March 15, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 3: What Startups Are Doing with AIThis is the third report in a short series looking at artificial intelligence (AI) in retail. In this report, we explore what startups are doing with AI in the context of our proprietary CORE framework, which stands for Communication, Optimization of pricing, Rationalization of inventory and Experiential retail.
March 11, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Amazon Beauty: Who Is Selling What? An Exclusive Analysis of Over 200,000 Beauty and Personal Care Listings on Amazon.comWe analyze Amazon’s beauty and personal care offering, based on aggregated data on over 200,000 products listed on Amazon.com’s US beauty website, collated with competitive intelligence provider DataWeave. We also include summary data from our recent survey of US beauty and personal care shoppers.
March 8, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Blockchain in Retail: Decentralizing the Digitalization of Retail OperationsBlockchain technology has the potential to disrupt retail as it can decentralize processes through which retailers interact with partners, industry players and consumers, making operations more efficient and secure. We looked into the implications for this technology
March 5, 2019 Deep Dive Premium A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, Part 3: Breaking into the China Market — Optimizing Marketing and Promotional Strategies for Singles’ DayIn this is the third report in our series A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, we focus on how foreign brands can use Singles’ Day as a springboard to enter China, leveraging our proprietary data on brands’ sales performance on Singles’ Day 2018 on Tmall.
March 4, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Amazon Apparel: Annual US Survey Reveals Amazon Has Overtaken Walmart as America’s Most-Shopped Retailer for ApparelWe explore how many US consumers are buying apparel on Amazon, which retailers these shoppers have switched their spending from, what brands and categories they are buying on Amazon, and their attitudes toward Amazon Fashion.
January 18, 2019 Deep Dive Premium US Digital Payments Take Off, with Unexpected Winners and LosersThe digital payments landscape is evolving rapidly as consumers and merchants adopt more innovative modes of payments. Cash is declining worldwide, while credit and debit cards have gained popularity. Mobile payment and wallet services are also gaining traction, supported by growing smartphone use, faster data rates and greater Internet penetration.
January 18, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Aldi and Lidl in the US: Aldi Climbs the Grocery RankingsAldi is America’s eighth-biggest grocery retailer by estimated 2018 revenues, according to Euromonitor International. It has grown revenues by an estimated CAGR of 12.7% over the past five years. After a shaky start in the U.S. market, Lidl has diversified into a range of store formats. Lidl is continuing to open stores at a steady pace, and its recent acquisition of the 27-strong Best Market Chain suggests a renewed impetus to grow its footprint in the U.S.
January 17, 2019 Deep Dive Premium 10 Tech Startup Trends Reshaping Retail in 2019: Get Ready for Digital DisruptionThe retail industry has undergone a significant transformation over the past decade, and continues to evolve quickly. In 2019, the market will be defined by emerging technologies that change the way consumers interact with brands, by new engagement formats and channels, as retailers look to collaboration more with startups to future-proof their businesses.
January 12, 2019 Deep Dive Premium Understanding WeChat, China’s Super App: Part 2 — How WeChat Mini Programs Spell Opportunity for Brands and RetailersWeChat dominates the social media scene in China — so much so that even large companies are leveraging its reach over using their own apps, and even buying add space in WeChat games. To tap into this opportunity, WeChat has been developing “mini programs” that operate within WeChat but function as a separate company app would, allowing users to order, pay for, pick up or have goods delivered. What’s the opportunity?
November 20, 2018 Deep Dive Premium NetEase, Alibaba and JD.com March into Private LabelChinese Tech Giants Develop Private Labels Chinese tech giants NetEase, Alibaba and JD.com have all begun developing their own private labels in recent years: NetEase launched NetEase Yanxuan, which translates into “strictly selected by NetEase” in 2016, officially kicking off the private-label game with a designated online shopping website. Alibaba launched its private-label online marketplace…
November 5, 2018 Deep Dive Premium Hottest Holiday Toys 2018In this report, we focus on the US and UK toy markets and outline some of the trends we think are going to influence toy gifting this holiday season.
September 26, 2018 Deep Dive Premium Chinese Outbound Tourists Survey 2018: Urban Millennials Lead the Charge to More Independent, Adventurous TravelThis report details the results of our fourth annual proprietary survey of Chinese overseas tourists’ travel and spending behaviors and preferences, undertaken in partnership with China Luxury Advisors.
September 24, 2018 Deep Dive Premium A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, Part 1: Using the “Bonded + Retail Store” Model to Establish a Physical Presence in the Chinese MarketThis is the first report in our series A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers. Here, we focus on a new way for foreign companies to enter China, the “Bonded + Retail Store” model.
September 19, 2018 Deep Dive Premium Innovator Intelligence: Markable – Utilizing Image Recognition–Based Deep Learning Software to Streamline and Improve Fashion SearchesMarkable.ai provides computer vision–based visual-recognition application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs) to brands and retailers. The technology enables online shoppers to search for items more effectively. Markable.ai provides computer vision–based visual-recognition application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs) to brands and retailers. The technology enables online shoppers to search for items more effectively. Consumers can use visual search tools built with Markable’s technology to upload images of clothing and accessories they find on the web or on social media platforms, or that they have saved on their smartphone, in order to identify visually similar items, meaning they no longer have to rely on manually inputted keyword search techniques.
