Insight Report | October 10, 2019 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. Read More
Insight Report | October 9, 2019 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. Read More
Insight Report | October 8, 2019 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. Read More
Deep Dive | October 8, 2019 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. Read More
Insight Report | October 2, 2019 Premium Big Billion Days 2019: Highlights So Far from India’s E-Commerce FestivalFlipkart’s annual Big Billion Days (BBD) sales event and Amazon’s Great Indian Festival (GIF) kicked off on September 29, and are running for six days through October 4. Read More
Event Coverage | September 26, 2019 Register for Free Access Alibaba Investor Day 2019: Day 2 InsightsOn the 2019 Alibaba Inverstor Day 2, management provided financial updates and outlook, as well as how Alibaba’s digital ecosystem helps merchants to do business anywhere. Read More
Event Coverage | September 25, 2019 Register for Free Access Alibaba Investor Day 2019: Day 1 InsightsOn the 2019 Alibaba Investor Day 1, management team provided an overview of each business unit performance and its strategic plan to help merchants grow. Read More
Insight Report | September 25, 2019 Premium Big Billion Days 2019: Previewing India’s Annual E-Commerce FestivalFlipkart’s annual Big Billion Days (BBD) shopping festival kicks off September 29 and will run for six days this year, through October 4. Read More
Insight Report | September 24, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing: Tencent Develops New Credit Payment Product“New Retail” is a model for integrating online retail, offline retail and logistics across a single value chain powered by data and technology. In this biweekly series, we cover important developments in New Retail in China and beyond. Read More
Flash Report | September 24, 2019 Register for Free Access Walgreens and Alphabet’s Wing Aviation Launch Drone Delivery PilotWalgreens will become the first company in the US to offer drone delivery via a partnership with Alphabet-owned Wing Aviation. Read More
Deep Dive | September 19, 2019 Premium Buy Online, Return In Store: Assessing Strategies and Drivers of AdoptionIn this report, we explain the buy online, return in store (BORIS) model in detail and assess how some US retailers are using this service to enhance their omnichannel retailing. Read More
Flash Report | September 17, 2019 Register for Free Access Amazon Go Was Originally Forecast to Comprise 156 Stores with Sales of $639 Million in 2020, According to Leaked Company DocumentsAmazon documents from 2018 contain pertinent details about the company’s plans for its Amazon Go stores. Read More
Deep Dive | September 12, 2019 Premium Amazon Apparel UK: An Analysis of Almost 2 Million Product ListingsWith 1.9 million women’s and men’s clothing products listed, Amazon.co.uk almost certainly offers the UK’s biggest selection of apparel. Read More
Company Earnings Update | September 12, 2019 Register for Free Access RH (NYSE: RH) 2Q19 Results: Revenues Beat Consensus; Guidance RaisedRH reported 2Q19 revenues of $706.5 million, up 10.3% year over year and beating the $669.3 million consensus estimate. Read More
Event Coverage | September 10, 2019 Register for Free Access Alibaba’s Tmall Hosts Third Annual NYFW China Cool Day: A Fusion of Heritage and InnovationAlibaba hosted its 3rd NYFW China Cool Event. Emerging brands Songta and I-am-chen’s shows were bold while contemporary brands, Peacebird, Threegun and Rizhuo merged traditional with modern designs. Read More
