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Shaping What’s Next in Retail—Physical Retail, AI, Retail Media: Insights from NextGen 2025, a Coresight Research Conference

NextGen 2025: Retail, Real Estate & the New Consumer brought together a curated mix of leaders and innovators to dive into the shifts reshaping how we build, operate and connect. This comprehensive report presents critical insights and takeaways from the conference, spanning five key themes. Discover how AI (artificial intelligence), retail media and design are redefining commerce—from the store to the supply chain.

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Weekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 25: Furniture Frenzy—At Home’s Bankruptcy, Ashley’s Store Renewal and Openings from IKEA, Wayfair and More

Our Weekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies in the US. This week, we highlight the latest store opening and closure announcements from Ashley, At Home, IKEA and Wayfair, among others, as well as the announcement of a new Executive Chairman at Vera Bradley.

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The State of In-Store Retailing 2025: The Dawn of New-Age Stores, Powered by Technology

Store intelligence technologies offer transformative potential to optimize brick-and-mortar retail operations. Dive into our survey-driven insights on how to tackle inefficiencies and protect margins. This is our second annual study diving into the state of in-store retailing, offering year-over-year data comparisons. This report is produced and made available to non-subscribers of Coresight Research in partnership with Simbe.

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Weekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 24: Casey’s To Open 80 Stores; Torrid To Close 180 Stores

Our Weekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies in the US. This week, we highlight the latest store opening and closure announcements from Casey’s, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar and Torrid, as well as the announcement of a new Chief Operating Officer at Kirkland’s.

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US Store Tracker Extra, May 2025: Rite Aid Takes Total Closed Retail Space to Over 110 Million Square Feet

In May 2025, store closures by New Rite Aid, Office Depot and Smithland pushed the total amount of retail space to close in the US this year to over 100 million square feet, Coresight Research calculates. Dive into all the latest brick-and-mortar developments in US retail with our comprehensive data on closures, openings and square-footage impacts.

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