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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 year to date in 2021
  • What is happening in retail in the US and UK this week
  • Year-to-date 2021 major US and UK store openings and closures

This week, there are highlights from Clarks, Meijer and Whole Foods Market in the US and Bensons for Beds, Superdrug and Tommy Hilfiger in the UK.

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Complementing our weekly report, the Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2021 year to date, filterable by sector and year. Click here to view.

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This report is part of Coresight Research’s series of roundtable discussions and research reports, entitled The New Age of Customer-First Supply Chains, in which we present key insights into strategic areas in which brands and retailers can take action to build a resilient and profitable supply chain.

We explore how intelligent supply chains go beyond the concept of a simple “control tower” to include the automated analysis and management of emerging issues and tasks for ultimate supply chain visibility. We discuss the modern, technology-powered supply chain, the benefits of supply chain visibility and leading software vendors in the space.

Read our previous reports in the series, on the four pillars to building a resilient supply chain, intelligent demand forecasting and on-demand manufacturing, and customer-centric commercial collaboration.

Contents (Click to navigate)

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

Supply Chain Visibility: Coresight Research Analysis

The Technology-Powered Retail Supply Chain

Scope of Visibility

Beyond the Control Tower: Functions of an Intelligent Supply Chain

Benefits of Supply Chain Visibility for Retailers

Supporting Technologies

Supply Chain Visibility Software Vendors

What We Think

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Coresight Research’s Holiday 2021 coverage provides further analysis on the trajectory and trends that we expect to see in US holiday retail this year. In this report, our grocery analysts offer their insights into consumer spending, sales and key trends in the sector as we count down to the holiday peak.

Click here for all of our coverage of US holiday retail, including our holiday season sector outlooks for beauty, department stores and grocery.

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Coresight Research’s monthly Leading Indicators of US Retail Sales series tracks several major macroeconomic indicators and their likely effect on US retail sales. We analyze the latest available data, as of the end of September 2021. 

This report includes discussion of the following 10 indicators: 

  1. Unemployment rate 
  2. Labor force participation rate
  3. Disposable income
  4. Average hourly wages
  5. Consumer sentiment
  6. Saving rate
  7. Gas prices
  8. Interest rate
  9. Housing starts
  10. Home price index 

Click here to read the previous report in this series. 

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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We present a holiday 2021 outlook for the US department store sector, offering insights into consumer spending, retail sales and key trends in the sector. This report covers our expectations for outperforming product categories, recent performance highlights from major retailers and a discussion of pandemic-impacted e-commerce trends.

Click here to read our holiday outlook for the US apparel sector.

Look out for our holiday outlooks for the US beauty and grocery sectors in the coming days.

Click here for more Coresight Research coverage of US holiday retail.

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Our Three Things You Need To Know series provides free snapshots of Coresight Research data and findings. Subscribers can access the full research behind this graphic here. To find out how to subscribe, click here.

The penetration of e-commerce into the grocery space has lagged behind most other retail sectors, but the pandemic shook this status quo by fueling a dramatic acceleration in online grocery growth. We review the size and trajectory of the US grocery e-commerce market.

 

 

Our Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. Click here to see more Holiday Bites as well as our in-depth research reports on US holiday retail.

Our The 12 Weeks of Holidays 2021 series counts down to this year’s holiday peak with new thematic research each week. Click the image below to read our report on the hottest toys for the holiday season.

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As part of our E-Commerce Outlook series, we provide an overview of the grocery e-commerce market in the US an outlook for the sector moving forward.

We discuss market growth, the competitive landscape, retail innovators and themes we are watching in 2021 and beyond—covering consumers’ retention of pandemic-driven shopping habits, the impact of inflation, the expansion of superfast delivery and grocers’ retail media strategies.

Click here to read more reports in our Market Outlook and E-Commerce Outlook series.

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We present a holiday 2021 outlook for the US apparel sector, offering insights into consumer spending, retail sales and key trends in the sector.

Look out for our holiday outlooks for the US beauty, department store and grocery sectors in the coming days.

Click here for more Coresight Research coverage of US holiday retail.

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Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research and Kevin Reese, AI Applications N.A. Sales Leader, Consumer and Travel Markets, at IBM, discuss how AI/ML based platforms sort through the enormous amount of supply chain data and handle the minor issues automatically, only promoting those that require human intervention.

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Click here to read key insights from the event in our report.

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With just one month to go until Singles’ Day 2021, we explore how Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com have upgraded their logistics networks ahead of the shopping festival, covering global expansion, automation and sustainability initiatives.

Click here to read more about Singles’ Day 2021 as we count down to the event, as well as further Coresight Research coverage of past Singles’ Day events.

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Our The 12 Weeks of Holidays 2021 series counts down to this year’s holiday peak with new thematic research each week. In this report, we explore the hottest toys for the holiday season, covering the following:

  • Our expectations for US holiday 2021 toy sales
  • Supply chain challenges for the holiday season
  • The top toy trends for holiday 2021—influenced by the pandemic

The appendix includes this year’s top-toy lists from Amazon, Macy’s (partnered with Toys “R” Us), Target and Walmart.

Click here to read more Coresight Research coverage of US holiday retail.

Click here to access our US Holiday Retail 2021 Databank.

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Coresight Bites provide free snapshots of Coresight Research data and findings. Subscribers can access the full research here. To find out how to subscribe, click here.

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

Complementing our weekly report, the Coresight Research Retail Store Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2021 year to date, filterable by sector and year. Click here to view.

Click the image below to more about Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2021, Week 40: US Store Openings Cross 5,000, Still Ahead of Closures.

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As the holiday shopping season begins, consumers are returning to brick-and-mortar shops—though rising Covid-19 cases mean uncertainty remains. Coresight Research’s October 4, 2021, 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:     

  • A look ahead to consumers’ Halloween spending and activities  
  • What consumers are doing and where they are going—including avoidance of public places    
  • Which retailers consumers are buying from and what shoppers are buying online and in-store    

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.

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

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Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research discusses 10 Trends in US Retail​ for Consumers​ and Channels.

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