Analyst Corner 13 minutesRegister for Free AccessWeekly Insights Feb 17, 2017 Coresight Research February 17, 2017 Executive Summary This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses new trends in fashion retail as well as the needs and desires of the mass market. The amount of money that Amazon lost on shipping—the net cost of landing all those boxes on doorsteps in record time—reached an all-time high of nearly $7.2 billion in 2016, according to an analysis by GeekWire. German supermarket group Aldi has said that it will invest an additional $1.6 billion in its US operations as the competition among its American rivals intensifies. The group is already in the process of growing its store number to 2,000 by 2018, an expansion worth more than $3 billion. Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial announced a surprise deal to acquire international payment service MoneyGram for $880 million last month, but that looks like just the start of its M&A activities. It is now reportedly close to raising nearly $3 billion in debt financing in order to bankroll further acquisitions. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? Register for a free user account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: July 2024 US Retail Sales: Growth Rebounds with Second-Highest Rate in 2024US CPG Sales Tracker: Food and Beverages Category Drives Online Growth SlowdownRetail 2024: Top 10 Trends in US HealthcareWeinswig’s Weekly: Is the Metaverse Dead for Retail?