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Insight Report | July 3, 2018 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: US

Retail-Tech Landscape US
Analytics/Predictive Analytics: Leveraging data to generate new opportunities and identify the likelihood of
future outcomes in order to enable more strategic decision making.

Brick-and-Mortar Data Capture: Developing in-store analytics technologies that provide visibility into store operations
and the performance of products, promotions and employees.

Event Coverage | July 3, 2018

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Fashion Tech Consortium Hosts Retail Executive Roundtable June Breakfast Event

Fashion Tech Consortium, an accelerator that links together brands, retailers, manufacturers and technology companies in order to provide highly assessed, enterprise-ready tech solutions in the fashion retail industry, hosted the Retail Executive Roundtable June Breakfast, at the Amali in New York City on June 27. Michael Reidbord, Founder and Principal at Fashion Tech Consortium, organized and moderated the intimate gathering for a three-speaker series and open discussion over breakfast. Nearly 20 participants, including founders, presidents, managers and advisors from a range of retail-focused industries—from Facebook, to Brooks Brothers, to artificial intelligence (AI)-focused analytics companies—attended the invite-only breakfast event.

Event Coverage | June 20, 2018

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London Tech Week 2018: Profiling 13 Retail-Tech Startups

The Coresight Research team attended London Tech Week 2018 held June 11–17.We attended two retail-tech startup pitches during the week: Tech London Advocates’ Retail Tech 50 at startup incubator Cocoon Networks and Project Kairos London’s Retail TechPitch at trade show TechXLR8. Here, we profile 13 of the retail-tech startups we met.

Event Coverage | June 19, 2018

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Coresight Research and Alvanon Cohost Trailblazers 2018 Event – One Size Does Not Fit All: Inclusive Design & the Modern Consumer

Coresight Research and Alvanon, a global apparel and product development consultancy, cohosted a Trailblazers event called One Size Does Not Fit All: Inclusive Design & the Modern Consumer on June 14 in New York City.

Event Coverage | June 19, 2018

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London Tech Week 2018: The Customer Value that Tech Delivers Is What Matters

The Coresight Research team attended London Tech Week 2018 held June 11–17. In this report, we feature our key takeaways from the various events we attended. A follow-up report will focus on some of the notable startups we met during the week.

Insight Report | June 19, 2018 Premium

RETAIL-TECH LANDSCAPE CHINA

Event Coverage | June 15, 2018

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CES Asia 2018 Part 1: Huawei to Shape the Future of Image Technology, Smart Cars Take Center Stage

This week, the Coresight Research team is in Shanghai attending Asia’s fastest-growing consumer technology event, CES Asia 2018, which runs June 13 to June 15. This year’s event has attracted over 500 global companies exhibiting at the show and more than 40,000 attendees and over 1,200 media. This is the first of two reports on our key takeaways from the event, which features the latest product launches and transformative technology, including, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) and vehicle technology.

Insight Report | June 12, 2018 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: Europe

Retail-Tech Landscape Europe

Market Outlook | June 11, 2018 Premium

The Inclusive Clothing Market Represents a Significant, Largely Untapped Opportunity

The inclusive clothing and accessories market, which encompasses adaptive, smart and stress-free clothing designs as well as plus sizes and extended sizes, is underserved in retail. In this report, we focus on the adaptive clothing market opportunity and discuss some of the startups, retailers and designers that are working to meet the clothing needs of people with various disabilities and conditions. A future report will take a deep dive into inclusive design and the plus-size market opportunity.

Event Coverage | June 11, 2018

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New York Fashion Tech Lab (NYFTL) Tech Runway Demo Day 2018

The Coresight Research team attended New York Fashion Tech Lab’s (NYFTL’s) Tech Runway Demo Day 2018 in New York City on June 7.

Deep Dive | May 29, 2018 Premium

Artificial Intelligence in Retail, Part 1: Applications Across Customer-Facing Functions

This report is the first in a short series looking at the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in retail. Here, we explore AI applications across the customer-facing functions of retail. Our proprietary CORE (communication, optimization of pricing, rationalization of inventory and experiential retail) framework demonstrates the applicability of AI in customer-facing functions. The technology can be used for:

Deep Dive | May 22, 2018 Premium

Subscription Commerce Update – Disruptors Face Disruption

Subscription services continue to capture billions of dollars that would otherwise go to conventional retailers. However, we are now seeing some US subscription commerce disruptors face disruption themselves.

Event Coverage | May 14, 2018

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Notes from Breakfast with the Disruptors, Featuring Retail AI Companies

Coresight Research recently held its inaugural Breakfast with the Disruptors event, where eight startups that are applying artificial intelligence (AI) to solve retailers’ problems pitched their businesses to an estimated 400 guests. The event was hosted by Global Brands Group (GBG) in the Empire State Building in New York City and was sponsored by Celect, GBG and Li & Fung.

Insight Report | May 10, 2018 Premium

China Tech Briefings: Alibaba to Bring Its Tmall Genie Smart Speaker to Mercedes, Audis and Volvos in China

This is our inaugural China Tech Briefings In this series, we will track news and developments related to China technology companies and share our viewpoints on how these will impact the retail sector and the overall economy.

Insight Report | May 8, 2018 Premium

Urban Farming: From Community Development to Agriculture Technology

In the US, we are seeing a growing trend of government-backed initiatives to turn unused urban land or vacant lots into community gardens and/or urban farmlands, bringing a multitude of benefits to the communities.