July 7, 2022 Deep Dive Premium Playbook: Digitalization for Faster, Closer and More Sustainable SourcingIn this Playbook, we present five key pandemic-led sourcing trends and the strategies retailers and brands globally can use to overcome sourcing hurdles, driving efficiencies in their supply chain. We cover digitalization, acquisitions, sustainability and more.
July 6, 2022 Insight Report Premium Amazon Fresh—Unlocking the Potential of Physical Stores in GroceryAmazon Fresh stores are central to Amazon’s multiyear efforts to forge a solid brick-and-mortar presence in grocery—intensifying competition within the industry and reshaping urban commercial real estate scenes.
July 6, 2022 Insight Report Premium RetailTech: Warehouse Management Platforms—Enhancing the Central Nervous System of the Supply ChainWarehouses form the central nervous system of the supply chain, connecting supply and demand. We discuss the functional areas of warehouse management platforms, enabling technologies (such as artificial intelligence and robotics) and leading warehouse management software solution providers.
July 6, 2022 Store Tracker Databank Members US Store Tracker Extra, June 2022: New Retail Space To Outpace Closed Retail Space by 2X in 2022The US Store Tracker Extra monthly series offers insight into retailers’ store closure and opening announcements. We include details on closures and openings as a percentage of total store base as well as square-footage impact. This report also offers a comparison between year-to-date announced closures and openings, as of June 24, 2022, versus the comparable period in 2021.
July 5, 2022 Insight Report Premium Reducing GHG Emissions in Retailers’ Supply Chains: The Beginning of a Long Journey to SustainabilityUS corporations are facing growing pressure from the government and stakeholders to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through their supply chains. We discuss how 10 US retailers with global supply chains (selected from the Coresight 100) are responding—covering net-zero goals, science-based targets and more.
July 5, 2022 Deep Dive Databank Members US Consumer Tracker: The Summer of Travel Rages OnUS consumers continue to travel more. Our US Consumer Tracker survey analysis presents a detailed update on US consumers’ behavior and expectations, with a focus on the implications for US retail.
July 4, 2022 Insight Report Premium 1Q22 US Retail Inventory Tracker: Discretionary Weakness Drives Inventory SurgeOur quarterly US Retail Inventory Tracker analyzes inventory trends among US retailers listed in the Coresight 100. In this report, we look at the inventory levels of various retailers in 1Q22 and assess how and why levels are changing. This quarter, overall inventory turnover rates decreased slightly year over year.
July 4, 2022 Deep Dive Premium US Back to School 2022: Retail Outlook—Here’s What Shoppers Say They Will DoAs we move into peak summer ahead of the new school year, we present our outlook for the US back-to-school (BTS) retail season. We contextualize our overall expectations with macroeconomic data and findings from a proprietary survey of US consumers.
July 4, 2022 Insight Report Premium Building Blocks of the Metaverse: PaymentsAs part of our Building Blocks of the Metaverse series, we explore digital payments in the metaverse, covering the underlying technologies as well as payment solutions and channels. Our discussion covers blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, digital wallets, crypto payment gateways and more.
July 4, 2022 Insight Report Premium Apparel Brands and Retailers Increase Capital Expenditures, Focusing on Supply Chain and StoresWe explore capital expenditures by apparel brands and retailers in 2022, identifying key investment areas among selected companies in the Coresight 100.
July 4, 2022 Deep Dive Premium 10 Trends in Global Apparel and Footwear RetailIn our report on 10 trends in global apparel and footwear retail, we cover long-term trends such as sustainability and more nascent trends including the metaverse and innovations in apparel physical stores.
July 3, 2022 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: BNPL—Bubble Now Popping Loudly?This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses the state of the BNPL (buy now pay later) industry.
July 1, 2022 Infographic Register for Free Access Luxury Market Outlook—Regional Market Sizes and Factors: InfographicOur Market Outlooks for luxury retail in the US, Asia and Europe examine the scale, composition and trajectory of the regional markets, as well as key themes we are watching. We present our key findings on market sizes and growth factors in this free infographic.
July 1, 2022 Store Tracker Databank Members Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2022, Week 26: US Store Openings Up 3% Year over YearOur Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Alimentation Couche-Tard, Buc-ee’s and Chico’s, among others, in the US and FatFace, Frasers Group and HMV, among others, in the UK.
June 30, 2022 Insight Report Premium US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker: May 2022’s Clothing and Footwear Spending Up 4% Year over YearThe Coresight Research US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker provides a monthly update on the trajectory of consumer spending on beauty, clothing and footwear. In this report, we discuss data from May 2022, showing that spending is up 4% year over year.
