August 4, 2020 Insight Report Premium US Store Closures: Department Store Closures Exacerbate Challenges Faced by Mall OwnersStore closures are continuing to mount across various discretionary sectors in the US retail industry—with the rise in department store closures and bankruptcies a particular cause for concern for mall owners. We provide an overview of announced department store closures and bankruptcy filings and discuss the implications for mall owners and the retail industry as a whole.
August 3, 2020 Insight Report Premium US Back to School 2020: A Redefined Shopping BasketPart of our US Back to School 2020 series, we look at what the shopping basket may look like this season amid uncertainty around school and college reopening models due to the coronavirus crisis. We discuss the challenges that retailers face in determining demand and the implications of the transformed BTC season for students and retailers.
July 31, 2020 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Coresight Research x Bloomberg Intelligence: The Future of Retail, Supply Chains and Retail Real EstateCoresight Research and Bloomberg Intelligence hosted a series of virtual panel discussions on July 28, 2020, in which industry leaders and company executives explored the future of retail, the supply chain and retail real estate in the new normal, post Covid-19. We present key highlights from the digital event.
July 31, 2020 Store Tracker Databank Members Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2020, Week 31: Ascena Retail Set To Shut More than 1,000 StoresOur Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Ascena Retail Group, Neiman Marcus and Tailored Brands in the US, and Ben Sherman and Oak Furnitureland in the UK.
July 30, 2020 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Coresight Research x Alibaba Group: Finding Growth in the China Market—Tapping the 6.18 Shopping FestivalCoresight Research and Alibaba Group hosted Amanda Baldwin, President at Supergoop!, and Erick Haskell, President of International at Allbirds, in a webinar to discuss how international brands can find growth in the China market by leveraging Alibaba’s Tmall Global e-commerce platform. We present an edited transcript from this webinar, which offers insights into consumer trends in China, the 6.18 shopping festival and the challenges presented by the Covid-19 crisis.
July 30, 2020 Insight Report Free Report Coresight Research x CEW: Beauty Insights—Spectacular Retail Drives Beauty Growth in ChinaThe Chinese beauty market is the second largest in the world behind the US, and it is growing at a rapid rate—fueled by e-commerce and social and digital technologies. Together with CEW, we highlight China’s spectacular retail model in beauty, which blends engaging strategies with technologies and optimizes digital marketing and shopping formats with an AI-enabled supply chain.
July 28, 2020 Deep Dive Free Report Innovator Intelligence: Decoding Customer Data To Redefine Success in Category ManagementAs part of our Innovator Intelligence series, we discuss key trends impacting retail category management and how retailers and manufacturers can leverage technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence to become more shopper-centric. We also explore Centricity, an analytics company that leverages AI and machine learning to understand changing shopper demand in real time.
July 28, 2020 Insight Report Premium US Back to School 2020: The Outlook for Retail amid Uncertainty and a Gloomy Economic BackdropLaunching our US Back to School 2020 series, we outline our expectations for the season this year, which is being shaped by the coronavirus crisis. We discuss the core market drivers behind our estimates of consumer spending in the US—including consumer focus on health and safety, the impact of Covid-19 on discretionary retail, potential school and college reopening models and the economic backdrop.
July 28, 2020 Store Tracker Databank Members US Retail Bankruptcies: Store Closures Set To Spike amid Acceleration in Bankruptcy FilingsIn the wake of the coronavirus crisis, a number of US retailers have filed for bankruptcy. We outline recent developments and their implications for the retail industry, as well as our expectations for the acceleration of bankruptcy filings and store closures through the remainder of the year.
July 24, 2020 Store Tracker Databank Members Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2020, Week 30: Ascena Retail Files for Bankruptcy; Tailored Brands Plans To Close up to 500 StoresOur Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Aldi, Amazon and Ascena Retail in the US, and Jigsaw, Johnson Shoes and Stella McCartney in the UK.
July 23, 2020 Insight Report Premium REITs Becoming Retailers: Mall Owners Are Looking To Acquire Struggling RetailersAmid the rise of bankruptcies in the retail industry and increasing brick-and-mortar store closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, we discuss a selection of US retailers that are potentially facing acquisition by mall owners—and we analyze the strategy behind REITs becoming retailers.
July 23, 2020 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Key Insights from CEW’s State of the Beauty Industry Conference: Spectacular Retail and Self-SufficiencyGlobal beauty executives came together in July for the annual Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) State of the Beauty Industry conference, which was hosted online for the first time. We present key insights from the presentations given by industry leaders on beauty and wellness markets in the age of Covid-19.
July 22, 2020 Insight Report Premium Contactless Technologies in Grocery Retail and Food Service: Touch-Free Shopping in a Post-Crisis WorldWe discuss recent developments in the adoption of contactless technologies in grocery retail and by food-service businesses, as they adapt to demand for touch-free shopping in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. This report includes highlights from Amazon, Coca-Cola and Walmart.
July 21, 2020 Insight Report Premium Retail Reimagined: Using Gamification To Attract ShoppersAs part of our Retail Reimagined series, which explores the outlook for retail in a post-crisis world, we discuss the rise of gamification and recent examples of this trend. We consider the implications for brands, retailers and technology vendors.
July 21, 2020 Insight Report Premium US Food-Service Closures: Spike in Closures Pile on the Pain for LandlordsIn the wake of the coronavirus crisis, the outlook for landlords, mall owners and REITs could be worse than our estimates for retail store closures suggest, as US food-service businesses announce closures and bankruptcies. We outline recent developments and their implications for the retail industry.
