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Holiday 2020: US Shopper Survey—How Shifting Spending Patterns Will Impact Retail

Coresight Research’s recent survey provides a detailed update on US consumers’ holiday 2020 shopping expectations, with a focus on the implications for US retail. Given the uncertain context to US consumer’s holiday shopping decisions, the shape and scale of consumer demand during the holiday peak is less certain than ever. We take a deep dive into shoppers’ expectations for the US holiday 2020 season with results and insights from our survey.

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The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #2—The Global Shopping Festival of 10.10 Festivalizes Holiday 2020

We discuss the “festivalization” of holiday retail, with a focus on the new 10.10 Shopping Festival and Amazon’s Prime Day. We discuss the implications for US retailers, including the expected early start to the holiday shopping season. This free 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.

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The 12 Weeks of Holidays: #1—Three Things US Shoppers Will Do Differently This Holiday Season

Using exclusive Coresight Research survey data, we discuss three ways in which US consumers expect to shop differently this holiday season. We explore a potential shift in spending on products versus services, consumer expectations of when they will start holiday shopping and anticipated demand around Amazon’s Prime Day. This report is the first in our 12 Weeks of Holidays series, in which we present key data, trends and observations as we count down to the peak holiday season.

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US E-Commerce: Post-Crisis Outlook

We explore the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on US e-commerce. We present our trend analysis and insights into the online channel’s development in the second quarter of 2020. We also discuss three post-crisis US e-commerce trends across the themes of digital investment, omnichannel capabilities and drones/autonomous vehicles.

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