Executive Summary

• For FY18, Debenhams reported a 2.7% decline in comparable sales at constant exchange rates, with a weak performance in its core UK market driving this decline.
• The company booked a £525 million charge for asset and goodwill impairment and onerous lease provisions, resulting in statutory pretax losses of £492 million.
• Even after stripping out these exceptional items, underlying EPS decreased by 65.6% year over year.
• Debenhams confirmed media speculation that it plans to shut 50 stores in the next three to five years.

Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2018 conference, which runs October 28–31 in Las Vegas. The team behind the Shoptalk retail and e-commerce conference founded this new event, which will cover the disruption of the grocery, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and related industries.

• The conference is expected to bring together 2,200 attendees and more than 150 speakers. Discussion topics will include the transformation of the retail industry, including convenience stores, supermarkets and e-commerce, and changes in the production and distribution of CPGs across multiple retail verticals. Additionally, the event will cover shifts in consumers’ shopping behavior and how they want to shop in the future in both brick-and-mortar and online formats.
• On October 28, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig will emcee a startup pitch competition featuring 12 innovative, early-stage technology companies that provide solutions to solve major problems in e-commerce, grocery retail, and/or the food or CPG sector. The participating startups are Adrich, Forager, IceCream Labs, IntraPosition, Locai Solutions, Nextuple, Observa, Packyge, Shelf.ai, Simplista, Tastry and Touchize.
• In this report, our last in a series of daily Countdown to Groceryshop 2018 reports, we profile Tastry, which offers grocers a simple, user-friendly, touchscreen-based guide to drinks that customers will enjoy, creating a virtual, in-store sommelier.

Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2018 conference, which runs October 28–31 in Las Vegas. The team behind the Shoptalk retail and e-commerce conference founded this new event, which will cover the disruption of the grocery, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and related industries.

• The conference is expected to bring together 2,200 attendees and more than 150 speakers. Discussion topics will include the transformation of the retail industry, including convenience stores, supermarkets and e-commerce, and changes in the production and distribution of CPGs across multiple retail verticals. Additionally, the event will cover shifts in consumers’ shopping behavior and how they want to shop in the future in both brick-and-mortar and online formats.
• On October 28, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig will emcee a startup pitch competition featuring 12 innovative, early-stage technology companies that provide solutions to solve major problems in e-commerce, grocery retail, and/or the food or CPG sector.The participating startups are Adrich, Forager, IceCream Labs, IntraPosition, Locai Solutions, Nextuple, Observa, Packyge, Shelf.ai, Simplista, Tastry and Touchize.
• In this report, our 11thin a series of daily Countdown to Groceryshop 2018 reports, we profile Nextuple, which integrates real-time data from stores, fulfillment systems and delivery providers to enable store operations staff to identify and mitigate potential inventory and on-time fulfillment risks.

Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2018 conference, which runs October 28–31in Las Vegas. The team behind the Shoptalk retail and e-commerce conference founded this new event, which will cover the disruption of the grocery, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and related industries.

• The conference is expected to bring together 1,000 attendees and more than 150 speakers. Discussion topics will include the transformation of the retail industry, including convenience stores, supermarkets and e-commerce, and changes in the production and distribution of CPGs across multiple retail verticals. Additionally, the event will cover shifts in consumers’ shopping behavior and how they want to shop in the future in both brick-and-mortar and online formats.
• On October 28, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig will emcee a startup pitch competition featuring 12 innovative, early-stage technology companies that provide solutions to solve major problems in e-commerce, grocery retail, and/or the food or CPG sector.The participating startups are Adrich, Forager, IceCreamLabs, IntraPosition, Locai Solutions, Nextuple, Observa, Packyge, Shelf.ai, Simplista, Tastry and Tochize.
• In this report, our eighth in a series of daily Countdown to Groceryshop 2018 reports, we profile Forager, whose digital procurement platform improves the way grocers, restaurants and institutions discover, select and order food from local independent farms and other suppliers.

Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2018 conference, which runs October 28–31 in Las Vegas. The team behind the Shoptalk retail and e-commerce conference founded this new event, which will cover the disruption of the grocery, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and related industries.

• The conference is expected to bring together 1,000 attendees and more than 150 speakers. Discussion topics will include the transformation of the retail industry, including convenience stores, supermarkets and e-commerce, and changes in the production and distribution of CPGs across multiple retail verticals. Additionally, the event will cover shifts in consumers’ shopping behavior and how they want to shop in the future in both brick-and-mortar and online formats.
• On October 28, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig will emcee a startup pitch competition featuring 12 innovative, early-stage technology companies that provide solutions to solve major problems in e-commerce, grocery retail, and/or the food or CPG sector. The participating startups are Adrich, Forager, IceCream Labs, IntraPosition, Locai Solutions, Nextuple, Observa, Packyge, Shelf.ai, Simplista, Tastry and Touchize.
• In this report, our ninth in a series of daily Countdown to Groceryshop 2018 reports, we profile Touchize, which enables shoppers to add items to their online cart through an innovative, mobile-optimized, swipe-based user interface. The company’s clients can deploy this technology on mobile websites, digital circulars or via other promotions.

Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2018 conference, which runs October 28–31in Las Vegas. The team behind the Shoptalk retail and e-commerce conference founded this new event, which will cover the disruption of the grocery, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and related industries.

• The conference is expected to bring together 1,000 attendees and more than 150 speakers. Discussion topics will include the transformation of the retail industry, including convenience stores, supermarkets and e-commerce, and changes in the production and distribution of CPGs across multiple retail verticals. Additionally, the event will cover shifts in consumers’ shopping behavior and how they want to shop in the future in both brick-and-mortar and online formats.
• On October 28, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig will emcee a startup pitch competition featuring 12 innovative, early-stage technology companies that provide solutions to solve major problems in e-commerce, grocery retail, and/or the food or CPG sector.The participating startups are Adrich, Forager, IceCream Labs, IntraPosition, Locai Solutions, Nextuple, Observa, Packyge, Shelf.ai, Simplista, Tastry and Touchize.
• In this report, our tenth in a series of daily Countdown to Groceryshop 2018 reports, we profile Simplista, which offers a software platform that speeds and automates the product-listing process for retailers in order to shorten the time it takes to get a new product on store shelves once a store buyer has discovered it.

Executive Summary

Alibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, also known as Double 11 or Singles’ Day, takes place on November 11 every year and it has become the world’s biggest 24-hour online sale.This report series covers the various shopping festivals and developments in New Retail that are taking place in the lead up to this event.

• Alibaba officially launched this year’s Double 11 Global Shopping Festival on October 19. All the businesses in Alibaba’s ecosystem will participate in the event.
• Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Lazada will join the event for the first time to offer the largest discounts of the year to its customers in six countries.
• “New Retail” is again one of the keywords for this year’s Double 11, since its first participation in the event in 2017. Alibaba’s Hema supermarkets will turn themselves into 11.11-themed stores to offer fun shopping experiences to customers.

Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2018 conference, which runs October 28–31 in Las Vegas. The team behind the Shoptalk retail and e-commerce conference founded this new event, which will cover the disruption of the grocery, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and related industries.

• The conference is expected to bring together 1,000 attendees and more than 150 speakers. Discussion topics will include the transformation of the retail industry, including convenience stores, supermarkets and e-commerce, and changes in the production and distribution of CPGs across multiple retail verticals. Additionally, the event will cover shifts in consumers’ shopping behavior and how they want to shop in the future in both brick-and-mortar and online formats.
• On October 28, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig will emcee a startup pitch competition featuring 12 innovative, early-stage technology companies that provide solutions to solve major problems in e-commerce, grocery retail, and/or the food or CPG sector. The participating startups are Adrich, Forager, IceCream Labs, IntraPosition, Locai Solutions, Nextuple, Observa, Packyge, Shelf.ai, Simplista, Tastry and Tochize.
• In this report, our sixth in a series of daily Countdown to Groceryshop 2018 reports, we profile Forager, whose digital procurement platform improves the way grocers, restaurants and institutions discover, select and order food from local independent farms and other suppliers.

Executive Summary

Hermès launched its Chinese e-commerce website on October 17, according to Chinese luxury news site Jing Daily.

• The new site features a wide assortment of ready-to-wear men’s and women’s apparel as well as accessories and handbags.
• The launch follows the company’s September announcement that it planned to open its 25th store in China, in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, as it pursues Chinese luxury shoppers in their own country.
• Chinese shoppers account for a significant proportion of growth in the global luxury goods sector.

Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2018 conference, which runs October 28–31in Las Vegas. The team behind the Shoptalk retail and e-commerce conference founded this new event, which will cover the disruption of the grocery, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and related industries.

• The conference is expected to bring together 1,000 attendees and more than 150 speakers. Discussion topics will include the transformation of the retail industry, including convenience stores, supermarkets and e-commerce, and changes in the production and distribution of CPGs across multiple retail verticals. Additionally, the event will cover shifts in consumers’ shopping behavior and how they want to shop in the future in both brick-and-mortar and online formats.
• On October 28, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig will emcee a startup pitch competition featuring 12 innovative, early-stage technology companies that provide solutions to solve major problems in e-commerce, grocery retail, and/or the food or CPG sector. The participating startups are Adrich, Forager, IceCream Labs, IntraPosition, Locai Solutions, Nextuple, Observa, Packyge, Shelf.ai, Simplista, Tastry and Tochize.
• In this report, our eighth in a series of daily Countdown to Groceryshop 2018 reports, we profile IntraPosition, which helps shoppers navigate stores by leveraging ultra-wide band wireless technology for highly accurate location tracking. The company’s infrastructure also helps retailers fulfill online orders more efficiently in stores and provides granular analytics data.

Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team will be attending and participating in the Groceryshop 2018 conference, which runs October 28–31in Las Vegas. The team behind the Shoptalk retail and e-commerce conference founded this new event, which will cover the disruption of the grocery, consumer packaged goods (CPG) and related industries.

• The conference is expected to bring together 1,000 attendees and more than 150 speakers. Discussion topics will include the transformation of the retail industry, including convenience stores, supermarkets and e-commerce, and changes in the production and distribution of CPGs across multiple retail verticals. Additionally, the event will cover shifts in consumers’ shopping behavior and how they want to shop in the future in both brick-and-mortar and online formats.
• On October 28, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig will emcee a startup pitch competition featuring 12 innovative, early-stage technology companies that provide solutions to solve major problems in e-commerce, grocery retail, and/or the food or CPG sector. The participating startups are Adrich, Forager, IceCream Labs, IntraPosition, Locai Solutions, Nextuple, Observa, Packyge, Shelf.ai, Simplista, Tastry and Tochize.
• In this report, our seventh in a series of daily Countdown to Groceryshop 2018 reports, we profile Observa, which uses machine learning and its mobile app to direct either client company employees or Observa’s own crowdsourced panel to gather real-time data on what’s happening in retailers’ stores and, more specifically, on their shelves.