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Flowing Cross-Border: Ulla Johnson’s Journey into Global Expansion

It is projected that cross-border e-commerce will see impressive growth in 2021, outpacing that of domestic e-commerce. But many global brands still haven’t embraced the tailwinds driving the reality of cross-border.  In fact, the pandemic has been a primary driver inciting many brands with global ambitions to diversify their markets and adapt to new business models that look at commerce holistically, inclusive of international sales. Global e-commerce will continue to be an important channel to grow online sales as brands realize the competitive advantage it provides in attracting and converting international consumers.

Solving Retail’s Most Expensive Problem: Digging Yourself Out From Under The Returns Avalanche

Retailers are facing an unprecedented returns season, fueled by the historic rates of e-commerce holiday sales in 2020. Join Deborah Weinswig as she interviews Newmine Founder and CEO, Navjit Bhasin and Mike Relich, Interim CEO of PSEB (PacSun Eddie Bauer) for a discussion on actionable ways to cope with the onslaught of returns and the associated operational challenges, as well as what you can do to prepare for the future and start reducing returns overall.

Understanding the Full Revenue Impact of Retailer Ad Platforms

As advertising dollars have shifted from traditional media to digital platforms or marketplaces operated by retailers, consumer product brands have speculated that there may be a ‘halo effect’ happening – boosting sales beyond the online retailers where the brand is advertising their products. While digital leaders understand many of the incremental benefits—like improving repeat purchases, social validation and offline sales, they still struggle to answer this question.

Supporting the Customer Journey: Localization for Speed to Market & Flexibility

Supply chain agility was pivotal for retailers’ survival in 2020, to keep up with fast-changing customer demand and shifting market conditions. While we cannot predict what the coming months or years hold, one thing is for certain: retailers must stay flexible to meet consumers’ needs, regardless of circumstances.

Solving Retail’s Most Expensive Problem: The Silver Lining in Holiday Returns

With Holiday 2020 officially underway and e-commerce sales hitting record-levels, retailers can expect a surge in product returns until Q1. Returns reduction offers a healthier path forward for retailers in in 2021—One that’s more efficient, more sustainable, and results in happier customers. Join Navjit Bhasin, Founder & CEO of Newmine, Graziano De Boni, former CEO of Valentino USA, Prada Americas and Armani Americas, Guy Hipwell, Board Advisor & Co-Founder of Brezilliant, and Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, to learn about the silver lining of returns and how they unlock future opportunities for growth.

Insights from the World’s Largest Shopping Festival – How SMBs can Learn to Capitalize on 11.11

Alibaba Group’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, hosted annually on November 11, is the world’s largest online shopping event in terms of the number of consumers and merchants participating during the event.

Retailers United Help America Stay Open Pitch Event

Retailers United’s mission is to help small and medium wholesalers and retailers navigate through the most recent COVID-19 pandemic, macroeconomic and other challenges facing the retail industry by providing various types of support including financial sponsorships, services and mentorships.

Retail Merchandising Execution: Bridging the Execution Gap to Increase Revenues

Optimizing merchandising execution has never been more critical. Even pre-Covid, issues around out-of-stocks or excess inventory were holding retailers back. In the current environment in which demand is volatile and hard to predict and differs by region, retailers can’t afford to make the wrong calls on merchandise.

Retail Strategy Pivots: Shifting Your Business Through a Crisis

This year has been unprecedented for the retail industry. Retailers quickly learned that agility and the ability to pivot rapidly was essential. As the founder of a company that was born out of a prior crisis, Kerry O’Brien, CEO of Commando, understood this even before coronavirus hit. O’Brien joins Jaqui Lividini, Founder and CEO of L&Co and Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research

How Technology Can Transform the Overall BOPIS Experience

The crisis has significantly accelerated the growth of e-commerce. Greater shares of e-commerce and BOPIS (buy online, pick up in store) may be permanent trends that become part of the new retail normal as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. Join Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, and Ned Hill, CEO of Position Imaging, as they discuss e-commerce fulfillment—including how computer vision can be leveraged to expedite the fulfillment of BOPIS orders, current industry trends and key pain points for both retailers and shoppers.

How the Pandemic is Changing the Way Retailers are Thinking about AI

As the holiday season enters full swing, retailers are focused more than ever on how to leverage their data to ensure they can take advantage of AI and Advanced Analytics now, and in the near future. Rogayeh Tabrizi, CEO of Theory+Practice, joins Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, to discuss what retailers can do today given the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Retail Recovery: Winning Strategies for Driving Profitability for the New Era of Retail

The Covid-19 crisis has seen retailers become laser-focused on profitability as they search for cost-saving initiatives to combat declines. In a recent report in conjunction with LogicSource, Coresight Research explored how NFR (not-for-resale goods and services) savings represent a substantial opportunity for retailers to unlocking profitability.

Implementing Loss Prevention Tactics Ahead of Holiday 2020

Jesse Thares, Growth- eCommmerce & Payments at Riskified, joins Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, to discuss what retailers should anticipate with fraud ahead of the holidays based on the following changes in consumer behavior including: influx of first-time shoppers; shift to curbside pickup/BOPIS; new payment preferences; and dramatic increases in online order volume

Measuring the Value of Data Sharing Retail Analytics

Retailers have wealth of data, but not enough time to dig into all the details and find new opportunities.

A recent Coresight study explored the value of sharing. The findings showed that by sharing sales and inventory data with suppliers, retailers can increase sales by up to 4%. With the U.S retail sales predicted to top $4.89 trillion in 2020, this equates to a $195 billion opportunity.

The Resilient Supply Chain: Adapting for an Automated and Digitized World

Heidi Benko, VP of Solution Strategy for Infor Supply Chain Management, joins Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, to discuss the importance of a resilient supply chain, and the necessary early planning for Holiday 2020.