Insight Report | November 29, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Giving Tuesday—Generosity Rules the DayThe Tuesday after Thanksgiving, known as “Giving Tuesday,” is an unofficial start to year-end charitable contributions. Ahead of the day, Whole Whale, a consultancy focused on nonprofits and for-benefit companies, forecast that charities would raise a total of $363 million this Giving Tuesday. Read More
Insight Report | November 28, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Thanksgiving Weekend Sales Creep into Early NovemberFrom Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, more than 165 million Americans shopped according to a new survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Read More
Insight Report | November 27, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Early Cyber Monday ReadingsUS Cyber Monday online sales are estimated to have reached $7.8 billion, up 18.3% from last year, according to Adobe Insights. Read More
Insight Report | November 27, 2018 Premium Black Friday Boosts China’s Cross-Border E-Commerce SalesBlack Friday boosted China’s cross-border e-commerce sales this year. This day is increasingly identified by Chinese consumers as another important occasion in the year to buy imported goods. Read More
Insight Report | November 26, 2018 Premium Singles’ Day 2018: Proprietary Coresight Research Data Reveal the Scale of Growth by CategoryIn this report, we dig into Alibaba’s Tmall Global sales volume on Singles’ Day, using a detailed, proprietary dataset collating information on the top 500 products across 14 different categories on the platform. Read More
Insight Report | November 26, 2018 Premium Holiday 2018: A Visit to Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall on Small Business SaturdayOn Small Business Saturday, day three of the Thanksgiving weekend holiday shopping spree, Coresight Research visited Westfield Garden State Plaza Shopping Center. According to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics annual Thanksgiving weekend shopping survey, 67 million people were expected to go shopping on Small Business Saturday. Many Black Friday promotions were extended through Saturday. Read More
Insight Report | November 23, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Latest Survey Data Show Americans Still Have a Lot of Shopping to Do!This holiday season, US retailers will experience the growing purchasing power of GenZers and millennials, according to the latest survey data from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Read More
Insight Report | November 22, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Sustainable GiftingUS holiday retail sales are expected to rise 4% year over year to $720 billion. Read More
Event Presentation | November 15, 2018 Premium 3Q2018 Recap and 2018 Holiday Preview (Planalytics)Q32018 Recap and Retail Update • Macro Update • 3Q18 Retail Update • 2018 Holiday Preview Read More
Insight Report | November 15, 2018 Free Report Beauty Insights, Part 3: Holiday Beauty (Self-) Gifting GuideThe 2018 holiday shopping season is expected to be a healthy one. Consumers in the US are set to spend an average of $1,007 this holiday, 4.1% more than they planned to spend last year, according to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF’s) annual holiday spending survey, conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. Read More
Insight Report | November 14, 2018 Premium A Guide to Entering China for Foreign Brands and Retailers, Part 2: Chinese E-Commerce Calendar for 2019 – International Brands that Understand and Respect Chinese Culture Are Poised to WinChina celebrates many holidays and shopping festivals that foreign brands and retailers should pay attention to, ranging from traditional cultural celebrations to holidays adopted from Western culture to special events recently created by retailers and e-commerce platforms. Read More
Insight Report | November 14, 2018 Premium Key Festivals and Holidays for Promotional Campaigns in China in 2019China’s retail industry is booming and in addition to Single’s Day, there are many opportunities for international brands and retailers to tap into the world’s largest e-commerce market. Use our 2019 calendar to adapt your sales strategies for the China market. Read More
Insight Report | November 12, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Retailers’ Holiday Hiring Looks Set to Accelerate – UPDATEThis report is an update to the retailer hiring numbers we published in our report on September 24. Three key updates in this report are: Read More
Insight Report | November 5, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: The Social Media ImpactSocial media platforms play an increasingly important role in influencing shopping decisions, and sites such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube should be strong purchasing influencers this holiday season. Read More
Deep Dive | November 5, 2018 Premium Hottest Holiday Toys 2018In this report, we focus on the US and UK toy markets and outline some of the trends we think are going to influence toy gifting this holiday season. Read More