Event Coverage | March 4, 2019 Register for Free Access Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch CompetitionTo kick off this year’s Shoptalk conference, Coresight Research Founder and CEO, Deborah Weinswig, emceed Shoptalk’s Startup Pitch competition featuring 15 early-stage technology companies. Two winners won $25,000 prizes: One chosen by the judges, one through audience voting. Read More
Event Coverage | March 1, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participant Profile, Part 8 — DeepMagicThe Coresight Research team will attend and participate in Shoptalk 2019 March 3-6 in Las Vegas. The event brings together more than 8,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers to discuss rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy. Read More
Event Coverage | February 27, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participant Profile, Part 7 — LexSet and Mystore-EThe Coresight Research team will attend and participate in Shoptalk 2019 March 3-6 in Las Vegas. The event brings together more than 8,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers to discuss rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy. Read More
Event Coverage | February 27, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participant Profile, Part 6 — Cymbio and Spruce LabsThe Coresight Research team will attend and participate in Shoptalk 2019 March 3-6 in Las Vegas. The event brings together more than 8,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers to discuss rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy. Read More
Event Coverage | February 26, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participant Profile, Part 5 — ShoppingGives and FillogicThe Coresight Research team will attend and participate in Shoptalk 2019 March 3-6 in Las Vegas. The event brings together more than 8,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers to discuss rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy. Read More
Event Coverage | February 25, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participants Profile, Part 4 — VisuWall and RetailDeepThe Coresight Research team will attend and participate in Shoptalk 2019 March 3-6 in Las Vegas. The event brings together more than 8,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers to discuss rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy. Read More
Event Coverage | February 22, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participants Profile, Part 2 — Chatter and ShipsiThe Coresight Research team will attend and participate in Shoptalk 2019 March 3-6 in Las Vegas. The event brings together more than 8,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers to discuss rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy. Read More
Event Coverage | February 22, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participants Profile, Part 1 — Ladingo and IncreasinglyLandingo offers a cloud-based solution to enable seamless international shipping for business-to-consumer e-commerce. The company focuses on larger items, such as furniture, bicycles and other bulky products. Container sharing optimization allows Ladingo to offer lower shipping rates for larger items. Read More
Insight Report | February 21, 2019 Premium A Look into Starbucks’ Mini App on Taobao and Alipay: All Services in One Lite App As the Companies Deepen Their CooperationStarbucks steps up digital efforts in China, working with market giants Alibaba and Tencent’s WeChat as upstart Luckin Coffee nips at its heels. Read More
Market Outlook | February 20, 2019 Premium Sector Overview: Apparel & Footwear — Consumer Connectivity Changing Sector LandscapeNew digital marketplaces have made the apparel and footwear market truly global, giving consumers access to brands and products once available only by traveling. Brands are bringing products to neighborhoods that previously had very little access to the latest fashion trends. Read More
Insight Report | February 15, 2019 Premium London Likely to Remain Europe’s Top Tech-Startup Hub Despite Brexit UncertaintyIn the fourth quarter of 2018 the U.K. continued to lead in Europe in number of startup deals (the number of VC investments), capturing 29% of all deals in Europe, according to global VC database Dow Jones VentureSource. France and Germany came second and third during the quarter, with 13% and 12% of the total number of deals in Europe respectively. Read More
Flash Report | February 13, 2019 Register for Free Access Ocado’s First Fully Automated Distribution Center Destroyed by Fire, Threatening Confidence in Its Robotics OfferingFire devastated UK online grocery retailer and technology provider Ocado Group’s first robotic distribution center in Andover, England, which handled 10% of total capacity. Read More
Insight Report | February 12, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing #3: Walmart China Eyes Retail Innovation; A.S. Watson and Unilever Agree to New Retail PartnershipsWalmart China launched the Omega8 initiative in January 2019 to serve as a proof of concept (POC) platform that lets tech startups test newly designed technology applications in a real retail environment. Walmart reported over 50 startups signed up for the initiative. Walmart will train these companies in a variety of retail operation skills. Walmart said its existing 400 offline stores in China will act as testing grounds for startup technology before rolling out to mass market. This Omega8 initiative shows Walmart’s ambition of leveraging tech startups for its own digital innovation, and understanding of the Chinese market. Ben Hassing, Senior Vice President of Walmart China said, “Walmart has worked with many technology startups not only to propel our business in China, but also to understand the Chinese market and China in greater depth.” Read More
Insight Report | February 11, 2019 Premium Understanding the Asian Retail Market, Including Eight Insights from China: Deborah Weinswig’s CES 2019 PresentationSummary of the presentation given by Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, at CES Las Vegas on January 9, 2019, focusing on eight things people can learn from China. Read More
Deep Dive | February 6, 2019 Free Report US Retailer Survey: Revealing the Hidden Costs of Poor Inventory ManagementToday’s retail environment is marked by more intense competition and rapid changes in consumer preferences, both of which pressure retailers to make smarter inventory decisions. To minimize unplanned markdowns that impact the bottom line, retailers must ensure that they deliver products consumers want to buy to the locations where they want to buy them. Read More
