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Our Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies in the UK. This week, we highlight store opening and closure news at Aldi, B&M, Bershka and Heron Foods, among others.

This report presents data up to week 23 of 2025, ended June 6, 2025.

Data in this research report include:

  • Week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the UK—2025 vs. 2024
  • Major UK store closures and openings—2025 and 2024

Companies mentioned in this report include: Aldi, B&M, Bershka, Heron Foods, IKEA, Victoria’s Secret

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

This week, we highlight the latest store opening and closure announcements from American Eagle, Signet Jewelers, Rite Aid, Ulta Beauty and others, as well as the announcement of a new CEO at Aldi US.

This report presents data up to week 23 of 2025, ended June 5, 2025.

Data in this research report include:

  • Week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the US—2025 vs. 2024
  • Major US store closures and openings—2025 and 2024
  • Major US retail bankruptcies—2025 and 2024

Companies mentioned in this report include: American Eagle Outfitters, Banana Republic, Bath & Body Works, New Rite Aid, Signet Jewelers, Ulta Beauty

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The Coresight Research and Circana monthly US CPG Sales Tracker provides our data-driven analysis of sales trends in the US CPG (consumer packaged goods) industry—covering the product categories of food & beverages, health & beauty, and general merchandise & homecare.

This report presents key insights for the four weeks ended May 18, 2025.

Data in this research report include:

  • CPG sales growth—e-commerce, in-store and in total
  • E-commerce and total CPG sales growth by category type
  • Food & beverages department breakdown by category: e-commerce and total sales growth
  • Nonfood department breakdown by category: e-commerce and total sales growth

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The Weekly US Consumer Sentiment infographic series from Coresight Research takes a regular temperature check on US consumer sentiment in the context of shifts in the macroeconomic landscape.

Data in this infographic are proprietary survey findings on:

  • US consumers’ expectations for the economy overall and for their own personal financial situation over the next 12 months
  • Sentiment trends by income (selected insights)

This week, we point to increases in economic and financial expectations, with the latter entering positive territory for the first time in three months. The latest data in this infographic are from our survey conducted on May 26, 2025.

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

This week, in addition to our usual weekly findings on consumer sentiment, activities and shopping patterns, we dive into findings on home (furnishings and furniture) and home-improvement shopping specifically. Uncover shopping rates, popular retailers and the most bought categories in these sectors.

The latest data in this report are from our survey conducted on May 26, 2025, with headline findings on Walmart’s gains in home-improvement shopper penetration. We also highlight improvements in consumers’ economic outlook and a positive turn in financial expectations.

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

  • Consumers’ expectations for the economy overall and for their own personal financial situation—plus, breakdowns of our findings by income
  • Whether consumers have bought home-furnishings and home-improvement products in the past three months
  • Popular retailers and product categories among home-furnishings and home-improvement shoppers
  • Where consumers have bought food and nonfood products from in the last two weeks
  • What consumers have bought in-store and online in the last two weeks
  • Activities that consumers have done in the past two weeks

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Amazon, Lowe’s, The Home Depot, Target, Walmart

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In May 2025, announced store closures by New Rite Aid, Office Depot and Smithland pushed the total amount of retail space to close in the US this year to over 100 million square feet, Coresight Research calculates.

Dive into US retailers’ latest store closure and opening announcements, as well as the square-footage impacts of these developments, with our monthly US Store Tracker Extra series. In this report, we offer insights into announced developments as of May 30, 2025.

Data in this report are:

  • Year-to-date (YTD) US store closures and openings estimates for 2025 and 2024, by retailer—total number of store closures/openings and their square-footage impact
  • US announced store closures and openings: week-by-week data for 2025 versus the comparable period in 2024
  • US retail bankruptcies, 2025 vs. 2024

Companies mentioned in this report include: Bob’s Discount Furniture, Boot Barn, New Rite Aid, Office Depot, Publix Super Markets, Smithland

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On June 4, 2025, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, presented on agentic AI (artificial intelligence) at the Executive Leadership Lunch at NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show APAC.

Where are we in the AI revolution? How should your business approach the launch of AI agents? Leveraging the Coresight Research CORE Framework for generative AI in retail and the STORE Framework for driving innovation, Weinswig answered these questions, uncovering the agentic AI opportunity and routes to its development.

This presentation draws on insights from The Agentic AI Playbook, a research report sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

  • Download the full Playbook here.

Companies mentioned in this presentation include: AWS, Google Cloud, Treasure Data, Vercel

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The Coresight Research STORE Framework is a tool for retail companies to identify and implement innovation in their enterprise. The framework helps guide decision-making in the adoption of next-generation technologies, from recognizing the opportunity to considering risks, resilience and ethics.

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Agentic AI (artificial intelligence) offers new, unparalleled capabilities for enterprises to leverage the power of multiple types of AI, such as ML (machine learning) and GenAI (generative AI), to optimize their workflows and drive profitability.

Why should your organization be an early adopter of agentic AI, and what must you consider to deploy the technology successfully? Leveraging the Coresight Research STORE Framework for driving innovation in retail, this Playbook provides a comprehensive guide to implementing and seizing the benefits of agentic AI.

Uncover our recommendations for businesses to adopt this transformative technology, from identifying the opportunity to considering risks, resilience and ethics. Stay at the forefront of AI innovation in the rapidly evolving retail landscape. Dive into our Playbook to gain actionable insights to redefine your retail strategy and unlock the full potential of AI.

Plus, discover key innovators and major tech vendors in the agentic AI space.

This report is made available to non-subscribers of Coresight Research through its sponsorship by Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud-computing service division of Amazon.com.

Data in this research report include:

  • Coresight Research projections—share of enterprise software applications with agentic AI, 2024–2029E

Companies mentioned in this report include: Alibaba, Amazon, Databricks, DeepSeek, Langflow, Microsoft, Nvidia, Salesforce, SAP, Snowflake, Tencent

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We present highlights from our eighth annual US Online Grocery Survey research report, which explores the purchasing patterns of online grocery shoppers, based on insights from over 2,000 US consumers.

In this infographic, we answer four key questions, using data from our latest survey:

  • Is e-commerce a popular channel for grocery shopping?
  • What fulfillment method do online grocery shoppers use most?
  • Which retailers are attracting online grocery shoppers?
  • Why will consumers buy grcoeries online over the next year?

As online grocery shopping has become the norm for many consumers, retailers must treat e-commerce as a primary channel, delivering a seamless, full-basket experience and finding sustainable ways to offset the high costs of delivery without alienating value-conscious shoppers.

Proprietary survey data in this infographic include:

  • Proportions of US shoppers who have bought and expect to buy groceries online, 2018–2025
  • Proportion of grocery shopping done online by online grocery shoppers, 2022–2025
  • The use of delivery versus collection as the primary fulfillment method in grocery e-commerce, 2022–2025
  • Top five popular online grocery retailers, 2023–2025
  • Grocery shoppers’ reasons for planning to shop online in the coming year

Companies mentioned in this infographic include: Amazon, Costco, Kroger,  Target, Walmart

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As online grocery shopping has become the norm for many consumers, retailers must treat e-commerce as a primary channel, delivering a seamless, full-basket experience and finding sustainable ways to offset the high costs of delivery without alienating value-conscious shoppers.

In our eighth annual US online grocery survey, we explore the purchasing patterns of online grocery shoppers, including their product choices, preferred retailers and fulfillment preferences. The basis of this report is our survey of 2,004 US consumers conducted in April 2025. The consistency of many of our survey questions enables us to build up trend data from our first survey, which we first ran in 2018.​

Proprietary survey data in this research report include:

  • Proportions of US shoppers who have bought and expect to buy groceries online, 2018–2025
  • Proportion of all grocery shopping done online by online grocery shoppers, 2018–2025
  • Most popular online grocery retailers, 2023–2025
  • Categories that online grocery shoppers have purchased, 2023–2025
  • Grocery shoppers’ reasons for planning to shop online in the coming year

Companies mentioned in this report include: Albertsons, Aldi, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Amazon, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Costco Wholesale, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, DoorDash, Grocery Outlet, Instacart, Kroger, Publix, Target, Walmart

Download the associated infographic of selected findings from this research report: US Online Grocery Survey 2025: Full-Basket Orders Increase as Delivery Retains Its Dominance—Infographic

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Did you miss May 2025 retail events such as World Retail Congress, ICSC Las Vegas and AAFA Global Supply Chain and Trade Conference? On June 2, 2025, the Coresight Research team shared our takeaways from these conferences in the latest Premium Subscriber Call, providing the insights you need to know for 2025 and beyond. 

From the evolving tariff landscape and sustainability tensions to the rise of AI (artificial intelligence) in supply chains and real estate, this presentation reveals the seismic shifts shaping 2025 and beyond. Get a front-row seat to what matters most: resilient retail, consumer behavior pivots and the next wave of tech-driven transformation. 

Plus, discover Coresight Research’s 10 predictions for the remainder of 2025, covering stagflation, private label and more.  

  • Premium subscribers can watch the on-demand webinar replay here. 

Featured speakers on the Coresight Research team: 

  • John Mercer, Head of Global Research 
  • John Harmon, Managing Director of Technology Research 

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What is the outlook for international visitor numbers, spending and spending at retail? We look at recent data and discuss the implications for the US economy.

Dive into trends and projections, and understand which sectors we believe will see the biggest impacts from changes in tourist spending this year.

Data in this research report include:

  • Year-over-year change in international visitors to the US, in total and from selected countries, by month—January 2024–April 2025
  • Estimated shopping spend by international visitors to the US in 2025

Companies mentioned in this report include: Avolta, International Trade Association, LVMH, World Travel & Tourism Council

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