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The Coresight Research US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker provides a monthly update on the trajectory of consumer spending on beauty, clothing and footwear. Our latest report covers spending from August 2023, showing that clothing and footwear spending increased by 2.9% year over year.

Data in this report include:

  • US consumer spending on clothing and footwear year-over-year percentage change, August 2022–August 2023
  • US consumer spending on clothing by category year-over-year percentage change, August 2022–August 2023
  • US consumer spending on footwear year-over-year percentage change, August 2022–August 2023
  • US consumer spending on selected beauty categories year-over-year percentage change, August 2022–August 2023

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Each report in the Weinswig’s Weekly series reflects on a topical theme in retail. We also highlight our key research from the past week and upcoming reports to look out for, so you don’t miss out.

Retail media networks (RMNs) provide a high-margin, alternative revenue stream for retailers and allow brand advertisers to leverage the power of a retailer’s first-party data to reach target shoppers.

The US retail media market, already in the solid double-digit billions, will grow nearly 20% and account for a high-teen percentage of brand advertisers’ budgets in 2023, Coresight Research estimates.

From the desk of Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, we discuss how companies can unlock the true potential of retail media, with highlights from a recent proprietary survey of brand advertisers in the CPG sector.

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Our Monthly Consumer Update analyzes key consumer indicators from the US, the UK and China. In this report, we examine the latest data as of September 26, 2023, covering inflation, earnings, retail sales and more.

Data in this research report are: 

  • Average weekly earnings versus consumer prices in the US and the UK
  • Per capita disposable income versus consumer prices in China
  • Consumer prices for food at home and gasoline (automotive fuel) in the US, the UK and China
  • Total retail sales (ex. automobiles and automotive fuel) in US, the UK and China

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  • The Coresight Research US Retail Sales Databank brings together retail sales data to help you understand the scale and trajectory of US retail.
  • Our full collection of monthly reports keep you up to date on retail sales (in total and by sector) and key consumer indicators, focusing on the US, the UK and China
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The Coresight Research monthly US Consumer Survey Insights Extra series offers a more detailed or specific take on trends and data from our weekly surveys of US consumers.

In this report, we examine how US consumers expect to spend for the major retail events of 4Q23, as well as reviewing consumer behavior during Amazon’s Prime Day.

We also include results from our weekly survey questions through September 18 aggregated in four-week increments over the past seven months,  increasing the sample size of each period from about 400 to about 1,600.

Data in this research report are our proprietary survey data on:

  • Consumers’ expectations vs actual shopping behavior for Amazon’s Prime Day 2023, broken down by category
  • Consumers’ spending expectations for Singles’ Day and Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, 2022 vs 2023 and by category
  • Consumers’ spending and activity expectations for Halloween and the holiday season overall, 2022 vs 2023 and by category
  • Aggregated monthly data on activities, avoidance, online and in-store shopping, and food and nonfood retailers consumers shopped with, March–September 2023

Companies mentioned in this report include: Aldi, Amazon, Albertsons, Ahold Delhaize, Costco, Dollar General, Dollar Tree/Family Dollar, Kohl’s, Kroger, Macy’s, Target, Walmart

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Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies.

Data in this research report include:

  • 2023 week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the US and the UK
  • 2022 week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the US and the UK
  • 2023 major US store closures and openings
  • 2023 major UK store closures and openings

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Target, Next

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Complementing our weekly reports, the Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2023 year to date, filterable by sector and year—now including retailer-level data.

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The monthly Coresight Research Leading Indicators of US Retail Sales series tracks several major macroeconomic indicators and their likely effect on US retail sales. This report analyzes the latest available data as of September 24, 2023.

Data in this research report include:

  • Proprietary Coresight Research projections for retail sales growth by month for the next 12 months
  • US actual retail sales versus model predicted sales
  • US unemployment rate and labor force participation rate
  • US average hourly wages for all private-sector employees
  • US annualized real disposable income per capita

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We analyze China’s retail sales for August 2023, in total and by sector, as well as online retail sales and penetration.

Data in this research report are:

  • Year-over-year changes in China total retail sales (ex. food service; incl. automobiles and gasoline) for the past 13 months
  • Year-over-year changes in retail sales by sector—June, July and August 2023
  • Online retail sales as a proportion of total retail sales for the past 13 months

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Using data from RetailNext, we analyze US retail traffic and in-store metrics in August 2023, in total and by sector, region and location type.

Data in this report include:

  • Year-over-year changes in US store-based traffic and sales for the past 13 months
  • Year-over-year changes in US store-based nonfood retail metrics for the past 13 months—including conversion, ATV, shopper yield and average unit retail
  • Year-over-year changes in US retail traffic for selected industry verticals, for the past 13 months

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  • Our monthly reports keep you up to date on retail sales (in total and by sector) and key consumer indicators, focusing on China, the UK and the US.
  • Complementing our monthly reports, the Coresight Research US Retail Sales Databank brings together retail sales data to help you understand the scale and trajectory of US retail.
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We highlight our latest thinking on the prospects for US holiday retailing, as of September 2023.

Data in this research report include:

  • Consumer survey data—expectations around personal financial circumstances compared to the 2022 holiday season
  • Recent trends in, and impacts of, inflation
  • How consumers are spending—recent retail sales growth

Other relevant research:

  • Holiday 2023: Early US Retail Outlook
  • All Coresight Research coverage of US holiday retail
  • Our full series of US Consumer Survey Insights and US Consumer Survey Insights Extra reports
  • Coresight Research monthly reports keep you up to date on retail sales (in total and by sector) and key consumer indicators, focusing on China, the UK and the US. Click here to view our full collection of monthly reports.
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We present a six-month follow-up on the growth of online marketplace Temu in the US, with analysis of the views of US consumers regarding the platform based on recent, proprietary survey findings.

The appendix of this report includes recent key developments regarding Temu.

Data in this research report include:

  • Global cross-border market size, 2021–2025E
  • PDD Holdings’ sales and marketing expenses, 2021–2023
  • Whether or not US consumers are familiar with Temu—overall and breakdown by age group
  • How consumers who are familiar with Temu discovered the platform and whether or not they would purchase a product on Temu
  • Concerns that consumers have about buying from Temu

Companies mentioned in this report include: AliExpress, PDD Holdings, Shein, Temu, Wish

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The Coresight Research weekly US Consumer Survey Insights (formerly US Consumer Tracker) series takes a regular temperature check on US consumers’ behaviors and sentiment, based on exclusive proprietary survey data.

In this report, we present findings from our survey conducted on September 18, 2023.

Data in this research report are our latest proprietary survey findings on:

  • Which retailers consumers have bought food and nonfood products from in the last two weeks
  • What products consumers have bought in-store and online in the last two weeks
  • Activities that consumers have done in the past two weeks
  • Avoidance of public places, by type of public place—latest data and four-week PPT changes

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Aldi, Amazon, Albertsons, Ahold Delhaize, Costco, Dollar General, Dollar Tree/Family Dollar, Kohl’s, Kroger, Macy’s, Target, Walmart

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Using data from the Office for National Statistics, we analyze UK retail sales in August 2023, in total and by sector.

Data in this report are:

  • Year-over-year changes in UK total retail sales (excluding automotive fuel) for the past 13 months
  • Year-over-year changes in retail sales by sector, June–August 2023
  • Year-over-year changes in online retail sales for the past 13 months

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Our monthly reports keep you up to date on retail sales (in total and by sector) and key consumer indicators, focusing on China, the UK and the US.

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The Coresight Research weekly China Consumer Survey Insights series (formerly China Consumer Tracker)  takes a regular temperature check on Chinese consumers’ behaviors and sentiment, based on exclusive proprietary survey data.

In this research report, we present findings from our survey conducted on September 11, 2023.

Data in this research report are:

  • Activities that consumers have done in the past two weeks
  • Avoidance of public places, by type of public place—latest data and one-and four-week PPT changes
  • What products consumers have bought in-store and online in the last two weeks
  • Expectations for economic conditions and personal finances in the next 12 months
  • A timeline of selected Covid-19 policy changes in China

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Retail 2023: 10 Trends in China E-Commerce

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The Generative AI Latest series provides regular updates on generative AI (artificial intelligence) developments globally—from retailers, governments, and platform and solution providers.

Learn about key trends in the space; topics in this report include the EU’s new Digital Services Act, the ways conversational AI is reshaping retail customer service, and new solutions announced at VMware Explore 2023.

Companies mentioned in this report include: Alibaba Cloud, Baidu, Google, Gupshup, Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI

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Each report in the Weinswig’s Weekly series reflects on a topical theme in retail. We also highlight our key research from the past week and upcoming reports to look out for, so you don’t miss out.

That’s a wrap on Groceryshop 2023! As a research partner of the event, Coresight Research provided detailed, daily coverage of key sessions, keynotes and the “Shark Reef” Startup Pitch competition. We heard insights from industry leaders spanning all things grocery retail, from consumer expectations to generative AI.

From the desk of Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, we discuss highlights from the Startup Pitch and the conference overall, including what we heard from the CEOs of Kroger and Ahold Delhaize USA.

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