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Employees, in addition to inventory, are among the most valuable assets that a retailer possesses. HCM (human capital management) software aims to address specific challenges related to staff management that are unique to retail. In this report, we discuss these challenges and explore the functionality and leading vendors of HCM software.

This report is part of Coresight Research’s RetailTech series, in which we discuss leading retail technology companies and the products they offer. Click here to read the previous report in this series, which explores the modern supply chain and the software providers that are helping retailers ensure supply chain flexibility and resilience.

CONTENTS

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

HCM Software: A Deep Dive
Functions of HCM Software
HCM for Retail
HCM in the Age of Covid-19
Leading HCM Software Vendors
HCM Innovators
Other Vendors of HCM Solutions
Other HCM Topics

What We Think
Implications for Brands/Retailers
Implications for Technology Vendors

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In our quarterly US Retail Inventory Tracker reports, we analyze inventory trends among those US retailers listed in the Coresight 100.

We look at the inventory levels of various retailers in 3Q20 and assess why levels may have changed from the year-ago period, across the following sectors:

  • Apparel specialty retail—including American Eagle Outfitters and Burlington Stores
  • Department stores—including Kohl’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom
  • Food, drug and mass retail—including Target and Walmart
  • Home and home-improvement retail—including Home Depot and Lowe’s
  • Luxury retail—including Capri Holdings and Ralph Lauren
  • Beauty retail—Ulta Beauty

Click here to read the previous report in the series, which looks at 2Q20.

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Covid-19 has catalyzed the widespread adoption of online shopping in grocery, driving fundamental, lasting changes in consumer behavior. In this report, we provide an essential briefing on recent shifts in the US grocery e-commerce market and present an outlook for the future, with a focus on fulfillment and service models—including BOPIS and curbside pickup.

Click here to view more Coresight Research coverage of the impact of Covid-19 on retail.

CONTENTS

What’s the Story? 

Why It Matters 

US Online Food and Beverage Market Size and Growth 

Key Operating Models 

• Fulfillment Models 

• Centralized Fulfillment 

• Store-Based Fulfillment 

• Fulfillment Models: A Comparison 

• Service Models 

• Home delivery 

• BOPIS & Curbside Pickup 

• Fulfillment and Service Models Employed by Selected Retailers 

• Online Grocery Models: Profitability 

Major Themes Across the Market 

• Hyperlocal Delivery Services Capitalize on Grocers’ Need To Scale Online Quickly 

• Dark Stores: Growth amid the Pandemic and Future Prospects 

• Grocery Brands Jump Into DTC Fray 

What We Think 

• Implications for Brands/Retailers 

• Implications for Technology Vendors 

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We present Three Things You Need To Know on US CPG Sales Tracker: CPG E-Commerce Stays Strong. Find the full report here.

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Against the challenging coronavirus-impacted retail environment, Coresight Research’s analysts provide directional outlooks and sector headwinds and tailwinds for 2021. We discuss the trends and data points that we expect to see during the year ahead, covering 10 channels, sectors or markets, with a focus on the US.

Click here to view additional coverage of the impact of Covid-19 on retail, which includes Coresight Research’s proprietary US consumer survey findings.

CONTENTS

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

Macro Context and Outlook

US and China E-Commerce

US Food Retailers, Mass Merchandisers, Warehouse Clubs and Discount Stores

US Drugstores

US Apparel and Footwear Retailing

US Department Store Retailers

US Beauty Retail

US Home and Home-improvement Retailing

The Global Luxury Market

The Global Retail Technology Market

US Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Sector

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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 2020
  • What is happening in retail in the US and UK this week
  • Year-to-date 2020 major US and UK store openings and closures
  • 2021 major US and UK store closures and openings announced to date

This week, there are highlights from Pet Supplies and Shopko Optical in the US and LK Bennett in the UK. We also discuss quarterly store opening and closure settlements following the release of quarterly company filings this week.

Click here to view our full collection of Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Trackers.

Complementing our weekly report, the Coresight Research Retail Store Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2020 year to date, filterable by sector and year. Click here to view.

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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.

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

In this report, we present five key insights from the four weeks ended November 29, 2020, across the following metrics:

  • Year-over-year growth of CPG e-commerce sales versus growth in total CPG sales, as well as online penetration rates in food and nonfood CPG
  • 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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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 2020
  • What is happening in retail in the US and UK this week
  • Year-to-date 2020 major US and UK store openings and closures
  • 2021 major US and UK store closures and openings announced to date

This week, there are highlights from Guitar Center, NIKE and rue21 in the US and Arcadia Group, Debenhams, Flannels and Gap in the UK. We also discuss quarterly store opening and closure settlements following the release of quarterly company filings this week.

Click here to view our full collection of Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Trackers.

Complementing our weekly Tracker report, the Coresight Research Retail Store Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2020 year to date, filterable by sector and year. Click here to view.

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  • A substantial proportion of US consumers expect their total, final holiday spending to be lower than last year. However, some 48% expect their total holiday spending to be less than last year, down five percentage points from 53% last month, due to fewer consumers planning to spend a lot less.
  • Encouragingly, some 15% expect to spend more for the holiday season than last year, up seven percentage points from last month—the highest level we have seen in our weekly surveys since we started asking this question in July.

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On December 16, 2020, Coresight Research hosted a Coresight Connect webinar to introduce our global retail trend predictions for 2021, as the retail industry seeks to understand the post-crisis future for consumer behavior and as many hard-hit retailers look for growth opportunities.
This presentation covers the following topics:
  • The prospects for high-growth retail channels, from livestreaming to online grocery
  • The coming shifts in logistics, new retail models and brick-and-mortar retail
  • Emerging category opportunities, from adaptive apparel to CBD
  • The multiyear consumer shifts underlying expected developments in 2021

Click HERE to watch the video recording of this webinar.

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This report details the results of our sixth annual survey of Chinese overseas tourists’ travel, spending behavior and preferences, against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We expect the impact of the pandemic to continue to impact travel into 2021, with 72.2% of Chinese tourists reporting that the pandemic will change how they travel after 2020. Our proprietary analysis of Chinese tourists’ travel intentions and attitudes, including how they expect the pandemic to change their travel decisions, destinations and spending, informs retailers globally in preparing for the year ahead.

CONTENTS

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

Survey Methodology

Chinese Outbound Tourists Survey 2020

Key Survey Findings

The Impact of Covid-19

Spending and Shopping on Future Trips

Looking Back on Recent Trips

What We Think

Implications for Brands/Retailers

Click here to read our Chinese outbound tourist survey from 2019.

 

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This report offers analysis of the third-quarter 2020 earnings of Coresight 100 companies mostly based in the US. We assess the recent performance of selected retailers, brands, e-commerce platforms and REITs in terms of revenues, earnings per share and comps, considering consensus estimates and year-over-year changes.

We discuss companies across a number of sectors:

  • Apparel and footwear brand owners—Guess?, Hanesbrands, NIKE, PVH Corp. and VF Corporation
  • Apparel specialty retailers—American Eagle Outfitters, Burlington Stores, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Foot Locker, L Brands, Lululemon Athletica, Ross Stores, The Gap Inc., The TJX Companies and Urban Outfitters
  • Online apparel retailers—Stitch Fix
  • Beauty brands and retailers—Coty, Estée Lauder and Ulta Beauty
  • Department stores—Kohl’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom
  • E-commerce platforms—Alibaba, Amazon, eBay, Farfetch, JD.com and The RealReal
  • Electronics retailers—Best Buy
  • Food, drug and mass retailers—Big Lots, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Costco, CVS Health, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Five Below, Grocery Outlet, Kroger, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Target, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Walmart
  • Home and home-improvement retailers—Lowe’s, RH, The Home Depot, Tractor Supply, Wayfair and Williams-Sonoma
  • Luxury companies—Canada Goose, Capri Holdings, Ralph Lauren, Tapestry and Tiffany & Co.
  • REITs—Brookfield Property Partners, Macerich Company, Simon Property Group, Taubman Centers and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Click here to read the 2Q20 US Earnings Season Wrap-Up.

In addition, Coresight Research’s monthly reports keep you up to date on US and UK retail sales, US retail traffic and in-store metrics and key global consumer indicators.

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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