October 10, 2019 Insight Report Premium Beauty Insights: Six Reasons Apparel Brands are Moving Into BeautyApparel brands are turning to beauty products as a way to generate interest for their entire portfolio. We highlight six ways in which apparel retailers are leveraging the beauty sector to grow their customer base and increase revenue.
October 10, 2019 Insight Report Premium One Month to Singles’ Day: Leveraging Alibaba’s Ecosystem Fully to Drive ResultsWith one month to go until Singles’ Day, we discuss the rules for merchants for this year’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival and what merchants need to know to grow sales during promotional events on Alibaba’s e-commerce platforms.
October 9, 2019 Insight Report Premium Big Billion Days 2019 Wrap-Up: Non-Tier-One Focus Spurs Sales GrowthBoth Flipkart and Amazon announced record-high sales in their respective festive season sales in 2019, driven by significant growth in non-tier-one cities and towns. In this report, we look at the success of this year’s Big Billion Days and Great Indian Festival shopping holidays.
October 9, 2019 Market Navigators/Market Outlook Premium Global Male Grooming MarketIn this report, we review the global market for male grooming products. We also look at consumer survey data to analyze US shoppers’ habits and shopping preferences.
October 8, 2019 Insight Report Premium New Retail Briefing: Taobao Launches New Feature of Hot-Topic Live RankingTaobao launched a new feature of hot-topic live ranking to prompt users to discover products from trending topics.
October 8, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Private Label To Drive Disruption in CPGPrivate labels are a serious challenge for CPG brands, taking a considerable share of the market. Retailers have an advantage in capturing consumer insights to develop private label products. Compared to traditional brands, private labels carry lower cost for advertising, marketing and slotting fees.
October 7, 2019 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) 4Q19 Results: Revenues and EPS Comfortably Beat Consensus(To be completed by Editor) Costco Wholesale reported 4Q19 revenues of $47.50 billion, up by 7.0% and comfortably above the consensus estimate of $37.33 billion. EPS was $2.47, up 4.9% compared to the year-ago quarter and easily beating the $1.71 consensus estimate.
October 7, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Holiday 2019: UK Retail Outlook—One-Third of Nonfood Sales Set To Be OnlineWe expect to see total UK retail sales grow by around 3.5-4.0% year over year, with the midpoint of 3.75% taking total holiday retail sales to £83.7 billion.
October 4, 2019 Flash Report Register for Free Access Halloween 2019 Will be an $8.8 Billion Holiday in the US, Down Slightly from Last Year’s $9 BillionUS consumers plan to spend an average of $86.27 this Halloween – far less than other holidays such as Valentine’s Day’s $162 average and down slightly from last year’s Halloween record of $86.79 per person.
October 4, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Insights from Groceryshop 2019The Coresight Research team was in Las Vegas attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2019 conference, September 15-18. In this report, we share our insights from the conference.
October 4, 2019 Insight Report Premium 30 Global Retail Cities: São PauloSão Paulo Fashion Week is a semi-annual event that acts as a platform to promote Brazil’s creative fashion culture.
October 4, 2019 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly — October 4, 2019This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at the waning importance of holiday shopping for US retailers, with holiday sales accounting for a steadily decreasing proportion of annual sales.
October 4, 2019 Flash Report Register for Free Access National Retail Federation Forecasts 2019 US Holiday Sales Growth of 3.8%–4.2%The NRF expects spending in November and December to increase by 3.8%-4.2% year over year, taking total sales to between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion.
October 4, 2019 Store Tracker Databank Members Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2019, Week 40: Forever 21 Files for Bankruptcy; Plans To Close Many US StoresOur Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies.
October 4, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Brookfield Investor Day 2019: Low-Interest-Rate Environment Will Drive ValuationOn September 26, 2019, Brookfield Property Partners hosted its investor day at Brookfield Place in New York City.