Insight Report | October 13, 2020 Premium The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #3—Carriers Add Holiday Surcharges To Manage Holiday Peak CapacityWe discuss the issues regarding last-mile shipping for the holiday season this year, with a focus on shipping capacity volumes and holiday surcharge fees for the big three carriers in the US—FedEx, UPS and the USPS. This report is part of our 12 Weeks of Holidays series, in which we present key data, trends and observations as we count down to the peak holiday season. Read More
Analyst Corner | October 11, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: Could Retailers Run Short of Inventory this Holiday Season?This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses potential inventory shortages for this holiday season. Read More
Insight Report | October 9, 2020 Premium Retail Robustness Index: October 2020 Update—Average Financial Health Metric DeterioratesCoresight Research’s Retail Robustness Index evaluates the 100 largest US retailers (by revenue) on their ability to weather dramatic shifts in demand as the Covid-19 lockdowns began. The October update revises the scores based on financial reports and store-reopening announcements. Alongside the report, our infographic summarizes key changes since the previous Retail Robustness Index update in September. Read More
Deep Dive | October 7, 2020 Premium RetailTech: Loss-Prevention Technology—Staying Ahead of the Bad GuysLoss of merchandise has multiple consequences for a retailer, including a reduction in profits from the missing items as well as the inability to fulfill ship-from-store orders. We consider the sources of retail loss and the technologies—both hardware and software—that can be used to help retailers identify and prevent loss. Read More
Analyst Corner | October 4, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: The New 10.10 Shopping Festival To Kickstart the US Holiday Shopping SeasonThis week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses how the new 10.10 Shopping Festival will kickstart the holiday shopping season in early October in the US this year. Read More
Analyst Corner | September 27, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: Brands, Celebrities, Retailers and Social Media Platforms Are Encouraging People To Get Out and VoteThis week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses brands, celebrities, retailers and social media platforms encouraging people to vote in the upcoming US election. Read More
Insight Report | September 25, 2020 Register for Free Access Blockchain Promises Financial Inclusion to the World’s 1.7 Billion-Plus Unbanked InhabitantsBlockchain is a powerful, fundamental financial technology that offers benefits to consumers around the world, particularly those currently excluded from financial systems. We present its features and the benefits it provides to businesses and consumers globally. We discuss three examples of companies that are developing blockchain solutions—namely, China-based Ant Group, UK-based Electroneum and US-based Ripple. Read More
Analyst Corner | September 20, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: What Role Will Stores Play in a Holiday Season That Is Heading Online?This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses the role that physical stores will play amid a shift to e-commerce this holiday season. Read More
Insight Report | September 16, 2020 Premium Retail Robustness Index: September 2020 Update—Store Reopenings Drive Higher Index ValuesCoresight Research’s Retail Robustness Index evaluates the 100 largest US retailers (by revenue) on their ability to weather dramatic shifts in demand as the Covid-19 lockdowns began. The September update revises the scores based on financial reports and store-reopening announcements. Alongside the report, our infographic summarizes key changes since the previous Retail Robustness Index update in August. Read More
Analyst Corner | September 13, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: Could There Be an October Surprise in Retail This Year?This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses shifts in the holiday-season shopping period, with retailers launching promotions as early as October. Read More
Company Profile | September 9, 2020 Premium Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) Company ProfileOracle is a US-based retail-tech provider with products including business software, client premise or cloud-based applications and hardware including enterprise resource planning (ERP). Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, the company operates in China, the UK and the US, among others. Read More
Analyst Corner | September 6, 2020 Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly: Three Learnings from the Latest US E-Commerce DataThis week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses three learnings on US e-commerce. Read More
Insight Report | September 4, 2020 Premium The 12 Questions of US Holiday Retail 2020: Part 4—An Early Start to Holiday Shopping and a Green ChristmasCoresight Research has 12 questions about the upcoming holiday selling season, which promises to be the most interesting in our team’s collective memory. In the fourth report of the series, we present and provide answers to the final three questions, which explore the potential for an early start to the season this year and how growing consumer interest in sustainability could affect holiday shopping. Read More
Insight Report | September 3, 2020 Premium The 12 Questions of US Holiday Retail 2020: Part 3—Product Availability and the Supply ChainCoresight Research has 12 questions about the upcoming holiday selling season, which promises to be the most interesting in our team’s collective memory. In this third report of the series, we present and provide answers to two questions around the impact of Covid-19 on product availability and the supply chain—and what this means for retailers as they plan for the holidays. Read More
Insight Report | September 2, 2020 Premium The 12 Questions of US Holiday Retail 2020: Part 2—The Consumer’s Propensity To SpendCoresight Research has 12 questions about the upcoming holiday selling season, which promises to be the most interesting in our team’s collective memory. In this second report of the series, we present and provide answers to three questions, which focus on the US consumer’s propensity to spend. We consider how the employment situation, a “wealth effect” and the upcoming presidential election will impact holiday spending. Read More
