Infographic | May 10, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This Week: Store Closures, Last Mile and MoreFrom store closure announcements to consumers’ inflation perception and last-mile delivery costs, discover key data points we are watching in week 19 of 2024. Read More
Infographic | May 3, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This Week: Tech FocusThis week, we focus on retail technology. From self-checkout shrink rates to ML-based demand forecasting and the global RFID market, discover the key data points we are watching in week 18 of 2024. Read More
Infographic | April 26, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This Week: US Retail and Tech FocusFrom consumer views on the US economy to retail sales growth projections to consumer use of AI, discover the key data points we are watching in week 17 of 2024. Read More
Infographic | April 19, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekFrom consumer sentiment in the US and China to the impact of retail loyalty programs, explore the key data points we are watching in week 16 of 2024. Read More
Infographic | April 12, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekFrom healthcare spending to discount store closures to connected TV, discover the key data points we are watching in week 15 of 2024. Read More
Insight Report | April 12, 2024 Premium 99 Cents Only and Family Dollar Store Closures: Implications from Shopper Profiles and Store LocationsUS discount retailer 99 Cents Only plans to close all stores, while Dollar Tree, Inc. plans to close nearly 1,000 Family Dollar stores in the next several years. We review shopper profiles, store maps and store formats to assess the impacts and opportunities arising from these dollar-store closures. Read More
Infographic | April 5, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekFrom consumer shopping behavior on Amazon.com to Family Dollar store closures to the size of China’s retail market, discover the key data points we are watching in week 14 of 2024. Read More
Infographic | March 29, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This Week: US Retail FocusFrom retailers’ perspectives on pricing and promotion to consumer gifting preferences and projected US retail sales growth, discover the key data points we are watching in week 13 of 2024. Read More
Analyst Corner | March 24, 2024 Register for Free Access Analyst Corner: The Cyclical vs. the Structural in UK DIY Retail, with John MercerIn this week’s Analyst Corner, John Mercer, Head of Global Research and Managing Director of Data-Driven Research, presents our outlook on the UK DIY retail sector. Read More
Infographic | March 22, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekFrom Zalando’s European expansion plans to US food retailers’ unit sales growth and lessons to learn from Temu, discover the key data points we are watching in week 12 of 2024. Read More
Insight Report | March 21, 2024 Premium Zalando Strategy Update 2024: Now Targeting 15% of Europe’s Fashion MarketWe present insights from online fashion giant Zalando’s strategy update in March 2024. What are the company’s B2C and B2B strategies and 2028 targets? Read highlights from its management presentations to find out, and discover our take on the positioning of Zalando in Europe’s fashion market. Read More
Insight Report | March 21, 2024 Premium Data Dive: When Will US Grocery Unit Growth Turn Positive?US grocery retailing has seen unit volume sales decline almost continuously, year over year, since early 2021. In this Data Dive, we review recent data and commentary on grocery CPG unit volume sales and provide our expectations on when we are likely to see an inflection point in growth. Read More
Infographic | March 15, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekFrom the obesity economy to Dollar Tree store closures to China consumer survey insights, discover the key data points we are watching in week 11 of 2024. Read More
Insight Report | March 14, 2024 Premium Data Dive: The Global Obesity Economy—Shaped by the Spending of 1 Billion ConsumersWorldwide, 1 billion people are now obese, according to a new study in medical journal The Lancet. We review the findings from that study and offer quantification of various aspects of the global “obesity economy.” Read More
Analyst Corner | March 10, 2024 Register for Free Access Analyst Corner—A Budget for Retail? Reviewing the UK’s 2024 Finance Update with John MercerThis week’s Analyst Corner discusses the implications of the recently announced UK government budget—which includes tax cuts—for consumers and retail. John Mercer, Head of Global Research at Coresight Research, presents our outlook for UK retail. Read More