Insight Report 7 minutes PremiumThe 12 Questions of US Holiday Retail 2020: Part 4—An Early Start to Holiday Shopping and a Green Christmas Coresight Research September 4, 2020 What's InsideCoresight Research has 12 questions about the upcoming holiday selling season, which promises to be the most interesting in our team’s collective memory. In this report, we present and provide answers to the final three questions, which explore the potential for an early start to the season this year and how growing consumer interest in sustainability could affect holiday shopping. This report covers the following key topics: 1. The postponement of Amazon’s Prime Day and expected early surge of holiday shopping 2. Contact-light fulfillment—curbside pickup and BOPIS (buy online, pick up in store) 3. A green Christmas—heightened consumer awareness of sustainability We discuss the implications of our insights for brands, retailers and technology vendors. The 12 Questions of US Holiday Retail 2020 series also includes reports on the following topics: • The impact of changed consumer behaviors on gift giving and in-store shopping • The US consumer’s propensity to spend, considering the employment situation, a “wealth effect” and the upcoming presidential election • The impacts of Covid-19 on product availability and the supply chain—and what this means for retailers as they plan for the holidays Click here to read all of Coresight Research’s coverage of US holiday retail. 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: China’s 6.18 Shopping Festival 2023: Three Trends To Watch, Discounting To Entice Cautious ConsumersChatGPT and Generative AI: Five Things Retailers Should Know—UpdateWeinswig’s Weekly: Understanding Amazon Fashion—Key Insights from Our Annual US Consumer SurveyThe Retail Buzz Around Generative AI—Infographic: Examples and Applications in Retail