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Deep Dive | March 22, 2022 Premium

Inclusivity in Retail: Trends from 2021, Learnings for 2022

Inclusivity is one of the biggest movements retail today. We explore progress in 2021 and present our expectations for the development of inclusivity in retail in 2022, across areas such as adaptive products, gender-free and plus-size offerings, and the diversification of suppliers.

Insight Report | March 21, 2022 Premium

Building Blocks of the Metaverse: NFTs

The first report in our new Building Blocks of the Metaverse series explores the advantages, background and key details of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), as well as notable examples of NFTs in the retail metaverse.

Insight Report | March 21, 2022 Premium

January and February 2022 China Retail Sales: Chinese New Year Travel and Olympics Boost Sales; Lockdowns To Impact Growth

We present monthly data for retail sales in China showing that in January and February year-over-year sales growth accelerated while online sales decelerated. Our report analyzes retail sales in total and by sector.

Analyst Corner | March 20, 2022

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Weinswig’s Weekly: A Changing of the Guard at Marks & Spencer: Reviewing the UK Stalwart’s Turnaround

This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses the multiyear strategy of major UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) as it announces changes in its leadership.

Deep Dive | March 17, 2022 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: E-Commerce Fulfillment

As the pandemic-led e-commerce surge continues, brands and retailers must innovate in their online operations to handle inventory management, order fulfillment and returns challenges. We present selected startups globally with innovative e-commerce fulfillment solutions.

Insight Report | March 16, 2022 Premium

Livestreaming Latest, March 2022: Emerging Creators and the Metaverse Are Reshaping the Livestreaming Landscape

As part of our Livestreaming Latest series, we present recent M&A and investment activity as well as three notable trends in the global livestreaming space—namely, the rise of independent content creators, the rollout of regular livestream schedules, and brands’ efforts to capture live commerce opportunities in the metaverse. We also offer examples of recent livestreaming events from retail companies globally.

Deep Dive | March 15, 2022 Premium

Luxury Brands: To DTC or Not To DTC?

Luxury brands have been gravitating toward the direct-to-consumer (DTC) model for years, and the pandemic has boosted this shift, putting the wholesale model in a fix. In this report, we discuss the DTC model in luxury retail.

Deep Dive | March 14, 2022 Premium

Playbook: Strategies for Retailers To Monetize the Metaverse

In this Playbook, we present four key strategies for retailers to to begin capitalizing on the benefits of metaverse-related technologies. We discuss notable recent examples of each strategy as well as key considerations and potential use cases.

Insight Report | March 14, 2022 Premium

Metaverse Latest: Layer 2 Solutions, NFT Collections, Community Experiences

As part of our Metaverse Latest series, we present recent developments and three notable trends in the metaverse space—covering Layer 2 solutions, NFT collections and community experiences.

Analyst Corner | March 13, 2022

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Weinswig’s Weekly: Prestige Beauty Opportunity Heats Up Between Kohl’s, Target and Walmart

This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses competition in prestige beauty among major US retailers.

Insight Report | March 11, 2022 Premium

Supply Chain Briefing: Air Freight Market To Brace for Impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict as Oil and Commodity Prices Soar

As part of our Supply Chain Briefing series, we discuss the global impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on supply chains, including a tighter freight market, a jump in oil prices and rising commodity prices.
We also present FedEx’s new shipping container service.

Deep Dive | March 10, 2022 Premium

Sustainability in Sourcing: Greening Supply Chains Is More Critical Now Than Ever Before

We examine opportunities for greening in the retail supply chain, through the lens of Coresight Research’s proprietary environmental sustainability framework, EnCORE. We explore the challenges retailers could face in improving sustainability in sourcing and how they can resolve them.

Insight Report | March 10, 2022 Premium

Achieving Agility and Resilience in Sourcing: Five Strategies for Brands and Retailers

The pandemic and diplomatic tensions have brought about closer scrutiny of sourcing strategies in retail. Against the backdrop of supply chain disruption, we present five strategies for global brands and retailers to improve sourcing agility and resilience, covering speed to market, technologies, supplier partnerships and more.

Deep Dive | March 7, 2022 Premium

Global Luxury Department Stores: How Are They Evolving?

The pandemic provided luxury department stores with an opportunity to reinvent themselves. We present our outlook for the global sector’s recovery and explore five key ways in which luxury department stores are evolving to remain relevant.

Analyst Corner | March 6, 2022

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Weinswig’s Weekly: $5 Billion—Our Number of the Week in Retail

This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses why the figure $5 billion tells us where retail is headed.