August 5, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Alibaba Group: From Strength to Strength – An overview of the business units of the world’s largest e-commerce companyAlibaba was established in 1999 as a business-to-business (B2B) portal connecting Chinese manufacturers to overseas buyers. This report provides an overview of Alibaba’s different business segments, and how they all work together using its platforms and big data technology to enable small enterprises to compete more effectively.
August 3, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Urban Lifestyles Driving Shifts in SpendingAcross the globe, more and more people are turning to city-center living. This trend spans developing economies and Western markets. In this report, we explore the trend’s impact on retail product categories and retail formats.
August 1, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Adapting to Changing Media Consumption and the Digital Channel’s Influence on RetailConsumers’ media consumption preferences and habits have changed rapidly. In this report, we examine what these changes could mean for the retail sector.
July 31, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Subscription Commerce: A Box for Everything and EveryoneRecent years have seen a proliferation of online subscription box service companies offering a variety of products including food, personal care & cosmetics, apparel & footwear, and pet toys.
July 26, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Wellness as a Luxury, Part 3—Eating WellThis is the third in our Wellness as a Luxury series of reports, where we examine wellness as the new status symbol: this “wellthness” is fast replacing more traditional signifiers of affluence as a luxury to be enjoyed and flaunted.
July 24, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: From Digital to Physical—The Return to Nondigital ToysDespite the rapid rise of digital technologies, we are observing a return to physical non-electronic children’s toys in the US and the UK. We note toy categories that exemplify this trend: fidget spinners, tabletop board games and puzzles, Play-Doh, Lego as well as collectibles such as dolls and figurines.
July 19, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Wellness as a Luxury, Part 2— Sleeping WellOur Wellness as a Luxury series looks at wellness as the new status symbol: “wellthness” is fast replacing other signifiers of affluence as a luxury to be enjoyed and flaunted. In this report, we look closely at three aspects of the “sleep economy”:
July 18, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive— Blockchain Mini-Series: CryptocurrenciesThis is the first of two reports in our Blockchain Mini-Series, which covers the latest trends in cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications. In our first report, we focus on cryptocurrencies:
July 12, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Wellness as a Luxury: Part 1— Living WellFitness classes: Young consumers in particular are seeking aspirational, social experiences in their fitness regimes. This is prompting a premiumization of workouts and classes at fitness centers, growth of collegiate workout clubs (many of which take the form of park-based boot camps), and the development of the fitness events industry.
July 11, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Artificial Intelligence in Retail—Offering Data-Driven Personalization and Customer ServiceArtificial Intelligence (AI) enables computers to make autonomous decisions, and is a step forward in automation that is changing the retail industry. This report provides an overview of the impact of AI on retail and includes a Q&A with Professor Michael Feindt from AI firm Blue Yonder.
July 10, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Retail X Factor— Supply ChainThis is the third report in our X Factor series on the major factors impacting the US retail industry. We believe supply-chain efficiency will be a key factor that will make or break a retailer going forward.
July 7, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Market Trends in US and European FootwearIn the US and in European countries, athleisure and health and wellness trends buoyed footwear sales growth in 2016. This report explores footwear retailing trends in the US and leading European markets such as the UK, France and Germany.
July 7, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: The US Retail Revolution SolutionThe US retail industry is experiencing a period of revolution rather than evolution. Three things characterize the current transformation: traditional retailers such as department stores and specialty retailers are undergoing huge disruption, emerging players in different segments are intensifying competition and higher e-commerce penetration is challenging brick-and-mortar retailers.
July 6, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: US Consumer Survey— Amazon Yet to Become the Go-To Place for WomenswearThe majority of womenswear consumers are omnichannel shoppers, with 73.0% of surveyed women purchasing apparel from both online and offline channels in April 2017.
June 29, 2017 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: Fashion Re-Commerce Update—12 Catalysts for Apparel Resale GrowthUS full-price retailers are suffering while re-commerce is thriving, and re-commerce is currently one of the fastest-growing sectors in retail. The marketplace for online fashion resale (“recommerce”) continues to evolve rapidly.
