzing New Retail StrategiesStarted as an online-only shopping festival, Singles’ Day has been shifting toward an omnichannel presence, leveraging Alibaba’s concept of “New Retail” to extend the event to offline retail. We discuss three key New Retail strategies that brands and Alibaba’s Tmall platform launched for this year’s Double 11: offline experiential events, such as pop-up shops; 3D virtual showrooms; and online coupons. Read More
| November 19, 2020 Free Report Three Things You Need To Know: US Home and Home-Improvement Retail—Post-Crisis Outlook—Fall 2020 UpdateWe present Three Things You Need To Know on US Home and Home-Improvement Retail: Post-Crisis Outlook—Fall 2020 Update. Read More
Insight Report | November 19, 2020 Premium Key Festivals and Holidays for Promotional Campaigns in India in 2021: CalendarThe retail calendar in India sees a number of festivals and holidays that retailers and brands can tap with marketing and promotional campaigns. Use our 2021 calendar to plan your marketing and sales strategies for the India market. Read More
Deep Dive | November 19, 2020 Free Report How Retailers Can Use Prescriptive Analytics/AI To Improve Customer SatisfactionRetailers are missing out on available opportunities to improve customer satisfaction, which translates directly to missed sales opportunities. We explore the relationship between retail customer satisfaction and the application of prescriptive analytics to make critical operational improvements. We discuss the benefits and core capabilities of prescriptive analytics, and detail opportunities for revenue enhancement, cost reduction and operational improvement. This free report is sponsored by Zebra Technologies. Read More
Insight Report | November 19, 2020 Premium Singles’ Day 2020: Analyzing New EntrantsAs part of our coverage of Singles’ Day 2020, we explore new entrants on Alibaba’s Tmall platform and their approach to leveraging the shopping festival for China market entry or expansion. We cover entrants from different sectors, including apparel, beauty, home furnishing and luxury. Read More
Insight Report | November 19, 2020 Premium Singles’ Day 2020: Alibaba and JD.com Record $115 Billion in SalesAs the world’s largest online global shopping festival, Singles’ Day presents an exciting sales opportunity for brands and retailers. We discuss the Singles’ Day sales performance of China’s leading e-commerce players, including a comparison of Alibaba and JD.com. We highlight key themes from this year’s festival and consumer shopping patterns. Read More
Deep Dive | November 18, 2020 Premium Singles’ Day 2020: Analyzing Merchants’ Marketing CampaignsAs part of our coverage of Singles’ Day 2020, we review the marketing campaigns that various brands and retailers launched on Alibaba’s Tmall platform to encourage consumer spending during the shopping festival. We focus on three themes: financial incentives, community building and livestream/influencer marketing. Read More
| November 18, 2020 Free Report Holiday Bites: US Consumers’ Expectations for Online-Order Fulfillment in the Holiday QuarterOur Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. We consider the subject of US consumers’ expectations for online-order fulfillment in the holiday quarter. Read More
Event Coverage | November 18, 2020 Register for Free Access Singles’ Day 2020: Highlights from Alibaba’s Observing China ForumContinuing our coverage of Singles’ Day 2020 in China, we present highlights from Alibaba’s Observing China Forum, which focused on changing consumer demand and the acceleration of digitalization against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More
Insight Report | November 18, 2020 Premium The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #8—Outlook for the US Beauty SectorBeauty brands and retailers have had to adapt to changes in how and what consumers are shopping due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, so are approaching the holiday season differently this year. As part of The 12 Weeks of Holidays series, we provide an outlook for the sector, including our estimates for consumer spending during the holiday period. We also discuss e-commerce fulfillment, the use of livestreaming and five key beauty trends for this holiday season. Read More
Insight Report | November 17, 2020 Premium October 2020 US Retail Sales: Further Double-Digit Year-over-Year GrowthUS retail sales continued to rebound strongly in October, following September’s extraordinary growth. Using data from the US Census Bureau, this report looks at which retail sectors saw sales surge and which did not do well in October 2020. Read More
| November 17, 2020 Free Report Holiday Bites: Our Expectations for US E-Commerce GrowthOur Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. We consider the subject of holiday 2020: our expectations for US e-commerce growth. Read More
Insight Report | November 17, 2020 Premium Key Festivals and Holidays for Promotional Campaigns in China in 2021: CalendarChina sees a number of festivals and holidays that retailers and brands can tap with marketing and promotional campaigns. Use our “cut-out-and-keep” calendar as your guide to 2021. Read More
Insight Report | November 17, 2020 Premium Singles’ Day 2020: Analyzing New ProductsSingles’ Day presents an opportunity for new product launches, to help brands drive consumer excitement and boost sales. We discuss some of the new product strategies that brands employed on Alibaba’s Tmall during this year’s 11.11 shopping festival, and present learnings that can be applied to the China market and shopping festivals in particular, as well as to year-round sales strategies. Read More
