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Innovator Intelligence: Radius8—In-Store and Digital Experiences Powered by Local Demand

This report forms part of our Innovator Intelligence series, which focuses on emerging companies that are disrupting traditional retail and fueling innovation across the retail value chain.

Radius8 has created a platform that empowers retailers to dynamically merchandise online by using data on their physical stores and local market intelligence to provide contextual discovery for shoppers, which ultimately drives both online conversion and store foot traffic.

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Top Takeaways from the US-China AI Tech Summit, Part 2: Cross-Industrial Disruption

Last week, the Coresight Research team attended the first-ever US-China AI Tech Summit, which was held in Silicon Valley. Our first report on the conference covered the day’s morning sessions, including a fireside chat with Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak. The second half of the event focused on applications of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries. Experts from the fintech, legal, enterprise and nonprofit realms discussed the challenges ahead and the greatest opportunities for AI integration.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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