February 6, 2019 Deep Dive Free Report US Retailer Survey: Revealing the Hidden Costs of Poor Inventory ManagementToday’s retail environment is marked by more intense competition and rapid changes in consumer preferences, both of which pressure retailers to make smarter inventory decisions. To minimize unplanned markdowns that impact the bottom line, retailers must ensure that they deliver products consumers want to buy to the locations where they want to buy them.
January 31, 2019 Market Navigators/Market Outlook Premium Sector Overview: North American Food Retailers — Cross-Channel Retailing Is Emerging as the Dominant ModelEach Sector Overview report provides an analysis of a particular retail sector or consumer market. This report covers the North American grocery sector, concentrating on the US. Our coverage focuses on supermarket retailers with some discussion of other grocery channels. Mass merchandisers, warehouse clubs and discount stores are covered in a separate Sector Overview report.
January 28, 2019 Insight Report Premium December 2018 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and ChinaRetail Sales: The U.S. government shutdown means that December retail sales figure are not yet available. In November, year-over-year growth in retail sales excluding automobiles and gasoline remained broadly stable at 5.1%. In November, grocery store sales were up 3.0% and clothing store sales up were 4.1%; department store sales were down 0.2% year over year.
January 8, 2019 Market Navigators/Market Outlook Premium Sector Overview: European Retail — Germany’s Shoppers Cut BackApparently alarmed by world events such as Brexit and tariff wars, and in a context of slowly climbing inflation, German consumers have retrenched their discretionary spending.
December 24, 2018 Insight Report Premium November 2018 UK Retail Sales: Unexpectedly Strong NumbersThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported surprisingly solid retail growth for November, despite downbeat commentary by some major UK retailers.
December 21, 2018 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access WEINSWIG’S WEEKLY DECEMBER 21, 2018This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses what US retail sales data and other recent metrics tell us as we enter the holiday homestretch.
December 14, 2018 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access WEINSWIG’S WEEKLY DECEMBER 14, 2018This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses how Americans are spending more time viewing content on their smartphones, but also smoking less, signing up for gym memberships and spending more time with pets.
November 30, 2018 Analyst Corner Register for Free Access WEINSWIG’S WEEKLY NOVEMBER 30, 2018This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses what we have learned from visiting and analyzing Amazon’s physical stores.
November 30, 2018 Insight Report Premium October 2018 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and ChinaEach month, we round up key metrics that reflect consumer demand in the US, the UK and China. In these updates, we focus on direct, leading indicators of the health of the consumer economy: wage growth, price changes and retail sales growth.
November 19, 2018 Insight Report Premium October 2018 UK Retail Sales: Growth Softens in an Unusually Volatile OctoberRetail sales growth in the UK slowed in October as demand softened in a number of big-ticket sectors.
November 6, 2018 Insight Report Premium September 2018 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and ChinaEach month, we round up key metrics that reflect consumer demand in the US, the UK and China. In these updates, we focus on direct, leading indicators of the health of the consumer economy—namely, wage growth, price changes and retail sales growth. In September:
October 19, 2018 Insight Report Premium September 2018 UK Retail Sales: Volume Growth Continues to Sustain Retail Sales ExpansionRetail sales growth in September was consistent with that seen in recent months. By value, sales were up 4.2%, supported by very solid volume growth of 3.3%, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
September 28, 2018 Insight Report Premium August 2018 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and ChinaEach month, we round up key metrics that reflect consumer demand in the US, the UK and China. In these updates, we focus on direct, leading indicators of the health of the consumer economy—namely, wage growth, price changes and retail sales growth. Metrics for August include:
September 21, 2018 Insight Report Premium August 2018 UK Retail Sales: Further Strong Volume GrowthThe UK retail sector enjoyed further solid volume growth in August, with sales up 3.5% year over year in real terms. This compared to 4.0% real-terms growth in July.
August 31, 2018 Insight Report Premium July 2018 Monthly Consumer Update: US, UK and ChinaEach month, we round up key metrics reflecting consumer demand in the US, the UK and China. We focus on direct, leading indicators of the health of the consumer economy: wage growth, price changes and retail sales growth.
