Event Presentation | February 15, 2017 Premium Australian Apparel Market PrimerAustralian retailers are relatively positive about their prospects for 2017. In Deloitte’s most recent Retailers’ Christmas Survey, 64% of respondents are expecting their earnings to increase by 5% or more in 2017, with such levels of optimism at their highest since we started this survey five years ago. However, this optimism needs to be tempered somewhat with realities of the macro-economic outlook. The ‘wealth-factor’ arising from appreciating house prices that has buoyed parts of the market is starting to slow down, whilst we continue to see low wage growth. Against this background, the retail environment in Australia is likely to remain challenging, particularly with the continued influx and expansion of global retailers in Australia. Read More
Insight Report | January 23, 2017 Premium UK December Retail Sales and Christmas Wrapup: A Bumper Holiday PeriodOfficial data and company updates confirm that it was a bumper holiday season. Total retail sales grew by 7.1% in December, the strongest December growth recorded in decades. Read More
Insight Report | January 23, 2017 Premium December 2016 UK Retail Sales and Christmas Wrapup: A Bumper Holiday PeriodOfficial data and company updates confirm that it was a bumper holiday season. Total retail sales grew by 7.1% in December, the strongest December growth recorded in decades. Read More
Event Presentation | January 5, 2017 Premium 2016 Holiday Recap (Planalytics)US 2016 Holiday Wrap-up :- Holiday Wrap-Up: Season Was a Success, Driven by a Last-Minute Surge of Shoppers 2. Consumers Were Willing to Wait for the Best Deals, Which Resulted in a LastMinute Rush in Sales 3. Favorable Holiday Calendar; Day Before Christmas Was a Saturday…….. Read More
Event Presentation | December 16, 2016 Premium Primark Overview• Ultralow price points support Primark’s decision not to sell online, as the costs of fulfillment would erode margins • The impulse buys that are made as shoppers browse the assortments would be lost online – There is no digital equivalent of piling baskets to overflowing as shoppers walk the aisles • A short-lived experiment to sell Primark products through ASOS was abandoned in 2013 – No sign of movement toward a multichannel proposition ever since Read More
Flash Report | December 9, 2016 Register for Free Access Costco (COST) 1Q17 Results: EPS Misses Expectations; Store Traffic UpCostco reported adjusted 1Q17 EPS of $1.17, below the $1.19 consensus estimate and up 6.8% year over year. Revenues were $28.1 billion, up 3.2% year over year and roughly in line with the consensus estimate. Read More
Event Presentation | December 8, 2016 Premium China – Tapping into New Opportunities● Fung Global Retail & Technology publishes research available on www.FungGlobalRetailTech.com ● We advise retailers, real estate developers and tech companies on projects situated at the intersection of retail, tech and/or fashion. ● Our team possesses a robust knowledge bank and significant experience in the retail, fashion and tech fields. Read More
Flash Report | December 6, 2016 Register for Free Access What is Amazon Go, and What it Means for Amazon and its CompetitorsAmazon announced the launch of Amazon Go, an automated, checkout-free convenience store in Seattle, Washington, powered by technologies such as computer vision, sensor fusion and deep learning. Read More
Event Presentation | November 29, 2016 Premium Breakfast with the Disruptors – Supply Chain Startup PitchesJCPenny said the appliance category was strong and it has had a good start with record mobile traffic and sales, and no website interruptions. Kohl’s set record for online sales on Thanksgiving. The retailer made many Black Friday deals available online before the store opened. Walmart kicked off its Cyber Monday deals at 12:01am EST on Friday for the first time ever, as it aims to grab customers ahead of its competitors. Read More
Flash Report | November 25, 2016 Register for Free Access Vipshop (VIPS) 3Q16 RESULTS: TOP-LINE GROWTH IN LINE, WHILE EARNINGS MISS ON NEW INVESTMENTSVipshop, the Chinese online discount retailer for branded products, reported 3Q revenue of ¥12.0 billion (US$1.8 billion), up 38.4% year over year. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS were ¥1.00 for the quarter, up 31.6% year over year. Read More
Flash Report | November 18, 2016 Register for Free Access B&M European Value Retail (LSE: BME) 1H17 RESULTS: IN-LINE AT THE TOP LINE, BUT UK COMPS WEAKUK-based mixed-goods discount retailer B&M European Value Retail posted an 18.9% year-over-year increase in revenues in 1H17. Revenues of £1,106 million were in line with the consensus estimate. Read More
Insight Report | November 18, 2016 Premium Economic Analysis: CONSUMER SPENDING BUOYED BY RISING WAGES AND LOWER UNEMPLOYMENTThe US unemployment rate in October edged down to 4.9%, which was in line with the consensus estimate and lower than the September reading of 5.0%. Read More
Flash Report | November 10, 2016 Register for Free Access Burberry (LSE: BRBY) 1H17 RESULTS: CHALLENGED SALES AND PROFITABILITY EROSIONBurberry reported a 4% decline in 1H17 total group constant-currency revenue growth to £1,159 million (up 5% in reported currency), below the consensus estimate of £1,165 million. Total results were negatively impacted by weakness in the wholesale and licensing businesses. Read More
Flash Report | November 9, 2016 Register for Free Access CVS Pharmacy [CVS] 3Q16 Results: Mixed Quarter; Company Reduces and Narrows Guidance RangeCVS reported 3Q16 adjusted EPS of $1.64, up 28.0% year over year and beating the $1.57 consensus estimate. Revenues were $44.6 billion, up 15.5% year over year, missing the $45.3 billion consensus estimate. Read More
Flash Report | November 2, 2016 Register for Free Access COACH [COH] 1Q17 Results: EPS In-Line, Reports Double-Digit Earnings GrowthCoach reported adjusted 1Q17 EPS of $0.45, in-line with the $0.44 consensus estimate and up 8.9% year over year. Revenues were $1.04 billion, up 0.7% year over year but below the consensus estimate of $1.07 billion. Read More