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Insight Report | June 17, 2025 Premium

Amazon Prime Day 2025: Preview—Five Essential Insights on Consumers’ Shopping Plans

Amazon’s annual Prime Day shopping festival will be held during July 8–11, 2025, across 20 global markets, including the US. Leveraging proprietary US consumer survey findings, we present five essential insights ahead of the event, including how consumer interest in Prime Day compares with actual conversion, which product categories are set to dominate, and what can brands do to drive sales.

Deep Dive | June 17, 2025 Free Report

The State of In-Store Retailing 2025: The Dawn of New-Age Stores, Powered by Technology

Store intelligence technologies offer transformative potential to optimize brick-and-mortar retail operations. Dive into our survey-driven insights on how to tackle inefficiencies and protect margins. This is our second annual study diving into the state of in-store retailing, offering year-over-year data comparisons. This report is produced and made available to non-subscribers of Coresight Research in partnership with Simbe.

Insight Report | June 16, 2025 Premium

Retail Under Pressure: How Will Tariffs Disrupt the Back-to-School and Holiday Seasons?

Discover how retailers are adjusting their strategies ahead of the 2025 back-to-school and end-of-year holiday seasons in response to recent and potential changes to tariffs.

Insight Report | June 12, 2025 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: Retail Media

Retail media is reshaping the advertising landscape, providing data-driven targeting. Read this Retail-Tech Landscape to discover key solution providers that are helping retailers to build and optimize their retail media capabilities.

Deep Dive | June 11, 2025 Premium

US Retail and Consumer Outlook: June 2025

We consider the US macroeconomic outlook for 2025 as of the start of June 2025, including metrics that directly impact the consumer economy and in the context of the myriad of recent tariffs announcements made by the US government.

Deep Dive | June 11, 2025 Premium

Consumer Sentiment Shows Signs of Improvement Amid Temporary Tariff Reduction: China Consumer Survey Insights

We analyze proprietary survey data to uncover consumer sentiment, behavior and shopping trends in China. This report reveals a rebound in economic and financial optimism following the US government’s announcement of a temporary reduction in tariffs.

Deep Dive | June 10, 2025 Premium

High-Income Consumers’ Financial Sentiment Reaches New Peak; Facebook Slumps in Social Commerce: US Consumer Survey Insights

We analyze new survey findings on consumers’ economic and financial outlooks, in total and by income group. Plus, we spotlight social commerce, revealing which social media platforms are popular for shopping and which product categories are bought at the highest rates.

Insight Report | June 9, 2025 Premium

US Retail in the Rest of 2025: Normalized Demand and Leaner Inventories Ahead of a High-Stakes Holiday Season

We offer 10 predictions for the rest of 2025, and outline core economic dynamics that are set to reshape the retail sector in the months ahead. What qualities will set retailers and brands apart? Discover critical insights to stay ahead through 2025.

Insight Report | June 5, 2025 Premium

US CPG Sales Tracker: Beauty Sales Accelerate, While Online Grocery Sees Sharp Slowdown

The Coresight Research and Circana monthly US CPG Sales Tracker provides our data-driven analysis of sales trends in the US CPG (consumer packaged goods) industry—covering the product categories of food & beverages, health & beauty, and general merchandise & homecare. This report presents key insights for the four weeks ended May 18, 2025.

Deep Dive | June 4, 2025 Premium

Economic Sentiment Climbs; Walmart Overtakes Lowe’s in Home-Improvement Sector: US Consumer Survey Insights

Which retailers are popular among US home and home-improvement shoppers, and what are these shoppers buying? Dive into our sector-focused insights and discover how overall consumer sentiment is tracking with our new survey findings.

Deep Dive | June 3, 2025 Free Report

The Agentic AI Playbook: How to Redefine Retail with Intelligent Autonomy

Agentic AI (artificial intelligence) offers new, unparalleled capabilities for enterprises to transform their operations. Why should your organization be an early adopter of agentic AI, and what must you consider to deploy the technology successfully? Leveraging the Coresight Research STORE Framework for driving innovation in retail, this Playbook provides a comprehensive guide to implementing and seizing the benefits of agentic AI. This report is made available to non-subscribers of Coresight Research through its sponsorship by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Deep Dive | June 3, 2025 Premium

Earnings Insights 1Q25: Costco Wholesale, Deckers Outdoor and Ulta Beauty Report Growth While Department Stores Face Challenges

Our Earnings Insights report features highlights from recent management commentary from major retailers within our Coresight 100 coverage list as they report first-quarter 2025 earnings.

Deep Dive | June 2, 2025 Premium

US Online Grocery Survey 2025: Full-Basket Orders Increase as Delivery Retains Its Dominance

In our eighth annual US online grocery survey, we delve into the purchasing patterns of online grocery shoppers, including their product choices, preferred retailers and fulfillment preferences.

Insight Report | June 2, 2025 Premium

US Forecast To See Multibillion-Dollar Hit from Falling International Visitor Spend: Another Retail Headwind

What is the outlook for international visitor numbers, spending and spending at retail? We look at recent data and projections.

Deep Dive | May 28, 2025 Premium

High-Income Consumers Drive Uptick in Financial Optimism; Inflation Awareness Down Versus Early 2025: US Consumer Survey Insights

What are US consumers’ perceptions of inflation, and how are they changing their spending habits as a result? We analyze new survey findings on consumers’ inflation-combating strategies when shopping for food and nonfood products. We also continue to track shifts in consumer sentiment, overall and by income level.