Event Coverage | February 22, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participants Profile, Part 2 — Chatter and ShipsiThe Coresight Research team will attend and participate in Shoptalk 2019 March 3-6 in Las Vegas. The event brings together more than 8,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers to discuss rapid evolution of how consumers discover, shop and buy. Read More
Event Coverage | February 22, 2019 Register for Free Access Countdown to Shoptalk 2019: Startup Pitch Competition Participants Profile, Part 1 — Ladingo and IncreasinglyLandingo offers a cloud-based solution to enable seamless international shipping for business-to-consumer e-commerce. The company focuses on larger items, such as furniture, bicycles and other bulky products. Container sharing optimization allows Ladingo to offer lower shipping rates for larger items. Read More
Event Coverage | February 1, 2019 Register for Free Access World Bank Sees Slowing Productivity and Social Inclusion As Key Challenges for High-Growth East Asia CountriesThe success of these economies has been built on the “East Asian Development Model,” which the World Bank says includes policies and initiatives to promote export-oriented manufacturing, supported by education designed to support economic growth. However, developing East Asia still has some gaps to fill. China’s per capita GDP is only one-fifth the average for high-income economies, followed by Vietnam at just 5% and Cambodia at 3%, according to the World Bank report. When South Korea achieved high-income status in 2000, its labor productivity was 2.5 times higher and its human capital was one-third higher than China’s was in 2018. Read More
Event Coverage | February 1, 2019 Register for Free Access Insights from the 2019 WeChat Pro Conference: Boosting Mini Apps and Personalizing Red EnvelopesEveryone gives away money in small red envelopes called hong bao at the Chinese New Year, and WeChat is launching new features to help users personalize this feature. Traditionally, hong bao are delivered in person, handed directly to the recipient, but in recent years this has gone digital: WeChat says about ¥3 billion was sent by WeChat in 2015 — but that figure climbed to ¥46 billion in just two years. Read More
Event Coverage | January 23, 2019 Register for Free Access AI Creates Smarter Living: Takeaways from the TechLIFEStyle Conference in Hong KongThe Coresight Research team attended TechLIFEStyle conference, part of StartmeupHK, held in Hong Kong January 22, 2019. StartmeupHK is an initiative launched by InvestHK to promote Hong Kong as a startup destination, connecting entrepreneurs and investors. The theme of the event was “living smarter, living better,” looking at how lifestyle technology can be woven into everyday life. These are some highlights of the event. Read More
Event Coverage | January 18, 2019 Register for Free Access Luxury FirstLook 2019—Digital Acceleration: Key TakeawaysCoresight Research attended Luxury Daily’s Luxury FirstLook 2019: Digital Acceleration conference in New York. The event was packed with senior executives from luxury brands, retailers, agencies, publishers and service providers. We were there to discuss digital acceleration, but most in the room agreed luxury companies are still in the early stages of adopting cutting-edge technology tools – not keeping up with their more digitally savvy clientele. Read More
Event Coverage | January 16, 2019 Register for Free Access NRF 2019 Day 3: Hearing About Mission-Driven Brands, China’s Digital Leadership and How Inclusion Can Fuel GrowthOver the course of the day, we heard multiple panelists emphasize that consumers want to know what companies and brands stand for, and not just what they are selling. Companies are increasingly taking stands on social and political issues and we expect this trend to continue into 2019. In 2018, Dick’s Sporting Goods took a stand on gun control; Patagonia has a long heritage of being a mission-driven company and has given over $100 million to support environmental issues including air, water, and soil. The company also announced it would donate all the proceeds of the recent corporate tax cut to entities that combat climate change, saying the environment needed the money more. Read More
Event Coverage | January 15, 2019 Register for Free Access NRF 2019 Day 2: Challenging Old ParadigmsCoresight Research Founder and CEO Deborah Weinswig discussed AI in retail with experts from Guess, JD and Markable in a panel discussion called The Intelligence Revolution is Here. Weinswig discussed the massive opportunity in AI in a range of areas from communicating with customers, to optimizing prices and products, to managing inventory and delivering experiential retail. Read More
Event Coverage | January 14, 2019 Register for Free Access NRF 2019 Day 1: The Big Apple’s Big Show Does Not DisappointRich Roll, author and athlete, set the tone for the panel discussion The Wellness Revolution: Consumer Behavior in a New Retail Era, when he outlined what he sees as the secret of success for his podcast. “One reason (it) works is because it is honest and unpolished,” noted Roll. “We are starved for connection and something that is real.” Roll started a health and wellness podcast The Rich Roll Podcastmidlife after spending part of his career as a corporate attorney. Each of his podcasts has an average of 250,000 to 750,000 downloads, and he’s totaled over 50 million downloads. He encouraged retailers to embrace corporate culture that values honesty and integrity. Read More
Event Coverage | January 11, 2019 Register for Free Access CES 2019 Wrap-Up: Five Cool Things You Need to KnowAt the show, we saw various applications of AI voice technology, which has expanded beyond AI appliances such as the Amazon Echo, Samsung’s Bixby, Apple’s HomePod, the Google Home and many others. Voice control has moved into the realm of home appliances, such as Amazon’s voice-controlled microwave oven, and the voice-controlled TVs and home appliances demonstrated by LG and Samsung. Voice recognition has also entered automobiles — Ford demonstrated operability with Alexa at CES two years ago, Alibaba showed interoperability with Volvo and BMW, and this week, Amazon started taking orders for Echo Auto. Read More
Event Coverage | January 10, 2019 Register for Free Access CES 2019 Day 4: Five Cool Things You Need to KnowAMD is currently giving Intel serious competition in the microprocessor wars, and announced several new processors — for desktops, servers, mobile and graphics — and AMD says this increased computing power will be needed to solve society’s challenges in education, healthcare, climate change and energy. Read More
Event Coverage | January 10, 2019 Register for Free Access CES 2019 Day 4 Takeaways: Innovative Technology Startups At CESThe Coresight Research team is in Las Vegas this week for CES 2019 (formerly, the Consumer Electronics Show). This year’s event features over 4,400 exhibiting companies, including standout startups alongside established companies. Read More
Event Coverage | January 9, 2019 Register for Free Access CES 2019 Day 3 Takeaways: Five Innovative Technology Startups at CESThe Coresight Research team is in Las Vegas this week for CES 2019 (formerly, the Consumer Electronics Show). This year’s event features over 4,400 exhibiting companies, including standout startups alongside established companies. Read More
Event Coverage | January 9, 2019 Register for Free Access The 4th New Economy Think Tank Summit: Three Things You Need to KnowThe Coresight Research team was in the room when some of China’s most innovative, tech-focused retailers came together for the fourth New Economy Think Tank Summit by AliResearch, the research arm of Alibaba. The Speakers included Min Wanli, Chief Machine Intelligent Scientist, Alibaba; Chen Weiru, Executive Director of Alibaba Industrial Internet Center; Liu Song, Vice President, Alibaba Group; Gao Hongbing, Vice President, Alibaba Group, Director of AliResearch; Steven Zhang, Vice President of Alibaba DingTalk; Ma Mingjie, Director General of Research Department of Innovation, The State Council Development Research Center; and, Michael Irwin Jordan, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and Chair of Ant Financial Scientific Advisory Board. Read More
Event Coverage | January 9, 2019 Register for Free Access CES 2019 Day 3: Five Cool Things You Need to KnowAI promises to make businesses smarter and free humanity of many mindless, repetitive jobs. This means people who do mindless, repetitive tasks will need to find something else to do. The good news is, AI will also create new, higher-skilled jobs, such as building and maintaining the AI systems. Read More
