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Insight Report | March 24, 2025 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: Unified Commerce

Unified commerce enables brands and retailers to provide a comprehensive and integrated shopper experience. Read this Retail-Tech Landscape to discover key solution providers that are helping retail companies eliminate customer, product and inventory data silos to best capitalize on consumer behavior and maximize sales.

Infographic | March 24, 2025 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: Shoptalk US “Shark Reef” Startup Pitch, 2016–2025

We present retail-tech innovators you need to know from Shoptalk Las Vegas over the years! Discover the “Shark Reef” Startup Pitch competitors and winners.

Event Coverage | March 18, 2025 Premium

Shoptalk Spring 2025 “Shark Reef” Startup Pitch: Preview—12 Innovators Leveling Up the Customer Experience and Streamlining Operations

We preview the “Shark Reef” Startup Pitch at Shoptalk Spring 2025, providing details on the competition’s format and judging panel as well as the 12 participating retail-technology innovators. Coresight Research is a research partner of Shoptalk Spring.

Innovator Profile | March 13, 2025 Premium

Innovator Profile: RetailReady—Transforming Retail Compliance with AI and Computer Vision

As part of our Innovator Profile series in the lead-up to the “Shark Reef” Startup Pitch competition at Shoptalk Spring 2025, we present RetailReady, whose AI (artificial intelligence) platform helps brands save money by ensuring shipping compliance.

Innovator Profile | March 11, 2025

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Innovator Profile: Sotira—Managing Reverse Logistics and Offloading Surplus Inventory with AI

As part of our Innovator Profile series in the lead-up to the “Shark Reef” Startup Pitch competition at Shoptalk Spring 2025, we present Sotira, whose AI-powered software monetizes surplus inventory.

Event Presentation | February 25, 2025 Premium

What Can Retailers Learn from Shein and Temu?: Premium Subscriber Call, February 2025

What lessons can retailers learn from Shein and Temu? Explore how these Chinese e-commerce players are disrupting retail, redefining consumer engagement and supply chain innovation. This presentation accompanies the on-demand webinar of the Coresight Research Premium Subscriber Call in February 2025.

Analyst Corner | February 23, 2025

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Analyst Corner: Can Technology Adoption Decelerate the Store Closure Trend? Three Recommendations from Manik Bhatia

In this week’s Analyst Corner, Manik Bhatia, Head of Custom Research, offers three recommendations for US retailers to effectively adopt technology solutions in order to drive brick-and-mortar retail success in the face of rising store closures.

Deep Dive | February 4, 2025 Premium

The Tech-Driven Future of US Retail: AI To Power Smarter Supply Chains, Seamless Operations and Personalized Experiences

In an era of rapid digital transformation, the US retail industry is harnessing the power of innovation across three critical areas: the supply chain, operations, and the customer experience. We dive into the importance and impacts of key technologies—including AI (artificial intelligence) and Web3—and outline major retailers that are leading the charge in technology adoption.

Event Presentation | February 4, 2025 Premium

What Can Retailers Learn from Shein and Temu?: Insights Presented at RLC Global Forum 2025

What lessons can retailers learn from Shein and Temu? Explore how these Chinese e-commerce players are disrupting retail, redefining consumer engagement and supply chain innovation. Dive into growth metrics, AI opportunities and more with our insights, presented at the RLC Global Forum 2025.

Event Coverage | January 29, 2025 Premium

NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Wrap-Up—The Future of Retail Will Be Driven by AI, Innovation and a Commitment to Sustainability

We offer our top takeaways from across all three days of NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show, covering AI (artificial intelligence), innovation, sustainability, loyalty and retail media, among other topics.

Event Coverage | January 24, 2025 Premium

CES 2025 Wrap-Up: Top 10 Takeaways—AI, Retail Tech, Sustainability, and Health and Wellness Come into Focus

The Coresight Research team attended CES 2025 (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show), hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) in Las Vegas, Nevada. We wrap up our coverage of the event with our top 10 takeaways, highlighting the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) across multiple sectors.

Market Navigators/Market Outlook | January 14, 2025 Free Report

Retail 2025: 10 AI Trends—An Inflection Point in the GenAI Revolution

Dive into 10 critical AI (artificial intelligence) trends for 2025. Spanning retail media, agentic AI and more, our recommendations help you understand how to harness the power of AI to drive real business results, aligning with the Coresight Research CORE Framework for AI in retail. This research report is made available to non-subscribers through its sponsorship by invent.ai.

Insight Report | January 9, 2025

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Retail-Tech Landscape: Israel—January 2025 Update

Israel’s retail-tech ecosystem comprises innovative companies offering solutions for wide-ranging applications, from supply chain logistics to the in-store consumer experience. Together with the Retail Innovation Club, we present selected startups in Israel that provide technologies through the retail value chain.

Insight Report | January 7, 2025 Premium

3Q24 US Retail Inventory Insights: Apparel, Off-Price and Warehouse Club Retailers Expand Inventories for the Holidays

Our quarterly US Retail Inventory Insights series analyzes inventory trends in US retail. In this report, dive into trends by sector and inventory turnover ratios among major US retailers in the third quarter of 2024. Discover key management commentary on inventory levels as retailers begin 2025.

Market Navigators/Market Outlook | January 6, 2025 Free Report

Retail 2025: 10 Trends in Retail Technology

We present 10 key technologies that we expect to be influential in retail in 2025, spanning the physical store, e-commerce and operations. From retail media expansion to the power of GenAI (generative artificial intelligence) in the supply chain, understand what is significant today and what will be important in the year ahead. This research report is made available to non-subscribers through its sponsorship by Intel.