Infographic | March 8, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This Week: Tech SpecialIn a tech-focused special this week, we spotlight the factors driving global tech layoffs, consumer attitudes to AI customer-service chatbots and hospitality businesses’ plans for AI/ML investment. Read More
Insight Report | March 7, 2024 Premium Data Dive: Global Tech Layoffs—Cyclical or Structural?We review data on layoffs in the global technology industry and pose the question of whether workforce reductions are cyclical, due to a slower economic cycle and a reaction to pandemic-era expansion, or structural, amid the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI). Read More
Infographic | March 1, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight Macy’s announced department store closures, US retail sales growth and US consumers’ inflation-impacted grocery shopping behaviors. Read More
Infographic | February 23, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight inflation’s impact on US consumer behavior, secondhand retail in China and The Body Shop’s UK store closures. Read More
Infographic | February 16, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight recently published sales data from Amazon and retail-technology trends to watch in 2024. Read More
Infographic | February 8, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight proprietary survey findings on US consumer behavior as well as recently announced store closures in the US. Read More
Infographic | February 2, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight key data points from leading indicators of US retail sales, proprietary survey data on US consumer sentiment and insights from NRF 2024. Read More
Analyst Corner | January 28, 2024 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: Fashion Retail’s Resilience in the Holiday SeasonThis week’s note, “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig,” discusses one theme from our research on the shape and scale of performance in retail during the holiday peak: the resilience of the apparel sector. Read More
Infographic | January 26, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight key data points on retail and foodservices sales growth in China during the Lunar New Year period, December UK retail sales growth and inflation’s impact on US consumers’ shopping behaviors. Read More
Insight Report | January 25, 2024 Premium Holiday 2023: UK Retail Wrap-Up—December Downturn Unlikely To Herald Renewed RetrenchmentWe assess recently reported retail sales metrics and trading updates from major retailers to offer our conclusions from peak-season trading and look ahead to the prospects for 2024. Read More
Infographic | January 19, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight key data points on 2023 store openings and closures—by sector and location—and our expanded technology coverage list, the Tech 25. Read More
Analyst Corner | January 14, 2024 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: Previewing NRF 2024—Retail’s Big ShowThis week’s note, “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig,” reveals six topics in retail that you can’t afford to miss at NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show, which is taking place in New York this week. Read More
Infographic | January 11, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight key data points on the five forces we expect to shape US retail in 2024; proprietary survey data on US consumer confidence; and Zulily’s declining revenues and closure—and the implications for retail. Read More
Infographic | January 5, 2024 Premium Three Data Points We’re Watching This WeekThis week, we spotlight key data points on US and UK store closures and openings; the outlook for the US mass merchandiser, warehouse club and discount store market; and US retail inventories. Read More
Analyst Corner | December 17, 2023 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: US Retail Bankruptcies Jump 10X in 2023This week’s note, “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig,” discusses the state of US retail bankruptcies in 2023 and the contributing factors behind a year-over-year increase in bankruptcy filings. Read More