Reasons to Read

On March 27, 2022, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of Shoptalk 2022’s “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 15 early-stage US retail-technology innovators compete to win the Shark’s Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this free report, we present Via.Delivery, a retail-technology platform for online order delivery and pickup through retail chains.

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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Dick’s Sporting Goods and Foot Locker are both heavyweights in the US sporting goods specialty retail sector. As part of our Head-to-Head series, we compare the key metrics and business strategies of the two companies: revenue growth, key strategies, business expansion, technology initiatives, digital enhancements to business operations, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.

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In this report, we assess US retail traffic in February 2022, covering the following:

  • Weekly shopper traffic trends
  • Traffic by retailer vertical
  • Regional traffic trends
  • Traffic by retailer location type

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. Click here to view our full collection of monthly reports.

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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Luxury brands have been gravitating toward the direct-to-consumer (DTC) model for years, and the pandemic has boosted this shift, putting the wholesale model in a fix.

We discuss four key questions to explore the DTC model in luxury:

  • Why should luxury brands opt for a DTC model?
  • How should brands keep up with DTC trends?
  • When is wholesale more feasible than DTC?
  • What else can brands do?

Interested in luxury retail? Read Coresight Research’s recent coverage of global luxury department stores and luxury in the metaverse.

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Introduction

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

To DTC or Not To DTC: Coresight Research Analysis

Why Should Luxury Brands Opt for a DTC Model?

How Should Luxury Brands Keep Up with DTC Trends?

When Is Wholesale More Feasible than DTC?

What Else Can Brands Do?

The Rise of Digitally Native Luxury DTC Brands

What We Think

 

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Coresight Research’s March 7, 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 shoppers are buying online and in-store
  • What consumers are doing and where they are going—including avoidance of public places
  • 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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On March 27, 2022, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of Shoptalk 2022’s “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 15 early-stage US retail-technology innovators compete to win the Shark’s Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this free report, we present Ownit, a SaaS (software-as-a-service) platform providing one-click checkout capabilities to brands and 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 4, 2022, Kroger hosted its 2022 Business Update event in Orlando, Florida. We present key insights from the event, outlining Kroger’s strategies to bolster its fresh food category, elevate its customer experience and accelerate digital growth and profitability.

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The Coresight Research Playbook series provides recommendations for brands, retailers and marketplaces seeking to tap growth segments and emerging trends.

Coresight Research has identified the expanding metaverse as a key trend to watch in retail and a component trend of Coresight Research’s RESET framework for change.

In this Playbook, we present four key strategies for retailers to begin capitalizing on the benefits of metaverse-related technologies. We discuss notable recent examples of each strategy as well as key considerations and potential use cases.

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Introduction

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

Strategies for Retailers To Monetize the Metaverse: A Playbook

  1. Build AR/VR Advertising Campaigns in Virtual Worlds
  2. Create an Immersive Experience for Customers
  3. Create Virtual Idols and Partner with Real-World Influencers
  4. Release Products Through NFTs

What We Think

Implications for Retailers and Brands

About Coresight Research’s RESET Framework

 

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We present recent market developments in the metaverse, including key partnerships and investment activity. We also discuss three notable metaverse trends—namely, the development of Layer 2 solutions, NFT collections and community experiences.

This report is part of our Metaverse Latest series, which provides regular updates on metaverse developments globally, showing how key players and new entrants are seizing opportunities in the space. In this report, we present developments as of March 8, 2022.

Read the previous report in the series, which covers the land-grabbing craze, the rise of virtual influencer marketing and the emergence of technology-driven meta beauty.

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

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On March 27, 2022, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of Shoptalk 2022’s “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 15 early-stage US retail-technology innovators compete to win the Shark’s Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this free report, we present Sayollo, a retail-technology company that provides a platform for advertising and selling in mobile video games.

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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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 competition in prestige beauty among major US retailers.

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

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Reasons to Read

On March 27, 2022, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of Shoptalk 2022’s “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 15 early-stage US retail-technology innovators compete to win the Shark’s Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this free report, we present Re/tell, a technology startup that helps e-commerce players expand into brick-and-mortar retail.

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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The Coresight Research team attended Kohl’s Investor Day on March 7, 2022. We present insights from the event, covering the company’s strategic plans for growth as well as its financial outlook. We cover the following key topics:

  • Expectations for the Sephora at Kohl’s shop-in-shop business
  • Aims to become the active lifestyle destination for the entire family
  • Intentions to open small-format and hyper-localized stores
  • Digital expansion

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Reasons to Read

On March 27, 2022, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will emcee and feature on the judging panel of Shoptalk 2022’s “Shark Reef” startup pitch competition, which will see 15 early-stage US retail-technology innovators compete to win the Shark’s Choice and Audience Choice awards.

In the lead-up to the event, we are profiling the participating innovators. In this free report, we present Humankind, a conversational commerce, SaaS (software-as-a-service) platform.

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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In Coresight Research’s Supply Chain Briefing series, we examine key challenges and developments on retail’s supply side and their implications for the retail environment.

In this report, we discuss the global impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on supply chains, including a tighter freight market, a jump in oil prices and rising commodity prices.

We also present FedEx’s new shipping container service designed to help ease US port congestion, plus other steps that supply chain stakeholders are taking to reduce or avoid future bottlenecks at US ports.

Click here to read the previous report in the series, in which we explore Omicron-led restrictions to the stabilization of ocean freight rates as well as steps that Amazon is taking to build US logistics capacity.

Click here to read more Coresight Research coverage of the retail supply chain.

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