Company Earnings Update | October 22, 2019 Register for Free Access SAP (XTRA: SAP) 3Q19 Results: Beats Consensus with Strong Cloud Growth, Announced CEO TransitionSAP announced Q3 results that beat consensus estimates, driven by strong cloud growth and backlog. Sepertaely, the company announced the departure of CEO Bill McDermott and named two co-CEOs. Read More
Event Coverage | October 21, 2019 Register for Free Access Global Tech Advocates Summit: Technology and Innovation To Drive Global GrowthOn October 15, 2019, Coresight Research’s Shanghai team attended Global Tech Advocates Summit in Shanghai. The first-ever annual summit aims to promote and encourage collaboration across different tech hubs. The summit focused on the technology and collaboration among companies between UK and China. Read More
Event Coverage | October 18, 2019 Register for Free Access Insights from a Research-Sharing Session at China Retail 2019On October 16 at the China Retail 2019 event, Coresight Research attended a research-sharing session, which focused on the latest retail trends and consumer shopping behaviors in China. We summarize the key insights from the session. Read More
Flash Report | October 18, 2019 Register for Free Access Amazon Migrates Internal Consumer Databases from Oracle to AWSOn October 15, 2019, Amazon announced via a blog post that it had finished migrating its internal consumer databases from Oracle database software to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read More
Company Earnings Update | October 17, 2019 Register for Free Access IBM (NYSE: IBM) 3Q19 Results: Remains on Track to Meet 2019 Guidance with Strength in Cloud, Red Hat and ConsultingIBM reported mixed 3Q19 results, with growth driven by cloud, Red Hat and consulting. The company reiterated its updated 2019 EPS guidance, which had been adjusted for the Red Hat acquisition. Read More
Deep Dive | October 14, 2019 Premium Unstaffed Stores: The Future Retail Format?“Unstaffed” is a new store format that has emerged in recent years around the globe. In this report, we look at the development of this concept and associated technologies, as well as the challenges that unstaffed stores present to retailers. Read More
Insight Report | October 8, 2019 Premium New Retail Briefing: Taobao Launches New Feature of Hot-Topic Live RankingTaobao launched a new feature of hot-topic live ranking to prompt users to discover products from trending topics. Read More
Event Coverage | October 4, 2019 Register for Free Access Tech. 2019: Technology Is Driving Consumer Centrism and Smart Consumption in RetailThe Coresight Research team attended Tech. 2019 in London on October 2–3. We present key insight from the event, which focused on the future of digital commerce and the technology driving it. Read More
Event Coverage | October 3, 2019 Register for Free Access LuxeCX/AMCX Conference 2019: Luxury Brands and the Customer Experience in the Digital AgeOn September 25, 2019, Coresight Research attended LuxeCX/AMCX: The Role of Customer Experience in Business, a conference on the luxury business, hosted in New York City. Luxury brands and retailers, service providers and researchers discussed the role of customer service as a key determinant for consumers when making shopping and buying decisions. Read More
Insight Report | October 3, 2019 Premium Supply Chain Briefing: 5G Reduces Latency and Speeds Up the Supply Chain5G promises many benefits, including lower latency, higher reliability and greater energy efficiency than previous generations, enabling faster data transfer for improved efficiency and a better customer experience. Read More
Deep Dive | October 1, 2019 Free Report Buy Now Pay Later Poised to Disrupt the E-Commerce MarketIn this report, we look at the growth of alternative payment methods, specifically the “buy now, pay later” trend – and what changing consumer preferences tell us about the future of the digital payments space. Read More
Event Coverage | September 27, 2019 Register for Free Access Retail Innovation Now: “Servicification,” Digital Natives and the Changing Role of the Physical StoreThe Coresight Research team presents key insight from Retail Innovation Now, an event that took place in London on September 24, 2019, and focused on the trends that are reshaping retail for the future. Read More
Insight Report | September 24, 2019 Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: The Internet of ThingsThe Internet of Things (IoT) improves retail operations and transforms the consumer shopping experience. This report continues our Retail-Tech Landscape series. It lists notable companies that are utilizing the IoT to provide applications focused around improving consumer engagement, measuring and analyzing shopper behavior and managing supply chains, inventory, store operations, payments and waste management. Read More
Flash Report | September 24, 2019 Register for Free Access Walgreens and Alphabet’s Wing Aviation Launch Drone Delivery PilotWalgreens will become the first company in the US to offer drone delivery via a partnership with Alphabet-owned Wing Aviation. Read More
Insight Report | September 23, 2019 Premium Oracle Looks Forward to Revenue Acceleration from Autonomous Database, Second-Generation Cloud and Geographic ExpansionOracle predicted revenue in its annual analyst meeting, due to new technologies such as its autonomous database, second-generation cloud and geographic expansion. Read More