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As US mass retail moves beyond the pandemic and toward a new set of challenges—including sky-high inflation and widespread supply chain disruptions—we present 10 trends in the industry to explore how retail players can best navigate the path ahead.

Want to learn more about trends to watch? Discover 10 key trends in the US CPG market.

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Introduction

10 Trends in US Mass Retail: Coresight Research Analysis

  1. Revamping Supply Chains To Address Inventory Imbalances
  2. Improving Wages and Benefits
  3. Proliferation of Private-Label Essentials
  4. The Rise of Retail Media
  5. Repurposing of Brick-and-Mortar Stores
  6. From Customer Loyalty to Customer Centricity
  7. Reimaging Stores and Store Formats
  8. The Diversification of Payment Methods
  9. Growth of Livestreaming
  10. Sustainability and Circularity

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Our weekly Earnings Insights reports feature highlights from recent management commentary from major US retailers within our Coresight 100 coverage list, as they report second-quarter 2022 earnings.

We condense what retail companies are reporting regarding the following key content:

  • Management commentary on demand trends in the second quarter (where reported)—including comparable sales growth, details on consumer demand by category or channel, and qualitative insights
  • How recent performance reflects the impacts of, or recovery from, the Covid-19 pandemic
  • The outlook for demand, as reflected in revenue guidance or more qualitative commentary

This week, there are highlights from companies that reported in the week ended August 7, 2022, across multiple sectors: apparel and footwear brand owners (Carter’s Inc., Crocs Inc., Gildan Activewear Inc. and Under Armour), beauty brands and retailers (L’Oréal S.A.), CPG (Clorox Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. and Procter & Gamble Company), drugstore retailers (CVS Health), e-commerce (Alibaba), food retailers (Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. and Weis Markets Inc.) and home and home-improvement retailers (Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. and Wayfair).

Click here to read Week 1 of the Earnings Insight 2Q22 series.

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Coresight Research’s August 1, 2022 survey provides a detailed update on US consumers’ behavior and expectations, with a focus on the implications for US retail.

This week’s US Consumer Tracker covers the following:

  • What consumers are doing and where they are going—including avoidance of public places
  • What shoppers are buying online and in-store
  • Which retailers consumers are buying from—for food and nonfood purchases

Complementing our weekly survey reports, our monthly US Consumer Tracker Extra series offers additional insight, including long-term consumer trends and a detailed analysis of where current patterns will lead in the coming months. Click here to view our full collection of US Consumer Tracker and US Consumer Tracker Extra reports

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Private labels (also known as “own brands” or “store brands”) are goods manufactured directly for—and sometimes by—a retailer and marketed under its brand identity, to varying degrees.

We explore five key trends in the US grocery private-label market and analyze data sourced from analytics firm IRI.

Interested in grocery retail? Learn more about strategies and performance at America’s biggest grocery retailers, Amazon Fresh’s push into physical retail and our US grocery Market Outlook.

For all Coresight Research coverage of grocery retailers, click here.

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What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

The Return of Grocery Private Labels: Coresight Research Analysis

  1. Grocery Private Labels Are Clawing Back Share
  2. Private Labels Gain Share in Inflation-Impacted Categories
  3. Private Labels Overindex in Fresh Categories
  4. Retailers Continue Expansion of Private-Label Portfolios
  5. Private-Label Share in the US To Increase as Discounters Expand

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We present four trends in the changing dynamics around food retail and foodservice in the US, using data sourced from national statistics and our proprietary surveys of US consumers.

Our insights cover the following:

  1. Total food spending—foodservice vs. food retail
  2. Inflation—food-at-home vs. food-away-from home
  3. The impacts of improved staffing levels and wage inflation for restaurants
  4. US consumer behavior—visiting restaurants vs. buying food in-store

Read more Coresight Research coverage of food, drug and mass retail.

Click here to view our full collection of US Consumer Tracker and US Consumer Tracker Extra survey reports.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) provides the crucial link between the virtual and real worlds. Devices fitted with IoT sensors that are connected to 5G networks can help brands and retailers recreate real-world locations in detail and providing immersive virtual experiences.

In this report, we explore IoT technology as it relates to the metaverse, covering its key components and the benefits of digital twins.

This report is part of our Building Blocks of the Metaverse series, which presents insights into the core technological components of the retail metaverse, including important details for retailers to know in establishing a presence and operating in the virtual space.

Read the previous report in the series, on payments.

Click here to read more Coresight Research coverage of the metaverse.

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The Coresight Research BEST framework provides a model through which retailers can implement a consumer-centric approach to physical and digital retail, covering brand building, experiences, services and technology integration.

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Coresight Research launched its proprietary BEST framework in 2019, helping retailers rethink their approach to physical retail via brand building, experiences, services and technology integration. Now, we relaunch our BEST framework to provide all players with a model through which they can achieve retail excellence by taking a consumer-centric approach to online and in-store retail.

In this report, we explore each aspect of the framework, with our insights supported by analysis of proprietary US consumer survey findings.

Our BEST framework is in line with Coresight Research’s RESET framework for change. That framework provides retailers with a model for adapting to a new world marked by consumer-centricity in 2022 and beyond.

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In each report in the Weinswig’s Weekly series, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig reflects on a topical theme in retail. This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses Amazon’s latest retail initiative—offering same-day deliveries on behalf of select brands, fulfilled from those retailers’ stores—and what this means for the company moving forward.

Each report also includes recent retail and technology headlines from Asia, Europe and the US.

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In this report, we offer our first look ahead to US retail’s 2022 holiday season.

We assess the potential impact of the following key factors:

  • Easing input cost pressures
  • Elevated inflation
  • Easing inventory and supply challenges versus last year
  • Wildcard factors including a “winter of experiences,” another Covid-19 wave and intensifying global tensions

Explore our wider coverage of US Holiday Retail.

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Our US Consumer Tracker Extra series offers a deeper dive into longer-term trends revealed by our proprietary survey data.

In this report, we focus on sustainability, which has captured the attention of consumers in recent years, particularly since the onset of the pandemic. We examine changing consumer behaviors as well as preferences for how retailers should address sustainability. We assess to what extent sustainability impacts where consumers shop for essentials vs. non-essentials, by income and age.

Click here to view our full collection of US Consumer Tracker weekly survey reports.

Premium subscribers can also access data from our weekly surveys in our US Consumer Tracker Databank.

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

  • A week-by-week comparison of store openings and closures in the US and UK in year-to-date 2022
  • What is happening in retail in the US and UK this week
  • 2021 and year-to-date 2022 major US and UK store openings, store closures and bankruptcies

This week, there are highlights from J.Crew in the US and Joules, Superdry and TK Maxx, among others, in the UK. We also discuss quarterly store opening and closure settlements following the release of quarterly company filings from Big 5 Sporting Goods, Boot Barn, Love’s Travel Stops, Murphy Express, Prada, Sheetz, Sleep Number and Steve Madden.

Click here to view our full collection of Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports.

Complementing our weekly report, the Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2022 year to date, filterable by sector and year.

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Our US Housing Market Indicators report offers the latest insights into the state of the US housing landscape. We cover nine recent metrics for the US market. This month’s report shows that demand is softening and all home sales declined.

Read our complete coverage of the home and home improvement sector here.

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  • Although it is not mainstream, fashion rental is an essential part of the apparel and footwear market, as many consumers seek out value options, both in terms of price and sustainability, while wanting to try different things without committing to purchases.
  • We expect the US fashion rental market to see strong growth in 2022.

Click the image below to read our full report on the US fashion rental market, including its growth, business models and major players, as well as opportunities for brands and retailers.

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Continuing our US Back-to-School 2022 series, we categories and clothing, accessories and footwear brands that US consumers look set to shop this back-to-school (BTS) season, leveraging findings from a proprietary survey of US consumers.

Our discussion covers the following key topics:

  • Top BTS categories—including shopping expectations by school level
  • Expectations to spend more versus less compared to last year, by category—with analysis by income group
  • Most popular apparel brands—overall and by school level

Our survey covered apparel brands such as Adidas, Champion, Fruit of the Loom, Old Navy and NIKE, as well as private labels from Target, Walmart and department stores.

Read more in our US Back-to-School 2022 series:

For more insights into consumer behaviors and expectations in US retail, click here to view our full collection of US Consumer Tracker and US Consumer Tracker Extra reports. Premium subscribers can also access data from our weekly surveys in our US Consumer Tracker Databank.

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