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In this report, we assess US retail traffic in August 2021, 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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  • In the US, major off-price retailers Burlington Stores, Nordstrom (through its Nordstrom Rack banner), Ross Stores (Ross Dress for Less and dd’s Discounts) and The TJX Companies (which includes US banners T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Sierra, HomeGoods and Homesense) have been aggressively growing their physical store footprints and show no signs of slowing.
  • In fiscal 2021, the four major retailers plan to open a combined total of 203 stores in the off-price sector. Each retailer has expanded its store portfolios consistently in recent years, at a combined CAGR of 5.0% since fiscal 2010. This is notable given physical store closures over the past 10 years in other retail sectors such as department stores and specialty stores.

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Coresight Research’s September 6 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 charts the impacts of the Labor Day holiday weekend on consumer behavior, covering the following:

  • What consumers are doing and where they are going
  • Consumers’ 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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The Coresight Research and IRI monthly US CPG Sales Tracker provides our data-driven insights into online sales trends in the US CPG industry—covering the product categories of food & beverage; health & beauty; and general merchandise & homecare.

In this free report, we present five key insights into the four weeks ended August 8, 2021, across the following metrics:

  • Year-over-year growth of CPG e-commerce sales versus growth in total CPG sales, as well as growth from two years prior
  • Online sales growth by category type
  • Breakdown of online sales by category
  • Online sales growth of food & beverage departments
  • Online sales growth of nonfood departments such as beauty and homecare

Click here to read more reports in our US CPG Sales Tracker series.

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In our New Retail in China series, we review the latest trends in New Retail, with a focus on major digital platforms and multichannel retail companies in China. We offer insights into recent news, with a focus on digitalization and strategic collaborations.

This month, highlights include global luxury and apparel brands opening flagship stores on JD.com, Alibaba’s partnership with the Hainan province government and ByteDance’s investment in brand management company Hangzhou Weinian.

The appendix details the last 12 months of New Retail developments in China.

Click here to read the previous report in the New Retail in China series, which details Alibaba’s plans for 10 new Freshippo X stores by the end of 2021, JD.com and Louis Vuitton’s new joint shopping model and the newly announced memorandum of understanding between Tencent Cloud and Japanese cosmetics company Premier Anti-Aging.

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Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research discusses Interconnectedness of Retailer Operations​ and the Estimated Financial Impacts and Benefits.

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As the US off-price sector becomes increasingly competitive, we discuss how major retailers are looking to drive growth across the physical and digital channels, considering brick-and-mortar expansion over the past 10 years, store productivity, trends in physical retail and digital growth.

This report covers Burlington Stores, Nordstrom Rack, Ross Stores (Ross Dress for Less and dd’s Discounts) and The TJX Companies (which includes US banners T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, Sierra, HomeGoods and Homesense).

Read Coresight Research’s Earnings Insights series for more management commentary at major US retailers as they report quarterly earnings.

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What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

Physical and Digital Strategies in Off-Price Retail: Coresight Research Analysis

Market Overview

Bullish Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

Store Productivity: Retail Sales per Square Foot in Fiscal 2020

Trends in Brick-and-Mortar Retail

Digital Growth

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  • Once a peer to Amazon, eBay has gradually become a relatively less significant player in US e-commerce. This relative decline has occurred alongside the growth in marketplace and resale formats, with rivals including Amazon capturing greater share as the overall marketplace space has grown.
  • eBay’s total US GMV has roughly flatlined over the past five years, and its underperformance equates to lost share of online retail sales—a 4.5-percentage-point attrition in channel share between 2016 and 2020, we calculate.

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With two months to go until Singles’ Day 2021, we explore the types of new products that may debut during the shopping festival this year, as well as initiatives by Chinese e-commerce platforms (namely, Alibaba and JD.com) to bring overseas product to the China market.

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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What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

Two Months to Singles’ Day: In Detail

Appealing to the Younger Generation: New Niche Products, Especially in the Beauty Sector

Overseas Retailers Target the China Market: New Products and Partnerships

Recent Product Innovations Likely To Feature in Singles’ Day Sales

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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 the repercussions of global supply chain fluctuations for retailers and consumers.

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

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We present a timeline of the US government stimulus released in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the implications for retail.

The timeline details the total relief and notable benefits to consumers provided by each round of stimulus. To further gauge the size of the stimulus, we chart direct payments to consumers against total retail sales and personal consumption expenditures in 2020.

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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 Giant Eagle, Primark, and Tory Burch in the US and Hamleys, Hobbycraft and Tapi in the UK.

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 2021 year to date, filterable by sector and year. Click here to view.

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Sustainability spans virtually every business and consumer touchpoint, but there are many misconceptions that lead to confusion among brands and retailers. In this report, we bust five myths about sustainability to help organizations understand the far-reaching concept as they embark on a sustainability strategy.

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What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

Busting Five Myths in Retail: Coresight Research Analysis

1. Sustainability Is Too Vast for Businesses To Comprehend and Address

2. Sustainability Does Not Positively Impact Profitability

3. Restaurants Are Responsible for the Bulk of Food Waste

4. Sustainability Considerations Are the Same Across All Channels 

5. Fashion Shoppers Cannot Make Sustainable Choices

Click here to read more Coresight Research coverage of sustainability in retail.

Access our EnCORE framework for sustainability here.

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Coresight Research’s EnCORE framework provides a model through which retailers can begin to internalize a sustainability strategy. To find out how to subscribe, click here.

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As part of Coresight Research’s Head-to-Head series, we compare H&M and Inditex (the owner of Zara), two of the biggest players in the global apparel specialty retail sector. We provide insights into five key elements of their businesses, including business model, financial metrics, distribution channels, environment, social and governance (ESG) goals, and technology innovation.

Click here to read the latest report in the series, Head-to-Head in Sportswear: Adidas vs. NIKE.

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What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

H&M vs. Inditex: A Deep Dive

Overview

1 Business Model: Fast-Fashion Positioning and Pricing and Promotion Strategies

2 Financial Metrics: Revenues, Profitability and Inventory Turnover Rates

3 Changing Course of Distribution: Shrinking Store Estates and Switching Focus to E-commerce

4 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiatives

5 Technology Innovations

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