Insight Report | February 25, 2021 Premium Chinese New Year Review: Retail Sales See Impressive Year-Over-Year Growth Against Weak 2020The Chinese government encouraged people to stay put for the recent Chinese New Year festival, impacting more than 100 million people who would typically return home for the holiday each year. We discuss retail sales over the holiday, including the impact of people not returning home on consumer spending. Read More
Insight Report | February 2, 2021 Premium Holiday 2020: US Retail Wrap-Up—A Strong Holiday Season Overall, with Uneven Gains Across SectorsWe review comparable sales growth and e-commerce performance for the US holiday 2020 period. We provide updates for a 13 major UK retailers including Costco, Five Below, Macy’s, Target and Tiffany & Co. This US Retail Wrap-Up report can help to gauge the scale and shape of demand as we head further into 2021. Read More
Insight Report | January 25, 2021 Premium Holiday 2020: UK Retail Wrap-Up—Digitally Adept Retailers Thrive; UK Retail Sales Fall in DecemberWe review UK retail sales and major retailers’ trading updates from the 2020 holiday period. We provide trading updates for a comprehensive list of UK retailers including ASOS, Dixons Carphone, M&S, Next and Sainsbury’s, as well as a timeline of key events in the UK related to Covid-19. Our analysis of the holiday peak from last year can help to gauge the scale and shape of demand as we head further into 2021. Read More
Event Coverage | January 22, 2021 Register for Free Access NRF 2021: Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig Discusses Offline Retail in 2021 with Placer.aiNRF 2021, the annual “Retail’s Big Show” event hosted by the National Retail Federation, is taking place virtually over six days between January 12 and 22. Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, hosted the “Offline Retail in 2021: A Data-Driven Look at the Trends That Will Define Retail Success in 2021” session with location data analytics startup Placer.ai. We present insights from the session. Read More
Event Presentation | January 14, 2021 Premium 2020 Holiday RecapOn January 14, 2021, Coresight Research presented a wrap-up of the 2020 US holiday shopping season. This presentation provides a summary of macro indicators, US retail sales, store closures and openings, e-commerce growth, physical store traffic, and consumer behavior for the period. The presentation also covers business weather impacts and weather-driven product demand expectations for the quarter ahead. Read More
Insight Report | January 12, 2021 Premium Chinese New Year: Five Strategies for International Brands and Retailers To Capitalize on the HolidayChinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, is the most important holiday of the year in Chinese culture, falling on February 11–17 in 2021. We discuss five ways in which international brands and retailers can capitalize on this retail opportunity in 2021 and future years, covering new products, red packets, themed campaigns, livestreaming and logistics. Read More
| December 24, 2020 Free Report Holiday Bites: US Consumers’ Holiday Spending Expectations—Survey UpdateOur Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. We consider the subject of US consumers’ holiday Spending Expectations—Survey Update Read More
| December 23, 2020 Free Report Holiday Bites: US Consumers’ Holiday Shopping Expectations—Survey UpdateOur Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. We consider the subject of US consumers’ holiday shopping expectations—survey update Read More
| December 22, 2020 Free Report Holiday Bites: Top Five US Retailers by Biggest Holiday Hiring Plans 2020Our Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. We consider the subject of top five US retailers by biggest holiday hiring plans 2020. Read More
Insight Report | December 21, 2020 Register for Free Access US Survey Update: Online Apparel Shopping Continues To Gain Momentum Heading Into Christmas (Select Findings)This free report features select findings from our latest survey of US consumers, undertaken on December 15, which asked respondents about their behavior, sentiment and expectations amid the coronavirus crisis. Read More
Deep Dive | December 21, 2020 Premium US Survey Update: Online Apparel Shopping Continues To Gain Momentum Heading Into Christmas (Full Report)Our latest survey report provides a detailed update on US consumers’ behaviors, concerns and expectations, with a focus on the implications for retail. This week, we discuss what shoppers are doing and where they are going as we head into the holiday peak, including findings on the avoidance of public places and what activities they expect to do in the next two weeks. Our consumer survey was undertaken on December 15. Read More
Insight Report | December 17, 2020 Premium The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #12—Five Notable Things We Have Seen in US Retail This Holiday SeasonThis report concludes The 12 Weeks of Holidays series, in which we have presented key data, trends and observations in the countdown to the peak holiday season. In this report, we discuss five key trends that we have seen this holiday season in US retail, spanning hiring to online grocery growth to last-mile delivery. Read More
| December 17, 2020 Free Report Holiday Bites: Selected US Retailers: Increased Fulfillment CapacityOur Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. We consider the subject of selected US retailers: increased fulfillment capacity. Read More
| December 16, 2020 Free Report Holiday Bites: Selected Major US Retailers—Same-Day Delivery OptionsOur Holiday Bites series features bitesize information on the shape and scale of consumer demand, retail sales and category performance in the 2020 holiday season. We consider the subject of selected major US retailers: same-day delivery options. Read More
Insight Report | December 14, 2020 Register for Free Access US Survey Update: A Last Look at Consumers’ Holiday Shopping Expectations (Select Findings)This free report features select findings from our latest survey of US consumers, undertaken on December 8, which asked respondents about their behavior, sentiment and expectations amid the coronavirus crisis. Read More
