January 30, 2020 Flash Report Register for Free Access Coronavirus Briefing: Restaurants and Stores Close, Flights CutThe ongoing Coronavirus outbreak in China is impacting not only the domestic economy but retail globally. Already, international retailers are closing shops in, and limiting travel to, affected areas. Airlines have canceled flights and the falloff in Chinese outbound tourism could hit travel retail hard.
January 29, 2020 Flash Report Register for Free Access Coronavirus Briefing: Assessing the Economic ImpactThe coronavirus hitting central China came at a bad time for the domestic economy—just before the all-important Lunar New Year holidays. The good news is that most consumers probably did most of their holiday shopping in advance; the bad news is that the outbreak is far from over.
January 26, 2020 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly—January 26, 2020This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at Walmart’s plans for Jet.com.
January 17, 2020 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly—January 19, 2020This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at the increasing role of computer vision in retail.
January 9, 2020 Event Coverage Register for Free Access CES 2020, Day 2: Physical Retail, Tourism and Data StrategyThe Coresight Research team is in Las Vegas for CES 2020. We offer our top five insights from the second day of the event, including the transition of digitally native brands into physical retail, increasing demand for personalized travel experiences and the explosion of data in healthcare retail.
January 5, 2020 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly—January 5, 2020This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at the challenges retailers may (continue to) face in 2020.
December 26, 2019 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly—December 29, 2019This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at 10 things we learned in 2019—and what they mean for 2020.
December 20, 2019 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly—December 22, 2019This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at exclusive data on US retailers’ Black Friday and Cyber Monday online pricing strategies.
December 13, 2019 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly—December 15, 2019This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at how much holiday shopping US consumers have yet to do, and what that means for retailers.
December 7, 2019 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly—December 8, 2019This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at the coming shopping rush as consumers dash to buy gifts during the shortest-possible season between Black Friday and Christmas.
December 4, 2019 Flash Report Register for Free Access AWS Unleashes a Flurry of Announcements at 2019 AWS re:Invent ConferenceAmazon Web Services (AWS) made a series of announcements at its 2019 AWS re:Invent Conference. Many centered on enabling 5G wireless, which promises fiber-optic-like speed for mobile devices, enabling many yet-unimagined new business opportunities.
December 1, 2019 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access Weinswig’s Weekly—December 1, 2019This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at how Amazon’s deal with Pinduoduo positions the online retailer to tap into China’s fast-growing markets in smaller cities.
November 30, 2019 Insight Report Free Report Holiday 2019: US Black Friday InsightsOn November 29, the Coresight Research team undertook its fifth annual tour of stores for Black Friday. We visited 65 stores of 32 different retailers in the US. In this report, we analyze each store according our proprietary BEST framework for physical retail.
November 27, 2019 Event Coverage Register for Free Access Salesforce 2019 Investor Meeting Focuses on Growth Drivers and Margin ImprovementSalesforce outlined its growth strategy at its 2019 annual investor conference. The company expects positive tailwinds from digital companies to contribute a greater share of global GDP and for digitalization to continue.