Reasons to Read

In this report, we present recent market developments and discuss four trends in the livestreaming space, including in-stream purchasing, sector expansion and live events by cultural institutions.

We also offer examples of recent livestreaming events from retail companies globally, with highlights from Lidl, LG Electronics, Longaberger and more, as well as developments on social platforms Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

This report is part of our Livestreaming Latest series, which provides regular updates on the variety of approaches in livestreaming e-commerce that are emerging around the world, across different retail sectors. Click here to read the previous report in the series, which covers personalization and community building.

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us

Reasons to Read

With the rise in e-commerce amid pandemic-led disruption, the transformation of the department store model will be pivotal to the future success of the sector. In this report, we discuss the backdrop of the digital era as a key influencer in the transformation of department stores and explore five key trends that are integral to the future of the sector:

  1. Experimental formats
  2. Specialized stores
  3. Endless aisle inventory
  4. New partnership models
  5. Stores as fulfillment hubs

For more on US department stores, read our Market Outlook and our Head-to-Head: Kohls’ vs Macy’s reports.

Contents (Click to navigate)

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

The Future of the Department Store in the US

  1. Experimental Formats
  2. Specialized Stores: Assortment, Categories and Value
  3. Endless Aisle Inventory: Online Expansion
  4. New Partnership Models: Less Inventory Held Through New Models
  5. Stores as Fulfillment Hubs To Increase Efficiency and Reduce Shipping Costs

What We Think

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us

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.

  • The Coresight Research US Consumer Tracker provides a detailed update on US consumers’ behaviors, concerns and expectations, with a focus on the implications for retail.
  • Our latest weekly consumer survey, conducted on June 7, 2021, found that more than half of consumers plan to spend for Independence Day on July 4—most commonly on dining and drinking out as well as on retail purchases.
  • Click the image below to access our findings from the latest weekly survey.

Reasons to Read

Coresight Research’s June 7 survey provides a detailed update on US consumers’ behaviors and expectations, with a focus on the implications for US retail.

Our US Consumer Tracker  covers the following:

  • Consumers’ plans for Independence Day this year—including how they expect to spend and celebrate
  • What consumers are doing and where they are going—including avoidance of public places
  • What consumers are buying and which retailers they are buying from

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

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us

Reasons to Read

With the recent surge in e-commerce and a consumer reluctance to visit physical stores due to pandemic-related safety concerns, brands and retailers need to rethink how they can entice consumers back to brick-and-mortar locations in a post-crisis world. To do this, we are seeing the global beauty industry launch innovative store formats and turn to technology to offer convenience, increase sales and drive consumer excitement.

This free report is brought to you in partnership with CEW—conversation leaders in the beauty industry and community. Our joint insights highlight select examples of innovations in beauty store formats globally—including from L’Oréal, MAC Cosmetics, Shiseido, Tom Ford and more.

Non-subscribers can access the report by completing the form on this page.

Click here to read the previous Coresight Research x CEW report, which explores how beauty brands are embracing technologies such as AI, AR and VR to engage with consumers online and offer them a more personalized beauty shopping experience.

Contents

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

How Beauty Brands and Retailers Reimagine Their Stores

Digitally Infused Stores—Leveraging Technology To Enhance the Shopping Experience

Immersive Stores—Engaging and Building a Connection with Consumers

What We Think

Implications for Brands/Retailers

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us

Reasons to Read

The Coresight Research 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 May 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. Savings 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.

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us

Reasons to Read

There has been a significant rise in retail and consumer goods initial public offerings (IPOs) in the US and the UK in 2020 and the first half of 2021. We explore the opportunities and challenges facing private retailers and brand owners seeking to enter public markets via IPOs.

This report includes discussion of the following:

  • IPO trends in retail in the US and the UK in recent years, and key reasons for the strong rise in retail-focused IPOs
  • The retail areas witnessing the highest number of IPOs and our insights on future prospects
  • The aftermarket performance of recently completed retail-focused IPOs
  • Opportunities and challenges for private retailers seeking to enter the public market via IPOs
  • Noteworthy retail-focused IPO developments in the pipeline for 2021—and our insights into why the future of IPOs in retail is booming for 2021 and beyond

Contents

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

The US

The UK

IPOs in Retail: Deep Dive

Key Retail Sectors for IPOs

Aftermarket Performance of Recently Completed Retail-Focused IPOs

Upcoming Noteworthy Retail and Consumer Goods IPOs

Key Considerations for Private Retailers Entering the Public Market Via IPOs

Five Key Insights into the Future Prospects of Retail-Focused IPOs

What We Think

Implications for Retailers and Brand Owners

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us

Reasons to Read

Our weekly Earnings Insights reports feature highlights from recent management commentary at major US retailers within our Coresight 100 coverage list, as they report first-quarter 2021 earnings.

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

  • Management commentary on demand trends in the first 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 June 13, 2021—namely, RH and Stitch Fix.

Click here to read Earnings Insights 1Q21, Week 4  and here to read our wrap-up report for 4Q20.

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us

Reasons to Read

On May 19, 2021, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, presented at the Bucharest Tech Week event. In this report, we offer key insights from the presentation, in which Weinswig discussed China’s e-commerce growth and Coresight Research’s 10 key trends in the market for 2021—including livestreaming, shopping festivals, community group buying and more.

Click here for further insights into our 10 key trends for Chinese e-commerce in 2021.

Click here to read our 2021 Retail and Technology Outlook, in which Coresight Research’s analysts provide directional outlooks and sector headwinds and tailwinds for 2021 across 10 channels, sectors or markets.

This report is available for free and can be accessed by registering for a free account.

Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account.

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.

  • The US retail industry is in an era of unprecedented disruption and transformation. Following a large number of bankruptcy filings by traditional retailers in 2018 and 2019, retail failures have continued apace in 2020 and year-to-date 2021.
  • It is therefore increasingly important for retailers to understand updates to the US Bankruptcy Code—including the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) and the Small Business Reorganization Act (SBRA).
  • Click the image below to read our report on updated US bankruptcy laws and their impact on retail bankruptcy outcomes. We also provide a review of 2020 and year-to-date 2021 retail bankruptcies.

Reasons to Read

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 opportunities for malls to become platforms for their retail tenants amid a recovery in demand at US shopping centers.

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

This report is available for free and can be accessed by registering for a free account.

Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account.

Reasons to Read

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 99 Ranch, Hibbett Sports, Hudson and QuickChek in the US and for Gap, IKEA, MaxiSaver and The Range in the UK. We also discuss quarterly store opening and closure settlements following the release of quarterly company filings this week—including from At Home, Five Below and Lululemon.

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.

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us

Reasons to Read

With five months to go until Singles’ Day 2021, we discuss the popular Chinese social media apps that can enable brands and retailers to increase brand awareness and ultimately drive sales during the festival.

We break down our discussion of marketing platforms into two categories:

  • Livestreaming—Taobao Live, Douyin and Kuaishou
  • Content marketing—Taobao Guangguang, Little Red Book and Weibo

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.

You are currently viewing a preview of this report.

Please select an access option to view the full report. Hide Options -

Get unlimited access to all our research with one of our subscription plans.

View Subscription Plans
or

Contact us to purchase this report.

Contact us
  • The Coresight Research US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker provides a monthly update on the trajectory of consumer spending on beauty, clothing and footwear. Data are sourced from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
  • 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.

Click the image to read more about the topic.

Reasons to Read

On May 18, 2021, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, hosted an online event in conjunction with Prevedere, a predictive analytics company that provides real-time insights to companies.

Weinswig and Rich Wagner, CEO and Founder of Prevedere, explored the consumer packaged goods (CPG) landscape in the US, including the use of technology-enabled demand forecasting and personalization. We present key insights from the event.

Click here to watch the on-demand webinar of this event.

This report is available for free and can be accessed by registering for a free account.

For more about this topic, read our separate deep dive, 10 Trends in US CPG. This report is sponsored by Prevedere and is available for free. It covers artificial intelligence, machine learning, sustainability, demand forecasting, digital shelf optimization and more.

Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account.

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:wght@300;400;700&display=swap'); #pf-body { font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4rem; } #pf-body h2, #pf-body h2 a, #pf-body h5, #pf-body h5 a { color: #ed1f2c; margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 22px; line-height: 24px; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; } #pf-body h6 { font-size: 8px; font-style: italic; } #pf-body .copyright { margin-bottom: -30px; margin-top: 20px; } #pf-src, #pf-body .red-key-icon, #pf-body .coresight-meta-right, #pf-body .dataTables_paginate, #pf-body #qm-panels, #pf-body .coresight-category-tag, #pf-body #pf-date, #pf-body #pf-author, #pf-body .cli-privacy-overview, #pf-body .cli-tab-section, #pf-body div[id^="highcharts-screen-reader-region-before-"], #pf-body div[id^="highcharts-screen-reader-region-after-"], #pf-body .highcharts-contextmenu, #pf-body .highcharts-exporting-group { display: none; } #pf-body .wp-caption-text, #pf-body .tr-caption, #pf-body .caption-text { text-align: left; line-height: 1.3; font-size: 12px; } #pf-body .csr-footer-pdf-box { background-color: #ddd; margin-top: 20px; padding: 20px; text-align: center; } #pf-body .csr-footer-pdf-box p, #pf-body .csr-contributors-section p { margin-bottom: 0; } #pf-body .csr-contributors-section { margin-top: 20px; } #pf-body .key_points p { margin-bottom: 0; } #pf-body .csr-watermark { position: fixed; bottom: -20px; right: 5px; margin: 5px auto; opacity: .3; text-align: center; } #pf-body ul { padding-left: 1rem; margin-bottom: 10px; } #pf-body ul li:first-child:last-child { list-style: initial; } #pf-body table { border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; font-size:10px; } #pf-body tr { border-bottom: none; } #pf-body th, #pf-body td { border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; border-right: 1px solid #e5e5e5; line-height: 1.3; padding: 5px; } #pf-body td { vertical-align:top; } .pf-app-inner.d-flex.flex-column { flex:0 !important; } #pf-body .coresight-executive-summary-section { background-color: #f2f2f2; padding: 1px 15px; margin-left: -10px; margin-right: -10px; }