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US Survey Update: A Last Look at Consumers’ Holiday Shopping Expectations (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, as we move into the last couple of weeks of the 2020 holiday season, we analyze consumers’ holiday shopping expectations for the final time. We also present findings on shoppers’ current online spending habits and avoidance of public places, as well as what activities they expect to do in the next two weeks. Our consumer survey was undertaken on December 8.

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Coresight Research x CEW: Beauty Insights—What Global Brands and Retailers Can Learn from China’s Singles’ Day 2020 Event

Beauty has always been a popular category on Singles’ Day, and this year, it continued to witness strong sales growth across various Chinese e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba’s Tmall and JD.com. Together with CEW, we assess beauty brands’ and retailers’ performance and explore the key beauty trends that came to the fore during the Singles’ Day 2020 shopping festival. In this free report, we discuss the strategies that beauty brands and retailers implemented for the event and the learnings that brands can apply in future festivals and beyond to capture share of the fast-growing beauty market in China.

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The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #11—Our Predictions for a Digital December in US Retail

We present our expectations for a digital December and analyze the implications for US retailers. We cover recent retail traffic trends, mobile commerce and digital selling tools, popular online product categories, and online-order fulfillment and last mile-delivery. This report is part of The 12 Weeks of Holidays series, in which we present key data, trends and observations as we count down to the peak holiday season.

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US Survey Update: Shoppers Purchased Online over the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend, with Strong Demand for Apparel (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 analyze consumer shopping behavior over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, which spans Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We also present findings on shoppers’ current online spending habits and avoidance of public places, as well as what activities they expect to do in the next two weeks. Our consumer survey was undertaken on December 1.

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Holiday 2020: US Black Friday and Cyber Monday Insights—Digital Sales Growth Underwhelms on Cyber Monday

This year, Black Friday in the US has been mainly digital, as consumers shift spending to e-commerce. In this free report, we discuss digital sales performance during Cyber Week, covering total revenues and year-over-year growth, the boost provided by pickup services, US retailers’ average discount rates and popular product categories among US shoppers.

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US Survey Update: Fewer Consumers Visit Shopping Centers This November (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 focus on the declining trend in consumer visits to shopping centers throughout November. We also discuss shoppers’ current online spending habits and avoidance of public places, as well as what activities they expect to do in the next two weeks. Our consumer survey was undertaken on November 24.

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