July 27, 2018 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Tariffs and the Fashion Industry: Key Takeaways from the CFDA’s DiscussionOn Wednesday, July 25, the Coresight Research team attended a discussion hosted by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) on the impact of new US tariffs on Chinese-produced goods. Lisa Metcalfe, COO of Pam and Gela, and her husband, James Metcalfe, Senior Vice President of Production and Product Development at Alice and Olivia, walked the audience through how new tariffs could affect the fashion industry. Here, we share our key takeaways from the discussion.
July 23, 2018 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access VF Corporation (VFC) 1Q19 Results: Strong Vans Revenues, Increases GuidanceVF Corporation reported 1Q19 adjusted EPS of $0.43, above the consensus estimate of $0.33. Revenues were $2.79 billion, beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 billion.
July 13, 2018 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access ASOS (LSE: ASC) 3Q18 Update: Steady Growth in Sales with the UK Leading the WayASOS reported 3Q18 group revenue growth of 22% to £823.9 million in the four months ended June 30, 2018.
July 6, 2018 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Primark (LSE: ABF) 9M18 Trading Update: Improved Comparable Sales Driven by Better Trading in the EurozoneAssociated British Foods (ABF) reported its 9M18 trading statement for the 40 weeks ended June 23, 2018. This report focuses on Primark, the company’s retail division.
July 3, 2018 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Fashion Tech Consortium Hosts Retail Executive Roundtable June Breakfast EventFashion Tech Consortium, an accelerator that links together brands, retailers, manufacturers and technology companies in order to provide highly assessed, enterprise-ready tech solutions in the fashion retail industry, hosted the Retail Executive Roundtable June Breakfast, at the Amali in New York City on June 27. Michael Reidbord, Founder and Principal at Fashion Tech Consortium, organized and moderated the intimate gathering for a three-speaker series and open discussion over breakfast. Nearly 20 participants, including founders, presidents, managers and advisors from a range of retail-focused industries—from Facebook, to Brooks Brothers, to artificial intelligence (AI)-focused analytics companies—attended the invite-only breakfast event.
June 19, 2018 Insight Report Premium US-China Tariff Update: Dispute Escalates, but Imports of Consumer Goods to the US Remain UnaffectedThe US is imposing tariffs of 25% on hundreds of categories of goods imported from China. The tariffs are to take effect on July 6 on $34 billion worth of imports. The US tariffs focus on “industrially significant technologies” rather than on consumer goods.
June 19, 2018 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Coresight Research and Alvanon Cohost Trailblazers 2018 Event – One Size Does Not Fit All: Inclusive Design & the Modern ConsumerCoresight Research and Alvanon, a global apparel and product development consultancy, cohosted a Trailblazers event called One Size Does Not Fit All: Inclusive Design & the Modern Consumer on June 14 in New York City.
June 18, 2018 Deep Dive Premium Slicing and Dicing Amazon’s Private-Label OfferingIn this report, we take an exclusive deep dive into Amazon’s US private-label offering, using a detailed, proprietary dataset collating information on nearly 7,000 such products.
June 18, 2018 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access H&M (STO: HM-B) 2Q18 Sales Update: Growing Store Numbers Fail to Push Sales HigherH&M reported that total sales growth for 2Q18 was flat in constant-currency terms.
June 13, 2018 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Boohoo Group (LSE: BOO) 1Q19 UpdateBoohoo.com reported 1Q19 group revenue growth of 53.0% to £183.6 million in the three months ended May 31, 2018.
June 13, 2018 Deep Dive Premium US Plus-Size Apparel: Reviewing the $46 Billion OpportunityThe women’s plus-size apparel market has been under served historically, but recent trends show that the segment has been growing at a faster rate than the US apparel market overall. Above-average growth in plus-size fashion will continue to be propelled by increased supply, changing consumer demographics and psychographics, and higher obesity rates through 2021.
June 11, 2018 Market Navigators/Market Outlook Premium The Inclusive Clothing Market Represents a Significant, Largely Untapped OpportunityThe inclusive clothing and accessories market, which encompasses adaptive, smart and stress-free clothing designs as well as plus sizes and extended sizes, is underserved in retail. In this report, we focus on the adaptive clothing market opportunity and discuss some of the startups, retailers and designers that are working to meet the clothing needs of people with various disabilities and conditions. A future report will take a deep dive into inclusive design and the plus-size market opportunity.
June 11, 2018 Event Coverage Register for Free Access New York Fashion Tech Lab (NYFTL) Tech Runway Demo Day 2018The Coresight Research team attended New York Fashion Tech Lab’s (NYFTL’s) Tech Runway Demo Day 2018 in New York City on June 7.
June 6, 2018 Insight Report Premium Zalando (XTRA: ZAL) 2018 Capital Markets Day: Doubling Sales—Margins Can WaitCoresight Research attended Zalando’s Capital Markets Day 2018 in Berlin, Germany, on June 5. Our top takeaways from the meeting include:
June 5, 2018 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Ascena (ASNA) Fiscal 3Q18 Results: Beats Expectations, Provides Mixed GuidanceAscena reported fiscal 3Q18EPS of $(0.08),down from $0.05a year ago, but beating the consensus estimate by a penny.Adjusted revenues were $1.50 billion, down 4.0% year over year,but above the $1.47 billion consensus estimate.