Market Outlook 13 minutes PremiumSector Overview: Mass Merchants — Dollar Stores Expand, Mass Merchandisers Digitalize and Costco Widens Its Lead Among Warehouse Clubs Coresight Research February 21, 2019 Executive SummaryEach of our Sector Overview reports provides an essential briefing on a sector or market. In this report, we look at discount stores, mass merchandisers and warehouse clubs. Macroeconomic data continue to support strong consumption. Consumers embraced “cheap chic” during the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2008 — and stayed at the value end of the spectrum. Mass merchants are embracing private label, deploying technology such as robots to improve the shopping experience, be more efficient and take on Amazon. Dollar stores continue lead retail in terms of growth in new stores. The group, in general, has not widely embraced e-commerce, however Costco, Target and Walmart are aggressively doing so. Costco is leading the pack in terms of comparable sales growth and driving an acceleration in its ecommerce efforts. Activity in the sector is benefiting from the return of BJ’s Wholesale Club as a public company and startups that are leveraging e-commerce to take on the incumbents. This report is for paying subscribers only. Already a paying subscriber? Please log in to see the entire report.If you wish to learn more about our subscription plans and become a paying subscriber, click here. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Generative AI Latest: New Funding, Infrastructure and Applications, Plus Google’s Recent Product Launches and Tech PartnershipsTech Talk from Shoptalk US and Shoptalk Europe: Five Trending Themes, Emphasis on Generative AIConsumer Confidence During the Holiday Season—Analyzing Changes by Demographic: US Consumer Survey Insights ExtraHead-to-Head in Global Convenience-Store Retailing: Seven & i vs. Alimentation Couche-Tard