July 22, 2022 Store Tracker Databank Members Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2022, Week 29: US Store Closures Down 58% Year over YearOur Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Amazon, Foodtown and Louis Vuitton in the US and HMV, JD Sports and Mango, among others, in the UK.
July 20, 2022 Deep Dive Premium 10 Trends in Global BeautyConsumer expectations around beauty products and brands continue to evolve, and the sector must keep pace to capitalize on new opportunities. We present 10 trends that are impacting the global beauty market and identify strategies for beauty brands and retailers to best capitalize on momentum in each area.
July 19, 2022 Event Coverage Premium The Lead Innovation Summit: The Retail World of Tomorrow—Adaptive Retail, DTC, Livestreaming, NFTs and MoreOn July 12 and 13, 2022, The Lead brought together retailers for its Innovation Summit in New York. Coresight Research moderated a panel on livestreaming, interviewed Christina Rapsomanikis of Coty and gleaned key insights from many other presentations.
July 15, 2022 Insight Report Premium June 2022 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Traffic Growth Decelerates FurtherIn our monthly report on US retail traffic and in-store metrics, we analyze sales across sectors, regions and location types. June 2022’s data shows traffic growth decelerating further.
July 12, 2022 Deep Dive Premium E-Commerce Outlook: US Beauty—Skincare To Lead Online GrowthAn increasing number of US beauty purchases have been made online in the past few years, especially since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this E-Commerce Outlook, we examine the size and trajectory of the US online beauty market and present key market drivers, industry players, innovators and themes we expect to see in 2022 and beyond.
July 11, 2022 Deep Dive Premium The Evolving Gender-Free Category: Trends and Opportunities in Apparel, Footwear, Jewelry and BeautyWe examine the growing gender-free category with evidence of its evolution through more mainstreaming of gender identity, legal requirements, store openings, product launches and celebrity brands. We also analyze how education and fit are considerations for any brand or retailer considering entering the category.
July 7, 2022 Deep Dive Premium Playbook: Digitalization for Faster, Closer and More Sustainable SourcingIn this Playbook, we present five key pandemic-led sourcing trends and the strategies retailers and brands globally can use to overcome sourcing hurdles, driving efficiencies in their supply chain. We cover digitalization, acquisitions, sustainability and more.
July 4, 2022 Insight Report Premium 1Q22 US Retail Inventory Tracker: Discretionary Weakness Drives Inventory SurgeOur quarterly US Retail Inventory Tracker analyzes inventory trends among US retailers listed in the Coresight 100. In this report, we look at the inventory levels of various retailers in 1Q22 and assess how and why levels are changing. This quarter, overall inventory turnover rates decreased slightly year over year.
July 1, 2022 Store Tracker Databank Members Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2022, Week 26: US Store Openings Up 3% Year over YearOur Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, there are highlights from Alimentation Couche-Tard, Buc-ee’s and Chico’s, among others, in the US and FatFace, Frasers Group and HMV, among others, in the UK.
June 30, 2022 Insight Report Premium US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker: May 2022’s Clothing and Footwear Spending Up 4% Year over YearThe Coresight Research US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker provides a monthly update on the trajectory of consumer spending on beauty, clothing and footwear. In this report, we discuss data from May 2022, showing that spending is up 4% year over year.
June 28, 2022 Deep Dive Premium Playbook: How Retailers Can Capitalize on Venture Capital Funding OpportunitiesThis Playbook on venture capital (VC) funding analyzes four key strategies for retailers to capitalize on VC opportunities, offers an action plan for retailers seeking VC funding and presents ways to counter frequent challenges in the process of securing VC funding.
June 23, 2022 Insight Report Premium May 2022 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Traffic Growth Decelerates; Ticket Weakens Due to InflationIn our monthly report on US retail traffic and in-store metrics, we analyze sales across sectors, regions and location types. May 2022’s data shows traffic and tickets weakening.
June 23, 2022 Deep Dive Premium Combating Inflation Costs: Analyzing US Retailers’ Pricing and Operational StrategiesThis report analyzes US retailers’ pricing and operational strategies in light of rising costs due to inflation. We assess retailers in several sectors including apparel and footwear specialty retail, beauty retail, department stores, food retail, mass retail and off-price retail, presenting what actions they are taking and how their gross margins have been affected.
June 22, 2022 Deep Dive Premium 1Q22 US Earnings Season Wrap-Up: Consumers Under Pressure—But High-End Proves ResilientWe analyze the first quarter of 2022 performance of select, mostly US-based retailers, brands, and e-commerce platforms in terms of revenues, earnings per share and comps, considering consensus estimates and year-over-year changes.
June 21, 2022 Deep Dive Premium Head-to-Head in the Global Beauty Market: Estée Lauder vs. L’OréalEstée Lauder and L’Oréal are two of the biggest players in the global beauty market. As part of our Head-to-Head series, we compare the two beauty companies’ revenues, business strategies and operating margins.
