Insight Report | July 11, 2019 Premium Four Months to Singles’ Day: Planning a Content Marketing Strategy for 11.11In our monthly reports counting down to Singles’ Day, we help retailers prepare for the event. In this report, we discuss the content marketing strategies on Taobao and Tmall. Read More
Company Earnings Update | July 10, 2019 Register for Free Access Ocado (LSE: OCDO) 1H19 Results: Losses Deepen Due to Andover Disruption; Solutions Growth Hampered by Morrisons HolidayOcado reported 1H19 total sales of £882.3 million up 10.9% year over year with retail and solutions revenues growing 10.2% and 20.6%, year over year, respectively. Read More
Insight Report | July 9, 2019 Premium Fast Retail: Opportunities for Digitally Native BrandsFast retail is Coresight Research’s term for a new approach to retail featuring shorter leases, more shared spaces and more short-term stores. In this report, we profile the prevailing major fast retail formats in the US, ranging from pop-ups to marketplaces. Read More
Deep Dive | July 8, 2019 Premium New Consumer Attitudes Drive US Plus-Size Apparel DemandCoresight Research estimates the woman’s plus-size clothing market in the US is approximately $30.7 billion in 2019. Women who wear plus sizes spend less per capita on apparel and live in lower income households relative to the overall female population. Read More
Insight Report | July 2, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing: Alibaba Collaborates With Yiwu City to Build a Digital Trading Platform for SMEs; Xiaolu Clinic Boosts Traditional Chinese Medicine Consultation Services Online“New Retail” is a model for integrating online retail, offline retail and logistics across a single value chain powered by data and technology. In this biweekly series, we cover important developments in New Retail in China and beyond. Read More
Flash Report | June 27, 2019 Register for Free Access Alibaba’s Tmall Global Launches Its First English-Language WebsiteAlibaba’s Tmall Global, China’s largest business-to-consumer (B2C) cross-border online marketplace, launched its first English-language website on June 26 Read More
Flash Report | June 26, 2019 Register for Free Access Amazon Announces a 48-Hour Prime Day for 2019Amazon has announced the timing of its annual Prime Day, which this year will be a two-day shopping festival starting July 15, just after midnight Pacific Time. Read More
Company Earnings Update | June 25, 2019 Register for Free Access 1Q19 US Earnings-Season Wrap-UpThis report reviews the most recent quarterly earnings for (mostly) US-based companies in the Coresight 100, our focus list of retailers, brand owners and real estate firms. Read More
Insight Report | June 25, 2019 Premium Insights from China: How Brands Can Use Video App TikTokShort video platform TikTok and its Chinese version Douyin have launched creative features that can help to engage users, such as challenges and duets. Brands can leverage the app to create entertaining and engaging videos to promote their products. Read More
Flash Report | June 24, 2019 Register for Free Access Facebook Announces its New Digital Cryptocurrency: the LibraOn June 18, 2019 Facebook a new subsidiary named Calibra, whose first project is a digital wallet for a new global currency called Libra that is powered by blockchain technology but backed by real assets. Read More
Insight Report | June 20, 2019 Premium China’s Midyear 6.18 Shopping Festival Wrap-Up: Lower-Tier Cities and Group Buying Become the Winning FormulaIn this year’s 6.18 shopping festival, e-commerce platforms such as JD.com, Tmall and Pinduoduo reported record sales, backed by growing popularity of group buying and increasing buying power in tier 3 and below cities. Read More
Event Coverage | June 20, 2019 Register for Free Access Insights from Product Innovation Apparel New YorkOn June 17-18, the Coresight Research team attended the PI Apparel New York conference. The event brought together retail industry disrupters to discuss retail challenges and coming technologies that can solve many of them. Read More
Insight Report | June 18, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing: Prada Launches on Third-Party E-Commerce Platforms; Alipay Partners with Six European Mobile Payment CompaniesPrada launched on third-party e-commerce platforms Secoo and JD.com in China. Read More
Flash Report | June 17, 2019 Register for Free Access Alibaba and JD.com Eyeing the Russian MarketChinese e-commerce companies Alibaba and JD.com have both recently formed partnerships with Russian companies in the e-commerce space. Read More
Flash Report | June 17, 2019 Register for Free Access Alibaba Files for Second Listing in Hong KongAlibaba has filed for a Hong Kong listing, potentially Hong Kong’s biggest offering since 2010. The listing could raise up to $20 billion. Read More