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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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The 12 Questions of US Holiday Retail 2020: Part 4—An Early Start to Holiday Shopping and a Green Christmas

Coresight 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.

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