Deep Dive | July 10, 2018 Premium Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 2: What Retailers Are Doing with AIIn this report, we explore how retailers are applying AI across business functions. We studied 30 retailers to understand how they have implemented AI in their businesses. Read More
Deep Dive | June 21, 2018 Premium The Decline of the UK Department Store – and Struggles in Germany, TooIn the UK, major midmarket department stores are undertaking store closure programs to address under performance—and Germany’s department-store market leader is seeing sales declines deepen, too. Read More
Deep Dive | June 20, 2018 Premium Chinese Demand for Cross-Border E-Commerce Booms but Looming Tax Reforms are a Cloud on the HorizonChinese shoppers’ appetite for imported products continues to grow apace. We review the current state of the cross-border e-commerce market, note the factors supporting demand and look at forthcoming tax changes that will impact cross-border sales. Read More
Deep Dive | June 18, 2018 Premium Slicing and Dicing Amazon’s Private-Label OfferingIn this report, we take an exclusive deep dive into Amazon’s US private-label offering, using a detailed, proprietary dataset collating information on nearly 7,000 such products. Read More
Deep Dive | June 13, 2018 Premium US Plus-Size Apparel: Reviewing the $46 Billion OpportunityThe women’s plus-size apparel market has been under served historically, but recent trends show that the segment has been growing at a faster rate than the US apparel market overall. Above-average growth in plus-size fashion will continue to be propelled by increased supply, changing consumer demographics and psychographics, and higher obesity rates through 2021. Read More
Deep Dive | May 29, 2018 Premium Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 1: Applications Across Customer-Facing FunctionsThis report is the first in a short series looking at the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in retail. Here, we explore AI applications across the customer-facing functions of retail. Our proprietary CORE (communication, optimization of pricing, rationalization of inventory and experiential retail) framework demonstrates the applicability of AI in customer-facing functions. The technology can be used for: Read More
Deep Dive | May 22, 2018 Premium Subscription Commerce Update – Disruptors Face DisruptionSubscription services continue to capture billions of dollars that would otherwise go to conventional retailers. However, we are now seeing some US subscription commerce disruptors face disruption themselves. Read More
Deep Dive | May 17, 2018 Premium Deep Dive: The Mall Is Not Dead, Part 3 – Five Predictions for Five Years OutWe conclude our Mall Is Not Dead series by looking ahead to the future of the shopping mall in the US. Over the coming years, many malls will reshape their offerings by moving away from a focus on apparel stores clustered around department store anchors toward more diverse networks that include nonapparel retailers, leisure and entertainment tenants, event and pop-up spaces, and business service providers. Read More
Deep Dive | March 16, 2018 Premium Deep Dive: Transforming the fashion industry through data-driven and actionable consumer insights and preferencesFashwire is launching a first-of-its-kind app that connects brands, designers and retailers. Read More
Deep Dive | February 27, 2018 Premium The CORE Framework for Artificial Intelligence in RetailThe CORE framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in retail notes the value of AI in four areas for retailers seeking to compete with platforms such as Amazon and JD.com. Read More
Deep Dive | February 26, 2018 Premium Deep Dive: Chinese Apparel Shoppers – Online Vs. Offline Preferences and Drivers of Customer SatisfactionAlthough e-commerce is the preferred channel for purchasing apparel in China, brick-and-mortar is still very relevant. Our proprietary consumer survey shows that the vast majority of Chinese consumers (96%) purchase apparel both online and offline. Read More
Deep Dive | February 15, 2018 Premium Amazon Apparel – US Survey Reveals What Shoppers Buy, Which Retailers They Have Switched from and Their Attitudes Toward Amazon as a Fashion RetailerOur survey of US shoppers has uncovered a wealth of findings on Amazon Fashion including Amazon Prime purchases, competition with Target, private label offerings, demographics and shopper satisfaction. Read More
Deep Dive | January 4, 2018 Premium Deep Dive: The Rise of Social Media Influencers and Their BrandsOver the past few years, we have witnessed the rise of bloggers and social media influencers, and influencer marketing is rapidly becoming commonplace in categories spanning beauty to fashion. Read More
Deep Dive | December 27, 2017 Premium Deep Dive: The Challenges of an Aging Population—South KoreaThis report examines the rapidly changing demographic makeup of South Korea, the implications an aging population has on its economy and the various policies the government has put in place to address this issue. Read More
Deep Dive | November 30, 2017 Premium Battle of the Titans: Inditex Versus H&M—More Differences than Similarities?Zara and H&M are often spoken of in the same breath—as the fast-fashion invaders that are stealing market share away from mass-market rivals in a number of countries. Yet, despite the similarities, we see some key distinctions between H&M and Zara’s parent company Inditex. Read More
