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The 12 Questions of US Holiday Retail 2020: Part 3—Product Availability and the Supply Chain

Coresight Research has 12 questions about the upcoming holiday selling season, which promises to be the most interesting in our team’s collective memory. In this third report of the series, we present and provide answers to two questions around the impact of Covid-19 on product availability and the supply chain—and what this means for retailers as they plan for the holidays.

A New Reality Demands a Networked Product and Supply Chain Platform

Covid-19 has accelerated the velocity of change in retail. We explore how the adoption of a multi-enterprise platform can help retail executives transform their business for this new era across the supply chain. We discuss retailers’ need for supply chain agility and flexibility, the transformation of the digital supply chain and the benefits provided by a multi-enterprise platform.

Retail Reimagined: Coresight Research Ebook

In Coresight Research’s Retail Reimagined ebook, we offer a thematic outlook to the post-crisis world, exploring eight key retail trends in how brands and retailers can engage with consumers (e.g., gamification, social media), adopt innovative ways of selling (e.g., livestreaming, community group buying, shopping festivals, contact-light retail) and deliver products in an efficient way. 

Apparel Retailers and Brands Launch New Products and Services To Adapt to the Changing Retail Environment

With US consumers shopping online more now than prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, brands and retailers have had to deepen their digital capabilities to adapt to the growth of e-commerce. We explore how the apparel sector is remaining competitive in the fast-changing retail environment by launching new products and services to drive sales during and post crisis.

Quinyx’s “Evolving to Thrive” Virtual Summit: Deborah Weinswig Explores the New World of Retail

We present key insights from Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig’s presentation on how the pandemic has rewritten the rules of retail. The presentation was given at Quinyx’s “Evolving to Thrive” virtual summit on August 10, 2020, which hosted cross-sector industry leaders to discuss adapting and reinventing operations and workforces in a post-Covid world.

Retail Innovators: Apparel Technologies

The Coresight Research Retail Innovators series examines how key players and startups are disrupting different retail sectors. In this report, we focus on five innovators in the apparel market: 3DLOOK, Obsess, Bold Metrics, Unmade and Myant. We discuss these industry players in the context of the technological innovations they are using to meet changing consumer demand in the apparel sector, including the influence of e-commerce and a heightened emphasis on remote and virtual services, as well as sustainability.

Coresight Research x Zebra: Leveraging Data To Tackle Changing Consumer Buying Behavior

Coresight Research & Zebra hosted Andrea Weiss, Founding Partner of The O Alliance, and David Aquino, former COO of SharkNinja, to discuss changes in consumer buying behavior in the retail sector due to the coronavirus pandemic. We present an edited version of our conversation—covering key topics such as labor requirements, the need for business intelligence, and top priorities for data and technology in the new environment.

Innovator Intelligence: Decoding Customer Data To Redefine Success in Category Management

As 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.