Event Presentation | July 13, 2016 Premium Lunch & Learn• Fung Global Retail & Technology advises retailers, real estate developers, tech companies, and others on projects situated at the intersection of retail, tech and/or fashion. • Our team offers a robust knowledge bank and deep-rooted experience across the retail, fashion, and tech industries. We are involved in many areas of the business, which allows us to offer a unique perspective on the future and where the sector is heading. Read More
Flash Report | July 12, 2016 Register for Free Access Amazon Prime Day: A Mixed Response in 2016Fung Global Retail & Technology began covering the second annual Amazon Prime Day starting at its launch at midnight Pacific Time (PT) today. Read More
Event Presentation | May 6, 2016 Premium 1Q2016 Recap (Planalytics)Q1 2016 and Spring Retail Trends 1. Selected April Sales 2. Selected Latest Quarter Earnings 3. Mixed Luxury Results 4. Online: Amazon Spotlight and More Read More
Event Presentation | March 3, 2016 Premium 4Q2015 Recap and Spring Preview (Planalytics)Q4 2015 Wrap-up and Spring Retail Trends 1. Q4 2015: Tough Holiday, Mixed Results 2. Q4 2015: Home and Off-Price Retailers Lead Growth 3. Home Improvement Retailers: Continued Benefits from Housing Market Recovery 4. Off Price Sector: Out Performs the Industry Read More
Event Presentation | January 15, 2016 Premium The Future of Digital Retail• Anticipating future trends and developments • Plan for future value and avoid obsolescence – What problem are you trying to solve? – How will the solution be used? – How robust does it need to be? • Ensure flexibility to manage changing formats and deployment patterns Read More
Insight Report | January 13, 2016 Premium US Holiday 2016 Result Update: Disappointing Results to Drive Retail Reorganization in 2017The majority (66%) of the 32 companies we tracked that have provided holiday updates have either reported declines in holiday comps or noted that they had a worse-than-expected holiday season in 2016. Read More
Event Presentation | January 7, 2016 Premium 2015 Holiday RecapConsumer & Retailer Behavior – Holiday 2015 • Shoppers began their holiday shopping early this year – nearly half started shopping before the Black Friday weekend • Online has become a major channel for holiday shopping, with 6 in 10 of those surveyed saying they will shop mainly online • 4 in 10 shoppers surveyed planned to spend more than $500 and 33% of young shoppers planned will increase their spending compared with last year Read More
Event Presentation | December 15, 2015 Premium 2015 Holiday HomestretchCyber Monday leads the weekend as the biggest day for sales with $3.1 billion in sales 2. Black Friday performance suggests consumer is in good shape; Apparel category remains under pressure while deals focused around electronics 3. Retailers generally pleased with their Black Friday performances despite weak traffic 4. Black Friday metrics favor e-commerce as estimates suggest store sales to be flat to down slightly with online sales up ~10% Read More
Event Presentation | October 29, 2015 Premium 3Q2015 Recap and Holiday PreviewQ32015 Recap and Holiday Preview • Q3 2015 Weather Insights • Holiday 2015 Weather Outlook • Q3 Business Trends & Results & More Read More
Flash Report | October 15, 2015 Register for Free Access Alibaba Launches Singles’ Day Global Shopping FestivalOn October 13, Alibaba Group launched its 2015 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in its Hangzhou headquarters in China. Read More
Event Presentation | August 26, 2015 Premium Doing Business in China$1.63 billion in sales are made in the first 38 minutes • 42.6% of sales are made via mobile devices • The first domestic order is delivered in 15 minutes • The first cross-border order is delivered in 2 hours • In 2014, Alibaba offered an 11.11 shopping festival to global shoppers Read More
Event Presentation | August 15, 2015 Premium 2015 Back-to-School OutlookConsumer purchase mentality—What do we need now? A Just in Time Shopper Macy’s reacts to this shopping behavior by rolling out same-day delivery to additional stores Look for traditional shopping seasons to continue to blur Black Friday style sales in July Harder for retailers to post sales and earnings gains. Continued IT investments—Mobile, Click & Collect, Personalization, Omnichannel—all mandatory to maintain share Most categories hovering in deflationary territory Read More
Insight Report | July 20, 2015 Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #4: Moment of the truth… recap“Thank you to the hundreds of thousands of new members who signed up on Prime Day, and our tens of millions of existing members for making our first ever Prime Day a huge success,” said Greg Greeley, Vice President of Amazon Prime, at the conclusion of Amazon’s inaugural Prime Day 24-hour super sale. Read More
Insight Report | July 15, 2015 Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #3: AS THE DAY comes to the end…FBIC’s global team has been tracking Amazon Prime Day and its “lighting deals” around the clock today. Since midnight PDT, FBIC team members in Hong Kong, the UK and the US have been following Amazon’s global sites, social media outlets and media responses. Read More
Insight Report | July 15, 2015 Premium Amazon Prime Day Report #2: AS THE DAY GOES ON…FBIC Global Retail & Technology is tracking Amazon Prime Day live. The sales event is a global shopping day exclusively for Amazon Prime members who have been promised new deals every 10 minutes through the day on July 15. Read More