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We consider a number of major macroeconomic indicators and their likely effect on UK retail sales. We include our proprietary projections for year-over-year retail sales growth, month by month.

This report is part of our Data Dive series, in which each report offers an essential briefing on topical, need-to-know data.

Data in this report include:

  • UK actual retail sales versus model predicted sales (year-over-year changes)
  • UK average weekly earnings and unemployment rate, December 2021–December 2022
  • Consumer sentiment index, January 2021–January 2023
  • UK automotive fuel prices
  • UK House Price Index

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The US consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector is experiencing several strong headwinds, including inflation, higher input costs and rapidly changing consumer demand. Inflationary pressures and consumer fears of an economic slowdown have already resulted in lower consumer confidence and reduced basket sizes, impacting CPG sales.

We look at five key strategies that CPG companies can adopt to remain resilient through this period of economic uncertainty.

Data in this report include:

  • US CPG market size and year-over-year change for 2017 through 2026 (estimated)
  • Price per unit across prominent US CPG categories and year-over-year changes for 2022 and early 2023
  • Unit sales for prominent US CPG categories and year-over-year changes for 2022 and early 2023
  • Proprietary Coresight Research survey data on how respondents who have observed inflation have changed, or expect to change, their grocery shopping habits

Companies mentioned in this report include: Clorox, Colgate-Palmolive Company, The Procter & Gamble Company, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Unilever

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Each year, the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) reports tax return filings and refunds on a weekly basis. This year, the filing deadline is on April 18. Continuing our US Tax Tracker series, we look at what has happened in the 2023 tax-filing season so far, as of March 3, 2023.

Data in this report include:

  • Number of returns filed and processed, and total and average refunds returned to date
  • Total annual refunds disbursed, 2015–2023YTD

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Coresight Research is a research partner of Shoptalk 2023. On March 26, 2023, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of the “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 12 early-stage innovators compete to win the Judges’ Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this report, we present Tolstoy, an end-to-end video–commerce platform that enables brands to increase sales and shopper engagement by adding shoppable, interactive video to their digital surfaces.

This report forms part of our Innovator Profile series, which focuses on emerging technologies that are disrupting traditional retail and fueling innovation across the retail value chain.

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On March 10, 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation took possession of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), citing insufficient solvency and liquidity. We assess the key reasons behind SVB’s collapse and analyze its impacts across industries globally.

Data in this report include:

  • SVB key metrics, including market capitalization, total assets and total loans
  • SVB Financial Group’s financial metrics for the last five reported quarters

Companies mentioned in this report include: Andie Swim, Circle, Etsy, Roblox, Roku

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We explore how dresswear, smart-casual and occasion-based apparel in the US will fare after a year of strong demand revival. We present category growth projections, insights into market factors, proprietary survey findings on consumer spending, and more.

Data in this report include:

  • Market size and growth of selected US apparel categories, 2018–2027E
  • US inflation rate in the apparel and footwear sector (consumer price index)
  • Survey findings—proportions of US consumers who purchased dresswear in the past three months or will purchase in the next three months; and categories they purchased/will purchase
  • US apparel, footwear and apparel accessories revenues of selected brands and retailers

Companies mentioned in this report include: Amazon, Capri Holdings, Guess?, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Tapestry, Target, Walmart

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Our Three Things You Need To Know series provides free snapshots of Coresight Research data and findings.

This graphic presents selected insights on CVS Health (CVS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), the top retailers in the US drugstore sector.

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CVS and WBA offer a wide variety of medicines and other products. As part of the Coresight Research Head-to-Head series, we provide analysis of the companies’ revenues, financial performances and key strategies.

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We analyze the retail implications of this year’s National People’s Congress, China’s annual legislative meeting, which took place March 5–13, 2023 in Beijing.

Data in this report include:

  • Year-over-year growth for China’s GDP from 2013 through 2023 (estimated)
  • Specific economic targets announced during the 2023 National People’s Congress
  • The value of China’s digital economy and its share of the country’s GDP in 2021

Companies mentioned in this report include: Alibaba, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Tencent and Xiaohongshu

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Coresight Research is a research partner of Shoptalk 2023. On March 26, 2023, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of the “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 12 early-stage innovators compete to win the Judges’ Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this report, we present Nibble, an AI (artificial intelligence) chatbot for e-commerce retailers that lets customers negotiate personalized prices on desired products or services.

This report forms part of our Innovator Profile series, which focuses on emerging technologies that are disrupting traditional retail and fueling innovation across the retail value chain.

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

Data in this report are:

  • Total China retail sales year-over-year growth from January 2022 to February 2023
  • China retail sales year-over-year growth by sector for November 2022, December 2022 and January and February 2023
  • China online retail sales as a proportion of total retail sales from January 2022 to February 2023

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  • Coresight Research’s 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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As consumer demand for convenience and speed in the last mile grows, we discuss the innovative delivery initiatives of leading US retailers Target and Walmart—covering drones, sortation centers and more.

We present key developments for each initiative and the impacts for the wider retail industry.

Companies mentioned in this report include: DroneUp, Salesforce, Shipt, Target, Walmart

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The Coresight Research weekly US Consumer Tracker 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 March 13, 2023.

Data in this report are our latest proprietary survey findings and four-week changes for:

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

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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Coresight Research is a research partner of Shoptalk 2023. On March 26, 2023, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of the “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 12 early-stage innovators compete to win the Judges’ Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this report, we present Seer, a content creation, communication and sales platform for retailers.

This report forms part of our Innovator Profile series, which focuses on emerging technologies that are disrupting traditional retail and fueling innovation across the retail value chain.

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On March 8, 2023, Microsoft held its annual Ability Summit, which attracted more than 20,000 attendees and featured discussions on the importance of inclusivity and how to use technology and policy to expand opportunities for persons with disabilities.

We present key insights from the event on these topics and more.

Companies mentioned in this report include: Google, Haleon, Microsoft, Shapeways and Tommy Hilfiger

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Coresight Research is a research partner of Shoptalk 2023. On March 26, 2023, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of the “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 12 early-stage innovators compete to win the Judges’ Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this report, we present Drop, a social commerce platform that enables enterprise brands and retailers to engage with and sell products to their social media followers directly through Instagram Direct Message.

This report forms part of our Innovator Profile series, which focuses on emerging technologies that are disrupting traditional retail and fueling innovation across the retail value chain.

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