US Department Stores—Retail 2025 Sector Outlook: Softness To Continue, Despite Beauty Outperformance

What's Inside

The Coresight Research Retail 2025 series of reports looks ahead to the prospects for retail next year, exploring key trends by geography (namely, the US, the UK, China and India) and sector.

This report, one of our Retail 2025 Sector Outlooks, presents directional market insights and themes to watch in US department store retailing. We touch on sustainability, store closures, private-label offerings, expansive business models and more.

Companies mentioned in this report include: Fashionphile, JCPenney, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Sephora

Other relevant research:

• Look out for our upcoming ebook, which will bring together our analysis from the complete Retail 2025 Sector Outlook series
• Department Stores in Focus—Kohl’s and Macy’s Lead the Way: US Consumer Survey Insights
• Market Navigator: US Department Stores—Softness Ahead Despite Opportunities in Experiences and Alternative Models
• All Coresight Research coverage of department stores