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Insight Report | November 20, 2020 Premium

Singles’ Day 2020: Analyzing New Retail Strategies

Started as an online-only shopping festival, Singles’ Day has been shifting toward an omnichannel presence, leveraging Alibaba’s concept of “New Retail” to extend the event to offline retail. We discuss three key New Retail strategies that brands and Alibaba’s Tmall platform launched for this year’s Double 11: offline experiential events, such as pop-up shops; 3D virtual showrooms; and online coupons.

Insight Report | November 19, 2020 Premium

Singles’ Day 2020: Analyzing New Entrants

As part of our coverage of Singles’ Day 2020, we explore new entrants on Alibaba’s Tmall platform and their approach to leveraging the shopping festival for China market entry or expansion. We cover entrants from different sectors, including apparel, beauty, home furnishing and luxury.

Insight Report | November 19, 2020 Premium

Singles’ Day 2020: Alibaba and JD.com Record $115 Billion in Sales

As the world’s largest online global shopping festival, Singles’ Day presents an exciting sales opportunity for brands and retailers. We discuss the Singles’ Day sales performance of China’s leading e-commerce players, including a comparison of Alibaba and JD.com. We highlight key themes from this year’s festival and consumer shopping patterns.

Deep Dive | November 18, 2020 Premium

Singles’ Day 2020: Analyzing Merchants’ Marketing Campaigns

As part of our coverage of Singles’ Day 2020, we review the marketing campaigns that various brands and retailers launched on Alibaba’s Tmall platform to encourage consumer spending during the shopping festival. We focus on three themes: financial incentives, community building and livestream/influencer marketing.

Insight Report | November 18, 2020 Premium

The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #8—Outlook for the US Beauty Sector

Beauty brands and retailers have had to adapt to changes in how and what consumers are shopping due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, so are approaching the holiday season differently this year. As part of The 12 Weeks of Holidays series, we provide an outlook for the sector, including our estimates for consumer spending during the holiday period. We also discuss e-commerce fulfillment, the use of livestreaming and five key beauty trends for this holiday season.

Insight Report | November 17, 2020 Premium

Key Festivals and Holidays for Promotional Campaigns in China in 2021: Calendar

China sees a number of festivals and holidays that retailers and brands can tap with marketing and promotional campaigns. Use our “cut-out-and-keep” calendar as your guide to 2021.

Insight Report | November 17, 2020 Premium

Singles’ Day 2020: Analyzing New Products

Singles’ Day presents an opportunity for new product launches, to help brands drive consumer excitement and boost sales. We discuss some of the new product strategies that brands employed on Alibaba’s Tmall during this year’s 11.11 shopping festival, and present learnings that can be applied to the China market and shopping festivals in particular, as well as to year-round sales strategies.

Market Navigators/Market Outlook | November 17, 2020 Premium

US Home and Home-Improvement Retail: Post-Crisis Outlook—Fall 2020 Update

We explore the continued impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on the US home and home-improvement sector and present an outlook for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021. To analyze the sector, we look closely at select US retailers—including Home Depot, Lowe’s RH and Willams-Sonoma—as well as the effects of consumer trends in e-commerce.

Insight Report | November 13, 2020 Premium

Singles’ Day 2020: Making an Impact Around the World

Coresight Research visited physical stores and e-commerce websites to gauge the adoption of Singles’ Day by retailers globally and to gather examples of 11.11 deals—including in Europe, India, Southeast Asia and the US.

Insight Report | November 12, 2020 Premium

Consumer Tech Briefing: 5G Launches from Apple and OnePlus, and a $90,000 Rollable TV from LG

Each month, our Consumer Tech Briefing series explores recent developments in the world of technology. This month, we look at the launch of new devices with 5G wireless capability, from Apple and OnePlus. We also discuss the release of the new OLED R rollable television from LG.

Deep Dive | November 10, 2020 Free Report

Unboxing the Gifting Market amid Experience-Driven Retail

We discuss the key trends impacting the gifting market, highlighting some of the key challenges in the industry, such as returns. This report offers insights into the size of the US gifting market, the popularity of gift cards and consumer demand for personalization. We also explore Loop Commerce’s Gift Experience Management (GXM) solution GiftNow, which helps retailers leverage omnichannel capabilities to redefine the gifting experience for gift shoppers and recipients alike.

Insight Report | November 9, 2020 Premium

The Inaugural 10.10 Shopping Festival: From Concept to Creation—and the Five Factors That Drove Its Success

Coresight Research launched the 10.10 Shopping Festival exactly one month ago, to bring fun and excitement back to the retail industry and to help retailers and shoppers address the disruption caused by Covid-19. We provide insights into the creation and launch of the inaugural 10.10 Shopping Festival, which took place on October 9–12, and the five key factors that drove its success.

Flash Report | November 5, 2020

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Singles’ Day 2020: Early Observations of Alibaba’s Double 11

In China, Alibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival 2020 held its first sale period at 12:00 a.m. on November 1–3, following a pre-sale on October 21–31. In this free report, we present some early sales results from the first round of this year’s Singles’ Day event and discuss our observations so far, covering livestreaming and order fulfillment.

Market Navigators/Market Outlook | November 5, 2020 Premium

Market Outlook: Understanding China’s $5 Trillion Retail Sector

In this Market Outlook, we explore China’s retail sector. We analyze data on the sector’s size and present our estimates for growth in the remainder of 2020 and into 2021. We profile China’s leading retail companies and outline the composition and trajectory of the retail market. This report also discusses a number of key themes in the market—including e-commerce as a driver of sector consolidation, high consumer demand in certain product categories, sales growth among domestic beauty brands and opportunities in the duty-free format.

Event Coverage | November 2, 2020

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Retail Innovation Club Annual Event 2020 Preview: Showcasing Israel’s Innovative Retail-Tech Ecosystem

On November 3, 2020, Coresight Research will partner with the Retail Innovation Club for the Retail Innovation Club Annual Event 2020—a digital event that will showcase Israeli startup companies, industry influencers and retail leaders. In this report, we introduce the innovative startups that will present at the event.