Insight Report | August 27, 2025 Premium CEO Brief: Agentic AI—Creating a Digital Workforce to Achieve Enormous Leaps in EfficiencyExplore what and why Agentic AI can bring to businesses, by creating digital workforces to transform retail, automate customer service, and optimize supply chains. Read More
Store Tracker | August 1, 2025 Databank Members Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 31: Greggs Opens More than 60% of Its Announced Store OpeningsOur Weekly UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies in the UK. This week, we highlight store openings and closures by Greggs, Pandora, Victoria’s Secret, Walgreens Boots Alliance and more. Read More
Insight Report | July 29, 2025 Premium The New AI Unicorn—Reka AI Secures $110 Million from NVIDIA and Snowflake: What You Need to KnowNVIDIA and Snowflake jointly led a $110 million funding round in Reka AI, propelling the startup to a valuation exceeding $1 billion. Learn more about Reka and its LLM model, and why companies are investing in it. Read More
Analyst Corner | June 8, 2025 Register for Free Access Analyst Corner: From Models to Markets—The Accelerating Shift Toward AI Applications, with Charlie PoonIn this week’s Analyst Corner, Charlie Poon, Analyst, discusses recent AI (artificial intelligence)-focused developments and events—including Amazon’s AWS Summit and Google I/O—that point to a shift in focus from hardware to applications in the world of AI. Read More
Deep Dive | June 3, 2025 Free Report The Agentic AI Playbook: How to Redefine Retail with Intelligent AutonomyAgentic AI (artificial intelligence) offers new, unparalleled capabilities for enterprises to transform their operations. Why should your organization be an early adopter of agentic AI, and what must you consider to deploy the technology successfully? Leveraging the Coresight Research STORE Framework for driving innovation in retail, this Playbook provides a comprehensive guide to implementing and seizing the benefits of agentic AI. This report is made available to non-subscribers of Coresight Research through its sponsorship by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read More
Deep Dive | May 23, 2025 Premium RetailTech: AI in Digital Commerce—GenAI Supercharges Retail to Provide a Seamless Shopping JourneyWe explore how AI/ML (machine learning) and GenAI (generative AI) are redefining every step of the customer journey in digital commerce—from awareness and consideration to purchase and retention. Discover how retailers can adapt to shrinking consumer attention spans and create seamless, personalized experiences. We cover key topics including digital marketing, retail media, virtual stores and more. Read More
Insight Report | May 20, 2025 Premium AI Insights: Instacart CEO Fidji Simo To Join OpenAI as CEO of ApplicationsOpenAI announced on May 7, 2025, that Fidji Simo, the current CEO and Chair of Instacart, will join OpenAI later this year as CEO of Applications. We discuss the implications of this move for the company and for the AI (artificial intelligence) race in general. Read More
Deep Dive | April 24, 2025 Premium Deeper on DeepSeek and Its Potential to Radically Level the AI Playing FieldHow is DeepSeek disrupting the AI (artificial intelligence) status quo, and what does this mean for the future of GenAI (generative AI)? The Chinese AI company is redefining what’s possible with open-source, low-cost, high-performing AI models. We unpack the technical breakthroughs, training methodology and strategic implications of DeepSeek’s AI models. Read More
Analyst Corner | April 6, 2025 Register for Free Access Analyst Corner: Agentic AI—The New Wave of AI Opportunity, with Charlie PoonIn this week’s Analyst Corner, Charlie Poon, Analyst, discusses the building blocks of agentic AI (artificial intelligence)—an emerging technology that builds on GenAI (generative AI) and is set to be transformative for retail and other industries. Read More
Insight Report | March 24, 2025 Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: Unified CommerceUnified commerce enables brands and retailers to provide a comprehensive and integrated shopper experience. Read this Retail-Tech Landscape to discover key solution providers that are helping retail companies eliminate customer, product and inventory data silos to best capitalize on consumer behavior and maximize sales. Read More
Analyst Corner | February 23, 2025 Register for Free Access Analyst Corner: Can Technology Adoption Decelerate the Store Closure Trend? Three Recommendations from Manik BhatiaIn this week’s Analyst Corner, Manik Bhatia, Head of Custom Research, offers three recommendations for US retailers to effectively adopt technology solutions in order to drive brick-and-mortar retail success in the face of rising store closures. Read More
Insight Report | February 21, 2025 Premium Chinese New Year 2025 Review: From Shopping to Screens—How Younger Consumers Boosted Spring Festival SpendingHow did consumers celebrate Lunar New Year this year and where did they direct their spending? Explore the impact of Chinese New Year, also known the Spring Festival, including retail trends, consumer preferences and market opportunities that emerged during the holiday. Read More
Deep Dive | February 4, 2025 Premium The Tech-Driven Future of US Retail: AI To Power Smarter Supply Chains, Seamless Operations and Personalized ExperiencesIn an era of rapid digital transformation, the US retail industry is harnessing the power of innovation across three critical areas: the supply chain, operations, and the customer experience. We dive into the importance and impacts of key technologies—including AI (artificial intelligence) and Web3—and outline major retailers that are leading the charge in technology adoption. Read More
Insight Report | January 29, 2025 Premium DeepSeek: The Chinese AI Startup That Has Overtaken ChatGPT on Apple’s App StoreOn January 27, 2025, DeepSeek overtook OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Apple’s App Store. What is DeepSeek? Meet the Chinese AI (artificial intelligence) startup that could change the game for retail. Read More
Infographic | January 17, 2025 Premium The CORE Framework for Artificial Intelligence in RetailThe CORE Framework for artificial intelligence (AI) in retail gives retailers and brands a head start in strategizing around AI deployment, with sustainability at the center. Read More
