Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | January 30, 2023 Premium America’s Biggest Furniture and Home-Furnishings Retailers: Assessing Performance and StrategyWe analyze America’s biggest furniture and home-furnishings retailers, providing financial metrics, positioning, target audiences, growth strategies and analyst commentary on their performance. Our coverage includes Wayfair, Bed Bath & Beyond, IKEA, TJX, Williams-Sonoma, Ashley Homestore, RH, Rooms to Go, La-Z-Boy and Sleep Number.Read More
Product TypeCompany Profile Product TypeCompany Profile | January 27, 2023 Premium Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) Company ProfileTarget is a retailer of apparel and accessories, beauty, food and beverage, hardlines, home furnishings and décor, and household essentials. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the company operates stores in US.Read More
Product TypeCompany Profile Product TypeCompany Profile | January 27, 2023 Premium Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) Company ProfileDollar General is a retailer of apparel, food and beverages, general merchandise, and health and beauty products. Headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, the company operates stores in the US. Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | January 6, 2023 Premium December 2022 US Housing Market Indicators: Pending, Existing and New Home Sales All Decline as Affordability Gap WidensWe examine 10 indicators to assess the health of the US housing market in our monthly report. The most recent data show that affordability and home sales continue to drop.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | January 4, 2023 Premium 3Q22 US Retail Inventory Tracker: Most Retailers See Inventory Growth SlowOur 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 3Q22 and assess how and why levels are changing. This quarter, overall inventory turnover rates were slightly down from the year-ago quarter. Read More
Product TypeStore Tracker Product TypeStore Tracker | December 30, 2022 Premium Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2022, Week 52: UK Closures Down 58%Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Aldi, Lidl and Whole Foods Market, among other companies.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | December 28, 2022 Premium E-Commerce Outlook: US Furniture and Home Furnishings—Specialty Sector Sales See an Ongoing Correction in DemandThe e-commerce market for US furniture and home furnishings decelerated in 2022. We analyze the market size, factors, competitive landscape, themes we are watching and innovators.Read More
Product TypeCompany Profile Product TypeCompany Profile | December 22, 2022 Premium Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) Company ProfileLowe’s is a US-based retailer of home and home-improvement products. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the company operates stores in Canada and the US.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | December 20, 2022 Premium November 2022 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Holiday Traffic DeclinesIn our monthly report on US retail traffic and in-store metrics, we review weekly shopper traffic trends through the month, as well as traffic by retailer vertical, region and retailer location type. November 2022’s data shows traffic declined by 0.9% year over year.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | December 20, 2022 Premium Leveraging Customer Data in US Home and Home-Improvement Retailing: Moving Toward a Customer Data PlatformCollecting and deploying customer data is a challenge for all retailers. We analyze how a customer data platform (CDP) can make these processes more effective, especially in the home and home-improvement sector.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | December 16, 2022 Premium November 2022 US Retail Sales: Holiday Growth SlowsNovember 2022 US retail sales, excluding gasoline and automobiles, grew 5.4% year over year. Using data from the US Census Bureau, we look at how different sectors performed.Read More
Product TypeEvent Coverage Product TypeEvent Coverage | December 13, 2022 Premium Lowe’s Analyst and Investor Conference 2022: Retailer Looks To Accelerate Market Share Through Its Total Home Strategy We present key insights from Lowe’s Analyst and Investor Conference on December 7, 2022, covering its Total Home strategy and the company’s plans for a single-source unified omnichannel network. Read More
Product TypeStore Tracker Product TypeStore Tracker | December 9, 2022 Premium Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2022, Week 49: US Store Openings Up 2%Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Amazon, Big Lots and Dollar General, among others, in the US and Loake, JD Sports and Joules among others, in the UK.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive Product TypeDeep Dive | December 5, 2022 Premium November 2022 US Housing Market Indicators: Builders’ Sentiment Falls Amid Further Decline in Home SalesWe examine ten indicators to assess the health of the US housing market in our monthly report. The most recent data show that home sales continue to decline. Read More
Product TypeInsight Report Product TypeInsight Report | December 2, 2022 Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Made.com Collapses in the UK; US Supply Bottlenecks EaseIn our Supply Chain Briefing series, we examine key challenges and developments on retail’s supply side. In this report, we explore Made.com’s collapse, US bottlenecks easing and China’s Zero-Covid policy.Read More
