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Insight Report | April 17, 2025 Premium

Inside India’s Flourishing Men’s Skincare Market—Masstige Growth, Celebrity Influence and Tech Innovation

Explore the evolving men’s skincare market in India and examine the underlying factors fueling the category’s growth. We also cover how emerging brands are leveraging emerging technologies, science-backed formulations and personalized solutions to redefine skincare products.

Insight Report | April 16, 2025 Premium

US Tariffs: Divergence Between Consumer and Business Sentiment and What It Means for Retail

As global trade tensions escalate and tariff policies evolve, we analyze how US consumer expectations compare to business confidence. Dive into the latest data, including proprietary survey findings, to unpack a divergence in key sentiment metrics and understand what this mean for retail.

Insight Report | April 16, 2025 Premium

March 2025 US Retail Sales: Retail Sales Rebound Amid Tariff Concerns

In March 2025, US retail sales (excluding gasoline and automobile sales) rebounded from February’s decline, despite concerns around tariffs. Using data from the US Census Bureau, we analyze US retail sales in February 2025, in total and by sector.

Insight Report | April 14, 2025 Premium

Music Festivals: A Key Opportunity for Retail Brand Engagement

What opportunities do music festivals present for brands and retailers, and what strategies can brands employ to engage with festivalgoers and drive spending? Dive into Coresight Research survey findings to understand festivalgoers’ 2025 plans, and uncover four key ways that retail companies can create immersive experiences that resonate with festival audiences.

Insight Report | April 11, 2025 Premium

US Tariffs: Three Actions for Risk Mitigation and Long-Term Positioning

We expect rising tariffs to reshape the global retail landscape, forcing retailers and brand owners to rethink their supply chains and competitive strategies. Amid this context, Coresight Research provides a three-step action plan to help industry players safeguard margins, preserve agility and seize strategic advantage.

Insight Report | April 10, 2025 Premium

US CPG Sales Tracker: Growth Momentum Eases Amid Greater Consumer Caution

The Coresight Research and Circana monthly US CPG Sales Tracker provides our data-driven analysis of sales trends in the US CPG industry—covering the product categories of food & beverages, health & beauty, and general merchandise & homecare. This report presents key insights for the four weeks ended March 23, 2025.

Insight Report | April 9, 2025

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Breathing Space for US Retailers and Brands: US Tariffs Paused for 90 Days But Hiked Further for China

US President Trump has announced a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for countries excluding China—introducing a lower 10% rate in the interim—while simultaneously escalating tariffs on Chinese imports to a staggering 125%. In this report, we unpack the implications of the latest tariff restructuring, offering insights for brands and retailers looking to navigate the increasingly volatile trade environment.

Insight Report | April 8, 2025 Premium

4Q24 Retail Inventory Insights: Retailers Maintain Lean Inventories as Overall Inventory Ratio Remains Unchanged

Our quarterly US Retail Inventory Insights series analyzes inventory trends in US retail. In this report, dive into trends by sector and inventory turnover ratios among major US retailers in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Insight Report | April 4, 2025 Premium

US Tariffs: Who Wins, Who Loses and What It Means for the Economy

Rising trade barriers and tariffs—including the announced reciprocal tariffs by the US on April 2, 2025—are fundamentally reshaping global supply chains and corporate strategies. In this report, we examine the industries poised to benefit or suffer in a high-tariff environment.

Insight Report | April 4, 2025 Premium

Amazon Bids to Acquire TikTok—What It Means for US E-Commerce

On April 3, 2025, e-commerce giant Amazon reportedly submitted a bid to acquire TikTok from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. We examine the implications of the bid and the potential impact of a successful deal on the US e-commerce sector.

Insight Report | April 3, 2025 Free Report

Mapping the US’s Reciprocal Import Tariffs: Which Nations Are Affected?

We provide the full list of reciprocal tariffs announced by the US on April 2, 2025, and chart the import rates of affected nations by continent.

Insight Report | April 1, 2025 Premium

Dollar Tree To Divest Family Dollar: Here’s What It Means—Consumer + Real Estate Data Analysis

We offer our take on the sale of the Family Dollar business by Dollar Tree, Inc., which was announced on March 26, 2025. Discover the key factors in Dollar Tree’s integration struggles with Family Dollar and what the acquisition agreement means for Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and other retailers.

Insight Report | March 24, 2025

Retail-Tech Landscape: Unified Commerce

Unified commerce enables brands and retailers to provide a comprehensive and integrated shopper experience. Read this Retail-Tech Landscape to discover key solution providers that are helping retail companies eliminate customer, product and inventory data silos to best capitalize on consumer behavior and maximize sales.

Insight Report | March 24, 2025 Premium

March 2025 US Retail Sales Outlook: Lowering Our Retail Growth Projections in an Uncertain Context

The monthly Coresight Research US Retail Sales Outlook series tracks several major macroeconomic indicators and their likely effect on US retail sales. We analyze the latest available data as of March 19, 2025.

Insight Report | March 19, 2025 Premium

Earnings Insights 4Q24, Week 7: Costco, Inditex and Puma Lead with Solid Fourth-Quarter Growth

Our weekly Earnings Insights reports feature highlights from recent management commentary from major retailers within our Coresight 100 coverage list as they report fourth-quarter 2024 earnings. This week, discover highlights from major companies that reported in the week ended March 16, 2025, including Costco, Gap Inc., Inditex, Kohl’s, Puma, Ulta Beauty and more.