March 28, 2018 Insight Report Premium Digital Red Packets: WeChat’s Successful Foray into Mobile PaymentSending and giving red packets, or red envelopes, containing cash is a long-held Chinese tradition at Lunar New Year. Leveraging on this, WeChat, China’s most-used messaging app, introduced a function to send digital red packets back in 2014.
March 15, 2018 Insight Report Premium Amazon Apparel: Who Is Selling What? An Exclusive Analysis of Nearly 1 Million Clothing Listings on Amazon FashionIn this report, we present an analysis of Amazon’s clothing offering based on aggregated data on almost 1 million women’s and men’s clothing products listed on the company’s Amazon Fashion US website.
March 13, 2018 Insight Report Premium WeChat Mini Programs: Opening Up New Pathways for Selling WeChat Mini Programs are mobile applications of less than 10 megabytes that WeChat users can access directly through the platform’s messaging app—users do not have to download these mini apps separately or register to use them. In this report, we explore some of the new ways of selling that WeChat Mini Programs have enabled.
February 28, 2018 Flash Report Register for Free Access Amazon Offers 5% Back for Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Card Users at Whole FoodsOn February 20, Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced that Amazon Prime Rewards Visa cardmembers would earn 5% back on Whole Foods Market purchases.
February 22, 2018 Insight Report Premium Amazon’s Patents: Measuring the Tech Giant’s Intellectual PropertyIn this report, we explore Amazon’s patent initiatives and history and examine some of the company’s latest inventions.
February 15, 2018 Deep Dive Premium Amazon Apparel – US Survey Reveals What Shoppers Buy, Which Retailers They Have Switched from and Their Attitudes Toward Amazon as a Fashion RetailerOur survey of US shoppers has uncovered a wealth of findings on Amazon Fashion including Amazon Prime purchases, competition with Target, private label offerings, demographics and shopper satisfaction.
February 14, 2018 Insight Report Premium US Retailers Ready to Cater to Chinese New Year Shoppers with Mobile PaymentsMany Chinese tourists are currently preparing to travel overseas during the Lunar New Year celebration, which begins on February 16 and runs through March 2 this year.In the US, hundreds of thousands of retailers and service providers are ready to cater to these tourists by offering them the mobile-wallet payment options they prefer, such as Alipay.
February 12, 2018 Insight Report Premium Retail Reworked – Part 3: The Future of Physical Stores – Four Areas of OpportunityThis report concludes our three-part Retail Reworked series, which considers changes in spending trends and consumer demand. As e-commerce skims off ever more purchases—particularly those that are planned, functional in nature or of higher-value products—physical stores can benefit by focusing on one or more of the following propositions:
February 7, 2018 Flash Report Register for Free Access JD.com Partners with Fung Retailing to Transform Retail through AIOn February 2, JD.com, China’s leading online retailer, announced a partnership with Fung Retailing, the retail business arm of Hong Kong conglomerate the Fung Group, to transform the retail landscape using artificial intelligence (AI).
January 17, 2018 Insight Report Premium Amazon UK Slips Down the Customer Satisfaction Rankings: Could We See a Similar Shift in the US?In 2017, OC&C Strategy Consultants reported that Amazon had lost its long-held first place in its annual ranking of the UK’s favorite retailers. Amazon UK fell sharply in last year’s survey, to fourth place.
January 15, 2018 Event Coverage Register for Free Access NRF 2018 Retail’s Big Show: Takeaways from Day OneThe FGRT team is attending NRF 2018 Retail’s Big Show in New York City this week. With more than 35,000 attendees from 95 countries, including 18,000 retailers and more than 600 exhibitors, the trade show is one of the biggest in the retail industry. Below are our key takeaways from the first day of the event.
January 4, 2018 Deep Dive Premium Deep Dive: The Rise of Social Media Influencers and Their BrandsOver the past few years, we have witnessed the rise of bloggers and social media influencers, and influencer marketing is rapidly becoming commonplace in categories spanning beauty to fashion.
January 2, 2018 Insight Report Premium A Pure Play’s Perspective on the Online Beauty Retail Market: Interview with Feelunique CEO Joël PalixWe interviewed Joël Palix, CEO of leading beauty pure playretailer Feelunique, to get his perspective on the online beauty market. He shared a number of insights with us, including:
November 17, 2017 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access Tencent (0700.HK) 3Q17 Results: Strong Beat Driven by Gaming and Online AdvertisingTencent reported 3Q17 revenues of ¥65.2 billion, up 61% year over year, and beat the consensus estimate of ¥61.0 billion. Non-GAAP diluted EPS was ¥1.79, an increase of 45% year over year. The solid results were driven largely by gaming and online advertising.
November 14, 2017 Company Earnings Update Register for Free Access JD.com (JD) 3Q17 Results: Earnings Beat; Maintains Solid Growth MomentumJD.com reported 3Q17 revenues of ¥83.7 billion, up 39.2% year over year and in line with the consensus. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per ADS was ¥1.52, growing by 361% year over year, beating the consensus of ¥0.59.
