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Groceryshop 2021: Day One Insights—“Shark Reef” Startup Pitch Competition and Panel Highlights

On September 19, 2021, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, emceed and featured on the judging panel for the Groceryshop 2021 “Shark Reef” Startup Pitch Competition, in which 12 early-stage US retail-technology startups competed to win the Shark’s Choice and Audience Choice awards. We discuss the pitch competition and announce the winners. In addition, we present highlights from four presentations given on the first day of Groceryshop 2021.

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Sustainability Insights: Busting Five Myths in Retail

Sustainability spans virtually every business and consumer touchpoint, but there are many misconceptions that lead to confusion among brands and retailers. To help organizations understand the far-reaching concept as they embark on a sustainability strategy, we bust five myths—covering profitability, food waste, fashion and e-commerce.

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Not Your Regular Mall-Based Stores: Part One—Ship from Store Presents a Profitable Online Order-Fulfillment Opportunity

Leveraging their mall-based stores to fulfill online orders presents huge opportunity for retailers to reduce store-based inventories, manage reverse logistics, meet consumer demand more efficiently and thus improve their top and bottom line. Leveraging proprietary survey findings, Coresight Research and Fillogic explore this opportunity, with a focus on the “ship from store” order-fulfillment model.

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Small Businesses in US Retail: Five Things To Know About Their Pandemic-Led Collapse and Renaissance

Small businesses were hit especially hard at the outset of the pandemic-induced economic crash but have since recovered well. We detail five things to know about the state of small businesses in the US today, with a focus on retail. We draw comparisons to the recovery of small businesses following the 2008 global financial crisis to frame the current rebound.

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