Insight Report | July 23, 2019 Premium Coresight Matrix: Inventory-Optimization SoftwareIn this report, we look at new developments in inventory optimization software, and use our Coresight Matrix to rate leaders and emerging players by innovation effort and market power. Read More
Deep Dive | June 24, 2019 Premium Reviewing Grocery Tech Innovations from Walmart and KrogerThe digitalization of grocery retailing is about much more than e-commerce. In the US, Walmart and Kroger are leading the charge in digital adoption across the grocery supply chain. In this report, we review a number of grocery tech innovations from these two retailers. Read More
Flash Report | June 24, 2019 Register for Free Access Facebook Announces its New Digital Cryptocurrency: the LibraOn June 18, 2019 Facebook a new subsidiary named Calibra, whose first project is a digital wallet for a new global currency called Libra that is powered by blockchain technology but backed by real assets. Read More
Insight Report | June 13, 2019 Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Blockchain Brings Traceability and Product Authenticity to the Supply ChainBlockchain is a promising technology that offers improvement to retailers’ supply chains through better traceability of products, prevention of counterfeiting and improved customer experience. Read More
Insight Report | May 31, 2019 Free Report Israel Retail-Tech Innovator LandscapeIsrael’s retail-tech sector is growing and quickly becoming one of the hottest and most innovative ecosystems for retail technologies, with startups offering solutions from supply chain logistics to the in-store experience. Read More
Insight Report | May 23, 2019 Premium Supply Chain Series: From Immersive Technologies to RoboticsTechnologies including blockchain, AI and others are transforming the various stages in the retail supply chain, including product design, demand forecasting, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing, last-mile delivery and sales. Read More
Insight Report | May 7, 2019 Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: BlockchainThis retail-tech landscape lists notable blockchain startups focusing on retail applications including supply chain, traceability, Internet of Things (IoT) integration and payments. Read More
Insight Report | May 2, 2019 Premium Insights from China: Generation Z Buys Now, Pays Later – and Expects Fast Delivery of Online OrdersGen Zers in China are digitally native, rather impatient and open to taking on debt to pay the things they want. Read More
Insight Report | April 23, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing #8: Health and Medical Services Go Digital on WeChat and Alipay; Tmall Luxury Pavilion Welcomes Gentle MonsterTencent is testing medical services on its WeChat mini program. Read More
Insight Report | March 28, 2019 Premium Insights from China: Alipay and WeChat Pay Go InternationalAlipay and WeChat Pay have gone international more quickly due to booming Chinese outbound tourism. They are accepted not only at retail locations but also used to pay transportation fares in support of local services. Read More
Insight Report | March 26, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing #6: Alipay Expands to the UK in Partnership with Barclaycard, Watsons Mobile App Features Virtual Makeup Try-On“New Retail” is a model for integrating online retail, offline retail and logistics across a single value chain powered by data and technology. In this biweekly series, we cover important developments in New Retail in China and beyond. Here’s what’s happening Read More
Deep Dive | March 15, 2019 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. Read More
Insight Report | March 12, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing #5: Alipay Pushes Cross-Border Payment; JD.com Continues Unstaffed Delivery Initiatives Abroad“New Retail” is a model for integrating online retail, offline retail and logistics across a single value chain powered by data and technology. In this biweekly series, we cover important developments in New Retail in China and beyond. Read More
Deep Dive | March 8, 2019 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 Read More
Insight Report | February 26, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing #4: Suning.com Expands to Department Stores, Alipay Available at Walgreens“New Retail” is a model for integrating online retail, offline retail and logistics across a single value chain powered by data and technology. In this biweekly series, we cover important developments in New Retail in China and beyond. Read More