Insight Report | June 14, 2019 Premium US-China Trade Issues: The Battle for FurnitureThe US-China trade dispute rages on, affecting multiple categories including footwear, furniture, apparel and food. This reports reviews recent developments and implications for the furniture category. Read More
Insight Report | June 13, 2019 Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Blockchain Brings Traceability and Product Authenticity to the Supply ChainBlockchain is a promising technology that offers improvement to retailers’ supply chains through better traceability of products, prevention of counterfeiting and improved customer experience. Read More
Insight Report | May 31, 2019 Free Report Israel Retail-Tech Innovator LandscapeIsrael’s retail-tech sector is growing and quickly becoming one of the hottest and most innovative ecosystems for retail technologies, with startups offering solutions from supply chain logistics to the in-store experience. Read More
Insight Report | May 30, 2019 Premium Supply Chain Series: Reality Technology Streamlines Product Design and Improves ServicingReality Technology enables companies to streamline production through faster prototyping, to improve production speed and deliver better customer service in retail stores. Read More
Insight Report | May 23, 2019 Premium Supply Chain Series: From Immersive Technologies to RoboticsTechnologies including blockchain, AI and others are transforming the various stages in the retail supply chain, including product design, demand forecasting, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, last-mile delivery and sales. Read More
Deep Dive | May 21, 2019 Premium Understanding Fresh Food E-Commerce in ChinaThe gross merchandise volume (GMV) of China’s fresh food e-commerce market is expected to increase 160% to ¥162.0 billion in 2019 from ¥62.2 billion in 2016, according to iiMedia. Read More
Insight Report | April 23, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing #8: Health and Medical Services Go Digital on WeChat and Alipay; Tmall Luxury Pavilion Welcomes Gentle MonsterTencent is testing medical services on its WeChat mini program. Read More
Insight Report | April 12, 2019 Premium US Retail Inventory Tracker, 4Q18: Potential Tariff Hike and Poor Holiday Sales Lead to Higher InventoriesIn this first of our quarterly US Retail Inventory Tracker reports we analyze inventory trends among our Coresight 100 US retailers. Read More
Event Presentation | April 10, 2019 Premium New Retail and New Supply Chain (Retail Analytics Council)This presentation discusses the new retail in the supply chain and things we can learn from China. Read More
Insight Report | April 9, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing #7: Ele.me Brings Fresh Produce to Customers; Fliggy Allows Tourists to Buy Before They Fly; Shiseido and Alibaba Sign Joint Business PlanAlibaba’s food-delivery platform Ele.me will help vendors in traditional “wet markets” to sell fresh produce to online shoppers. Read More
Insight Report | April 5, 2019 Premium 5G in Retail: Growing Revenues in E-Commerce, Boosting Capabilities in IoT Technologies, and Unleashing Potential in AI, AR and VR5G should unleash the full potential of data-intense technology in retail, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and reality technologies, empowering existing use cases and delivering new applications. Read More
Insight Report | April 3, 2019 Premium Insights from China: Italy to Become the First G7 Country to Join China’s Belt and Road InitiativeOn March 23, 2019, Italy and China signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. Italy has become the first member of the G7 major advanced economies to sign up to this initiative. Read More
Insight Report | April 2, 2019 Premium Community Group Buying: China’s New Group Shopping Model Leveraging WeChat Mini ProgramsCommunity group buying refers to an e-commerce model of group purchases by residents within the same neighborhood. Companies launched this service on WeChat mini program to tap into the potential for larger, group purchases from people living in close proximity. Read More
Deep Dive | April 1, 2019 Premium US Retailers Becoming More Relevant Through Acquisitions: Mass Merchandisers vs. AmazonM&A activity has risen in the US retail sector over the past 10 years, in terms of deal value and number of deals, and the same trend applies within the mass-merchandiser sector. Read More
Event Coverage | March 29, 2019 Register for Free Access Deborah Weinswig’s Shoptalk 2019 Presentation: Nine Things We Can Learn from China and IndiaSummary of the presentation given by Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, at the Shoptalk conference on March 3, 2019, focusing on nine things people can learn from China and India. Read More