July 6, 2017 Insight Report Premium US Consumer Survey— Amazon Yet to Become the Go-To Place for WomenswearThis infographic is about Amazon’s growth in womenswear. Amazon is gaining customers, but the majority of womenswear consumers are shopping omnichannel.
July 6, 2017 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Ocado (LSE: OCDO) 1H17 Results: Solid Sales Growth ContinuesBritish online grocery retailer Ocado Group announced a 12.5% year-over-year increase in revenues for 1H17, above consensus analyst estimates.
June 30, 2017 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access H&M (STO: HM-B) 1H17 Results: Sales Growth Mainly Driven by New Store OpeningsSwedish fast-fashion retailer H&M reported SEK 98.4 billion in net sales in 1H17, slightly below the consensus estimate of SEK 98.8 billion and up 8.6% year over year. Constant-currency sales increased by 5.0% in 1H17 and UK sales increased by 6.0%.
June 30, 2017 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Fiscal 3Q17 Results: Beats and Raises Guidance, Announces New Agreement with Rite AidWalgreens Boots Alliance reported fiscal 3Q17 adjusted EPS of $1.33, above the $1.30 consensus estimate. Revenues were $30.1 billion, up 2.1% year over year and above the $29.7 billion consensus estimate. Sales increased by 5.0% on a constant-currency basis in the quarter.
June 30, 2017 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Nike (NKE) Fiscal 4Q17 Results: Beats on Earnings, Boosted by Strong International SalesNike reported fiscal 4Q17 adjusted EPS of $0.60, ahead of the $0.50 consensus estimate and up 22.4% year over year, driven by SG&A expense leverage as well as by higher global revenue, a lower tax rate and a lower share count.
June 29, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Fashion Re-Commerce Update—12 Catalysts for Apparel Resale GrowthUS full-price retailers are suffering while re-commerce is thriving, and re-commerce is currently one of the fastest-growing sectors in retail. The marketplace for online fashion resale (“recommerce”) continues to evolve rapidly.
June 27, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: An Introduction to Cybersecurity—Part ThreeHere in Part Three, we discuss new threats/threat vectors and provide an overview of cybersecurity markets and companies.
June 26, 2017 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Insights from Alibaba’s Gateway ’17 Summit: Consumer and Industry Trends in China—Fashion and Apparel PanelRoth Lai, Deputy Editorial Director, ELLE China
June 23, 2017 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Insights from Alibaba’s Gateway ’17 SummitLivestreaming is an effective tool for engaging with Chinese consumers.
June 22, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Retail X Factor — StoresThis is the second report in our X Factor series, in which we identify themes that we believe will be critical for the US retail landscape in the second half of 2017 and beyond. We focus on the store in this report, as we believe the store will be one of the key factors that will make or break a retailer.
June 22, 2017 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Alibaba Gateway ’17 Day 2 TakeawaysThe Fung Global Retail & Technology team is attending the Alibaba Gateway ’17 event in Detroit, Michigan. This inaugural conference, which attracted over 3,000 attendees, is the largest event Alibaba has hosted outside of China. Alibaba Gateway aims to help small- to medium-sized businesses in the US to better understand the China opportunity and enable them to sell into China via Alibaba’s various platforms.
June 21, 2017 Insight Report Premium Amazon Ramps Up Its Effort in ApparelAmazon announced on June 20 that it is launching a new service called Prime Wardrobe, which lets customers try on clothes before they buy them and return them for free if they decide they do not want them.
June 21, 2017 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Alibaba Gateway ’17 Day 1 TakeawaysThe Fung Global Retail & Technology team is at the Alibaba Gateway ’17 event in Detroit, Michigan. This inaugural conference, which attracted over 3,000 attendees, is the largest event Alibaba has hosted outside of China. Alibaba Gateway aims to help small- to medium-sized businesses in the US to better understand the China opportunity and enable them to sell into China via Alibaba’s various platforms.
June 21, 2017 Flash Report Register for Free Access Apple Grants Third-Party App Developers Access to iPhone’s NFC ChipWith the latest iOS 11 development tool kit update released earlier this month, Apple granted access to the near-field communications (NFC) chip used in the iPhone to third-party app developers for the first time. Until now, Apple Pay was the only application allowed to use the NFC chip.
