Flash Report | July 25, 2018 Register for Free Access China Tech Briefings: Alibaba Invests in Chinese Outdoor Marketing Firm Focus MediaAlibaba Group has invested $2.2 billion in Focus Media, China’s largest outdoor marketing company. Read More
Insight Report | July 24, 2018 Premium Retail-Tech Alliances: Why Walmart Is Collaborating with Microsoft, and Carrefour with Google, on Retail DigitalizationTwo retail-tech collaborations have been recently announced, one between US retail giant Walmart and US technology giant Microsoft and another between leading French retailer Carrefour and US technology leader Google. In this report, we analyze: Read More
Insight Report | July 24, 2018 Premium Innovator Intelligence: Radius8—In-Store and Digital Experiences Powered by Local DemandThis report forms part of our Innovator Intelligence series, which focuses on emerging companies that are disrupting traditional retail and fueling innovation across the retail value chain. Radius8 has created a platform that empowers retailers to dynamically merchandise online by using data on their physical stores and local market intelligence to provide contextual discovery for shoppers, which ultimately drives both online conversion and store foot traffic. Read More
Event Coverage | July 20, 2018 Register for Free Access XRC Labs Cohort 6 Launch Day: Hearing from Startups Improving the Customer Experience and Supporting Better Decision MakingThe Coresight Research team attended XRC Labs’ Cohort 6 Launch Day event in New York City on July 17 at the Parsons School of Design. Read More
Event Coverage | July 19, 2018 Register for Free Access On-Demand Services, Space Peace, AI and Cybersecurity in the Modern World: Takeaways from Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2018, Part TwoThis week, the Coresight Research team attended the Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2018 conference in Aspen, Colorado. Here, we share our takeaways from the second half of the conference. Read More
Deep Dive | July 10, 2018 Premium Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 2: What Retailers Are Doing with AIIn this report, we explore how retailers are applying AI across business functions. We studied 30 retailers to understand how they have implemented AI in their businesses. Read More
Event Coverage | July 4, 2018 Register for Free Access Top Takeaways from the US-China AI Tech Summit, Part 2: Cross-Industrial DisruptionLast week, the Coresight Research team attended the first-ever US-China AI Tech Summit, which was held in Silicon Valley. Our first report on the conference covered the day’s morning sessions, including a fireside chat with Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak. The second half of the event focused on applications of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries. Experts from the fintech, legal, enterprise and nonprofit realms discussed the challenges ahead and the greatest opportunities for AI integration. Read More
Event Coverage | July 3, 2018 Register for Free Access Top Takeaways from the US-China AI Tech Summit, Part 1Last week, the Coresight Research team attended the first-ever US-China AI Tech Summit, which was held in Silicon Valley. The event was cohosted by The Al Alliance of Silicon Valley, The Future Society and China’s AI Industry Alliance. Here, we share the first batch of our takeaways from the day’s discussions. Read More
Insight Report | July 3, 2018 Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: USRetail-Tech Landscape US Analytics/Predictive Analytics: Leveraging data to generate new opportunities and identify the likelihood of future outcomes in order to enable more strategic decision making. Brick-and-Mortar Data Capture: Developing in-store analytics technologies that provide visibility into store operations and the performance of products, promotions and employees. Read More
Event Coverage | July 3, 2018 Register for Free Access Fashion Tech Consortium Hosts Retail Executive Roundtable June Breakfast EventFashion Tech Consortium, an accelerator that links together brands, retailers, manufacturers and technology companies in order to provide highly assessed, enterprise-ready tech solutions in the fashion retail industry, hosted the Retail Executive Roundtable June Breakfast, at the Amali in New York City on June 27. Michael Reidbord, Founder and Principal at Fashion Tech Consortium, organized and moderated the intimate gathering for a three-speaker series and open discussion over breakfast. Nearly 20 participants, including founders, presidents, managers and advisors from a range of retail-focused industries—from Facebook, to Brooks Brothers, to artificial intelligence (AI)-focused analytics companies—attended the invite-only breakfast event. Read More
Event Coverage | June 20, 2018 Register for Free Access London Tech Week 2018: Profiling 13 Retail-Tech StartupsThe Coresight Research team attended London Tech Week 2018 held June 11–17.We attended two retail-tech startup pitches during the week: Tech London Advocates’ Retail Tech 50 at startup incubator Cocoon Networks and Project Kairos London’s Retail TechPitch at trade show TechXLR8. Here, we profile 13 of the retail-tech startups we met. Read More
Event Coverage | June 19, 2018 Register for Free Access Coresight Research and Alvanon Cohost Trailblazers 2018 Event – One Size Does Not Fit All: Inclusive Design & the Modern ConsumerCoresight Research and Alvanon, a global apparel and product development consultancy, cohosted a Trailblazers event called One Size Does Not Fit All: Inclusive Design & the Modern Consumer on June 14 in New York City. Read More
Event Coverage | June 19, 2018 Register for Free Access London Tech Week 2018: The Customer Value that Tech Delivers Is What MattersThe Coresight Research team attended London Tech Week 2018 held June 11–17. In this report, we feature our key takeaways from the various events we attended. A follow-up report will focus on some of the notable startups we met during the week. Read More
Event Coverage | June 15, 2018 Register for Free Access CES Asia 2018 Part 1: Huawei to Shape the Future of Image Technology, Smart Cars Take Center StageThis week, the Coresight Research team is in Shanghai attending Asia’s fastest-growing consumer technology event, CES Asia 2018, which runs June 13 to June 15. This year’s event has attracted over 500 global companies exhibiting at the show and more than 40,000 attendees and over 1,200 media. This is the first of two reports on our key takeaways from the event, which features the latest product launches and transformative technology, including, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) and vehicle technology. Read More
