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Deep Dive | August 14, 2024 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: CDP Software

Customer data platforms (CDPs), part of the broader customer relationship management market, collect and integrate data in real time, enabling businesses to unify profiles to gain a holistic view of their customers. Read this Retail-Tech Landscape to understand the functionality of CDPs and discover key technology solution providers in this field.

Insight Report | March 7, 2024 Premium

Generative AI Latest: The Copilots Are Now Flying the Plane

Continuing our Generative AI Latest series, we present recent announcements in the GenAI (generative artificial intelligence) space globally—including new applications and infrastructure, and the launch of new GenAI copilots with advanced capabilities.

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).

Deep Dive | February 15, 2024 Premium

Retail 2024: Top 10 Trends in Retail Technology

As part of the Coresight Research Retail 2024 series, we provide an overview of the retail-tech market and present 10 key technologies that we expect to be influential in retail in 2024.

Insight Report | January 12, 2024 Premium

Introducing the New “Tech 25”: Retail-Tech Companies To Watch in 2024

We present our updated Tech 25 focus list of retail-technology companies to watch, spanning e-commerce, infrastructure and more. The list comprises public companies that align with our expectations for key technology trends in 2024 and beyond.

Insight Report | November 10, 2023 Premium

Generative AI Latest: Strong Potential for Language and Code Translation; Global Telco AI Alliance Fosters AI Collaboration

Continuing our Generative AI Latest series, we present recent developments and notable trends in generative AI (artificial intelligence) globally—including its game-changing potential for code and language translation, and the first development from the Global Telco AI Alliance.

Insight Report | October 24, 2023 Premium

Generative AI Latest: Indemnity for Platform Users; Image-Generation Updates from Adobe and Canva

Continuing our new Generative AI Latest series, we present recent developments and notable trends in generative AI (artificial intelligence) globally—including the latest funding updates, indemnity for platform users and new features from graphic design giants Adobe and Canva.

Deep Dive | August 23, 2023 Free Report

Customer Data Platforms: Unearthing Buried Treasure in Unified Shopper Profiles

Coresight Research and VASS explore the benefits of customer data platforms (CDPs) in creating complete shopper profiles from extensive data trails. We discuss how companies can connect with their huge unknown customer base.

Deep Dive | November 22, 2022 Premium

100 Retail Companies, 10 Years: Analyzing Financial Performance and Winning Strategies

Our analysis of 100 retail companies covers their 10-year financial performance as well as winning strategies to emulate high-performing companies. We analyze sales growth, margins, free cash flow, return on capital and debt levels for small, medium and large companies.

Event Coverage | October 26, 2022 Premium

Adobe Financial Analyst Meeting 2022: Digital Media and Experiences Lead the Way

We present key insights from Adobe’s Financial Analyst Meeting on October 18, 2022, covering the company’s revenue expectations, developments in digital media and the benefits of the Figma acquisition.

Company Profile | September 1, 2022 Premium

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Company Profile

Adobe is a multinational software corporation that provides products and services for creating, measuring, optimizing and transacting with digital content. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company operates in Australia, China, India, the UK and the US, among other countries.

Insight Report | September 1, 2022 Premium

Introducing the New Tech 20: The Global Retail-Tech Leaders in 2022 and Beyond

We present our updated Tech 20 focus list of the most important and influential retail technology companies that we believe our readers and subscribers should pay attention to.

Deep Dive | August 12, 2022 Premium

The C-Suite’s Evolution: Embracing Technology and Adapting to Hybrid Working in Retail

The C-suite has expanded over the past 20 years to keep pace with changes happening in industry and society; we identify 12 categories in which roles have emerged and analyze the trends behind the growth of the C-suite among Coresight 100 companies.

Deep Dive | July 22, 2021 Premium

RetailTech: CRM Software—It’s All About the Customer

As part of our RetailTech report series, we discuss CRM (customer relationship management) software, a powerful fundamental technology that enables retailers and other enterprises to automate and manage the entire sales and customer-support process.

Insight Report | July 20, 2021 Premium

Retail Robustness Index: July 2021 Update—Slight Gains Amid Volatility from Management Changes

Coresight Research’s Retail Robustness Index evaluates the 100 largest US retailers (by revenue) on their ability to weather dramatic shifts in demand amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The July 2021 update revises the scores based on financial reports and store- and management-related announcements. Alongside the report, our infographic summarizes key changes since the previous Retail Robustness Index update in April 2021.