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China’s National Day Wrap-Up: Golden Week Sees Uptick in Discretionary Spending

China’s National Day holiday ran from October 1 through October 8 this year. We discuss data and offer insights into consumption patterns and behaviors among Chinese tourists during Golden Week 2020, covering travel revenue, retail sales, spending in discretionary categories and food-service revenue. We also consider travel to Macau and the popularity of duty-free shopping.

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Big Billion Days 2020 Preview: Flipkart Offers Pre-Booking and Daily Shopping Games To Drive Sales

Launched in 2014, the Big Billion Days shopping festival is the annual flagship shopping event of Walmart-owned Indian retailer Flipkart. The Big Billion days sale will take place on October 16–21 this year. We explore a preview of key features of this year’s Big Billion Days shopping festival, including pre-booking, shopping games, offers and promotions, and upcoming events by retail competitors.

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The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #3—Carriers Add Holiday Surcharges To Manage Holiday Peak Capacity

We discuss the issues regarding last-mile shipping for the holiday season this year, with a focus on shipping capacity volumes and holiday surcharge fees for the big three carriers in the US—FedEx, UPS and the USPS. This report is part of our 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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10 Things To Know About the Perfect 10 Shopping Festival: Coresight Research Launches the Global 10.10 Shopping Festival

Coresight Research is kicking off the 2020 shopping holiday season with the inaugural 10.10 Shopping Festival, in collaboration with shopping rewards app Shopkick, online fashion marketplace Fashwire and an exciting array of charities, supporting partners, retailers and brands. We highlight the 10 things you need to know, including which retailers will participate in 10.10 and what proportion of consumers expect to shop the event.

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Holiday 2020: US Shopper Survey—How Shifting Spending Patterns Will Impact Retail

Coresight Research’s recent survey provides a detailed update on US consumers’ holiday 2020 shopping expectations, with a focus on the implications for US retail. Given the uncertain context to US consumer’s holiday shopping decisions, the shape and scale of consumer demand during the holiday peak is less certain than ever. We take a deep dive into shoppers’ expectations for the US holiday 2020 season with results and insights from our survey.

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The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #2—The Global Shopping Festival of 10.10 Festivalizes Holiday 2020

We discuss the “festivalization” of holiday retail, with a focus on the new 10.10 Shopping Festival and Amazon’s Prime Day. We discuss the implications for US retailers, including the expected early start to the holiday shopping season. This free report is part of our 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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Halloween 2020 US Retail Preview: Covid-19 Spooks Festivities and Haunts Retail

As Halloween kicks off the US Holiday season, festivities are likely to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. We discuss the impact of Covid-19 on Halloween celebrations and retail spending. We also explore the detailed insights provided by our September 22 survey on US consumers’ behaviors, concerns and expectations in relation to this year’s Halloween holiday, with a focus on the implications for US retail.

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The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #1—Three Things US Shoppers Will Do Differently This Holiday Season

Using exclusive Coresight Research survey data, we discuss three ways in which US consumers expect to shop differently this holiday season. We explore a potential shift in spending on products versus services, consumer expectations of when they will start holiday shopping and anticipated demand around Amazon’s Prime Day. This report is the first in our 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 E-Commerce: Post-Crisis Outlook

We explore the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on US e-commerce. We present our trend analysis and insights into the online channel’s development in the second quarter of 2020. We also discuss three post-crisis US e-commerce trends across the themes of digital investment, omnichannel capabilities and drones/autonomous vehicles.

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Coresight Research, Shopkick and Fashwire Introduce the New 10.10 Shopping Festival

Together with Shopkick and Fashwire, Coresight Research is excited to announce the inaugural 10.10 Shopping Festival, a US-based event that will take place on October 9–11, 2020. We detail the rationale behind launching the event, the participation of the partner companies and the opportunities that this new shopping festival offers to brands, retailers and consumers. With both an online and offline presence, 10.10 will provide a gamified shopping experience and pull forward holiday shopping this year.

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