Deep Dive | August 27, 2020 Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: Personalization in RetailWe continue our Retail-Tech Landscape report series, which spotlights innovative technology companies that are disrupting the retail industry. This landscape focuses on technology companies whose solutions can support retailers in providing a consistent, seamless and personalized experience to their customers—which has become more important than ever in light of the Covid-19 crisis. Our landscape infographic summarizes these companies. Read More
Deep Dive | August 26, 2020 Premium Retail Innovators: E-Commerce PlatformsThe Coresight Research Retail Innovators series examines how key players and startups are disrupting different retail sectors. In this report, we focus on six innovators in the global e-commerce market: Fanjoy, Huckberry, Mia.com, Simsim, Springlane and Yunji. We discuss these industry players in the context of changing consumer behavior and the influence of social commerce. Read More
Deep Dive | August 25, 2020 Premium Retail Reimagined: Coresight Research EbookIn Coresight Research’s Retail Reimagined ebook, we offer a thematic outlook to the post-crisis world, exploring eight key retail trends in how brands and retailers can engage with consumers (e.g., gamification, social media), adopt innovative ways of selling (e.g., livestreaming, community group buying, shopping festivals, contact-light retail) and deliver products in an efficient way. Read More
Analyst Corner | August 23, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: US Retail Plans for Late Back-to-School Spending but an Early Holiday SeasonThis week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses the coronavirus-led delay to the back-to-school season for US retail, as well as the pull-forward of peak holiday demand. Read More
Deep Dive | August 18, 2020 Premium Retail Innovators: Apparel TechnologiesThe Coresight Research Retail Innovators series examines how key players and startups are disrupting different retail sectors. In this report, we focus on five innovators in the apparel market: 3DLOOK, Obsess, Bold Metrics, Unmade and Myant. We discuss these industry players in the context of the technological innovations they are using to meet changing consumer demand in the apparel sector, including the influence of e-commerce and a heightened emphasis on remote and virtual services, as well as sustainability. Read More
Analyst Corner | August 16, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: What Simon Said—The State of Retail REITsThis week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses the state of the retail real-estate sector—with second-quarter data from Simon Property Group, one of the industry’s largest real-estate investment trusts. Read More
Insight Report | August 13, 2020 Premium Reshaping Supply Chains for the 2020s: #4—Smarter and Greener WarehousingIn our Reshaping Supply Chains for the 2020s series, we analyze the technologies and trends that are enabling the evolution of the supply chain. In this report, we discuss changes in retail warehousing needs and how technology solutions are helping to meet demand and optimize operations. Read More
Analyst Corner | August 9, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: Up, Up, Up! Retail Sales Rise Year over Year in the US, the UK and GermanyThis week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses rising retail sales in the US, the UK and Germany. Read More
Deep Dive | August 5, 2020 Free Report Measuring the Value of Retail Data Sharing and AnalyticsWe discuss the processes, opportunities and challenges in retailers and vendors sharing inventory and point-of-sale data. We highlight key findings from interviews with suppliers and vendors, as well as a Coresight Research survey of such companies, to examine the benefits of, and best practices for, data sharing. Read More
Event Coverage | August 4, 2020 Register for Free Access Cross-Border E-Commerce with Tommy Kelly, eShopWorld: How Brands Can Successfully Launch InternationallyOn July 30, 2020, Coresight Research hosted Tommy Kelly, Founder and CEO of global e-commerce platform eShopWorld, in a webinar to discuss the importance of cross-border e-commerce and the ways in which brands can successfully launch internationally. We present key insights from the webinar. Read More
Analyst Corner | August 2, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: August 2, 2020—Recent Retailer Bankruptcies Are Sparking Mergers and AcquisitionsThis week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses recent retailer bankruptcy filings—and explores why these filings do not have to mark the end of the road for retailers and businesses. Read More
Insight Report | July 30, 2020 Free Report Coresight Research x CEW: Beauty Insights—Spectacular Retail Drives Beauty Growth in ChinaThe Chinese beauty market is the second largest in the world behind the US, and it is growing at a rapid rate—fueled by e-commerce and social and digital technologies. Together with CEW, we highlight China’s spectacular retail model in beauty, which blends engaging strategies with technologies and optimizes digital marketing and shopping formats with an AI-enabled supply chain. Read More
Company Profile | July 28, 2020 Premium Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE: KTB) Company ProfileKontoor Brands is a US-based retailer of denim, apparel and accessories. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the company operates in more than 65 countries. Read More
Deep Dive | July 28, 2020 Free Report Innovator Intelligence: Decoding Customer Data To Redefine Success in Category ManagementAs part of our Innovator Intelligence series, we discuss key trends impacting retail category management and how retailers and manufacturers can leverage technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to become more shopper-centric. We also explore Centricity, an analytics company that leverages AI and machine learning to understand changing shopper demand in real time. Read More
Analyst Corner | July 26, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: July 26, 2020—Holiday 2020 Won‘t Be the Same, or Will It?This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the holiday season in the US this year. Read More