Event Presentation | February 25, 2016 Premium Retailment Driven TrendsAlchemist Accelerator is an accelerator exclusively for startups whose revenue comes from enterprises, not consumers. CoCoon is a coworking space where entrepreneurs, creative talent, successful leaders and investors meet, collaborate and deliver results together. Member companies get access to networking opportunities, work space, a photography studio and mentors. Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) provides participant companies with an intensive four-month program, with the goal of helping early-stage companies progress rapidly into exciting, viable businesses. Read More
Company Earnings Update | February 24, 2016 Register for Free Access Lowe’s (LOW) 4Q15 Results: Solid and Balanced Results Across Regions and Product CategoriesLowe’s reported 4Q15 revenues of $13.2 billion, up 5.6% from $12.5 billion in 4Q14 and slightly higher than the consensus estimate of $13.1 billion. Total comps increased by 5.2%, while comps for the US home improvement business increased by 5.5%. Read More
Insight Report | February 21, 2016 Premium US Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales: 4Q15 E-COMMERCE SALES GREW BY 11.2% IN 4Q15In the fourth quarter of 2015, US online retail sales (excluding auction sites, event tickets and nonretail travel) made via desktops and mobile devices rose by 11.2% year over year, to $88.1 billion, according to comScore. Read More
Insight Report | February 3, 2016 Premium Amazon Planning Expansion into Brick-and-Mortar StoresIndustry sources stated that Amazon intends to open as many as 400 stores. Read More
Company Earnings Update | January 28, 2016 Register for Free Access Amazon (AMZN) Fourth-Quarter 2015 Results: Earnings Disappoint as Heavy Spending ContinuesAmazon reported EPS of $1.00 for the fourth quarter of 2015, well below the consensus estimate of $1.55. Higher fulfillment expenses and technology and content expenses weighed on profits. Read More
Company Earnings Update | December 16, 2015 Register for Free Access CVS Pharmacy Analyst Day TakeawaysCVS Health held an Analyst Day in New York today. In attendance from the company were President and CEO Larry Merlo, EVP and CFO Dave Denton, President of CVS/caremark Jon Roberts, EVP of CVS/Specialty Pharmacy Alan Lotvin, President of CVS/pharmacy Helena Foulkes and President of Omnicare Rocky Kraft. Read More
Company Earnings Update | December 8, 2015 Register for Free Access The Home Depot 2015 Investor & Analyst Conference TakeawaysGrowth and productivity were the key themes running through Home Depot’s Investor and Analyst Conference on December 8, 2015. Read More
Flash Report | October 28, 2015 Register for Free Access Walgreens to Acquire Rite Aid in $17.2 Billion DealTuesday, Oct. 27, after the market close, Walgreens Boots Alliance announced an agreement to acquire smaller drugstore chain Rite Aid for $9.4 billion in cash, offering $9 per share in cash, which represents a 48% premium to Rite Aid’s closing price of $6.08 on Monday.Including debt, the deal is valued at $17.2 billion, the company said. Read More
Flash Report | October 15, 2015 Register for Free Access Alibaba Launches Singles’ Day Global Shopping FestivalOn October 13, Alibaba Group launched its 2015 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in its Hangzhou headquarters in China. Read More
Event Presentation | October 14, 2015 Premium Top Ideas on Global Retail and TechFBIC TOP 20 RETAIL & TECH TRENDS 1. Ecommercification: More Convenient Payment 2. In-Store Shopping Becomes More Purposeful 3. Webrooming 4. Increasingly Personalized Shopping 5. At-Home Beauty Devices Limit Salon Visits 6. Geofencing and Beacons Enable Location-based Marketing Read More
Event Presentation | August 26, 2015 Premium Doing Business in China$1.63 billion in sales are made in the first 38 minutes • 42.6% of sales are made via mobile devices • The first domestic order is delivered in 15 minutes • The first cross-border order is delivered in 2 hours • In 2014, Alibaba offered an 11.11 shopping festival to global shoppers Read More
Insight Report | July 20, 2015 Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #4: Moment of the truth… recap“Thank you to the hundreds of thousands of new members who signed up on Prime Day, and our tens of millions of existing members for making our first ever Prime Day a huge success,” said Greg Greeley, Vice President of Amazon Prime, at the conclusion of Amazon’s inaugural Prime Day 24-hour super sale. Read More
Insight Report | July 15, 2015 Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #3: AS THE DAY comes to the end…FBIC’s global team has been tracking Amazon Prime Day and its “lighting deals” around the clock today. Since midnight PDT, FBIC team members in Hong Kong, the UK and the US have been following Amazon’s global sites, social media outlets and media responses. Read More
Insight Report | July 15, 2015 Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #2: AS THE DAY GOES ON…FBIC Global Retail & Technology is tracking Amazon Prime Day live. The sales event is a global shopping day exclusively for Amazon Prime members who have been promised new deals every 10 minutes through the day on July 15. Read More
Insight Report | July 15, 2015 Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #1: Launch UpdateThere was certainly a lot of hype surrounding the launch of Amazon’s Prime Day, the big online sales day that the company announced on July 6 and which we previewed in our “Amazon Prime Day” report on July 14. Read More
