Insight Report | October 16, 2017 Premium September 2017 US Retail Sales and TrafficUS retail sales fell unexpectedly in August. On a month-over-month basis, total retail sales decreased by 0.2% in August and amounted to $474.8 billion. Read More
Deep Dive | July 7, 2017 Premium Market Trends in US and European FootwearIn the US and in European countries, athleisure and health and wellness trends buoyed footwear sales growth in 2016. This report explores footwear retailing trends in the US and leading European markets such as the UK, France and Germany. Read More
Insight Report | June 5, 2017 Premium May 2017 US Same-Store SalesComps for the group generally beat expectations in May. Costco’s comps were up 4.1%, beating the consensus estimate of 3.0%. Read More
Deep Dive | April 20, 2017 Premium Is Going Direct-to- Consumer the Way Forward for Retail?More and more retailers such as G-III Apparel, Nike, Adidas and VF Corporation are rebalancing their distribution in favor of a direct-to-consumer (DTC) model. Beauty companies such as L’Oréal and Procter & Gamble have also focused more on DTC channels in recent years. Read More
Deep Dive | February 22, 2017 Premium DEEP DIVE: Fashion Re-Commerce EvolutionThe marketplace for online fashion resale continues to evolve rapidly. Following an initial wave of online fashion consignment startups, weaker players have gone out of business and stronger players have grown and attracted more investment funding to propel their further growth. Read More
Deep Dive | November 16, 2016 Premium Korean Innovation in BeautyKorean brands have had a growing influence on the global beauty market in recent years, leading to a K-Beauty trend. This deep dive examines the successful ascent of Korean beauty, with a focus on the product, process and technology innovations they have brought to the market. Read More
Insight Report | November 16, 2016 Premium 10 Emerging Startups in Natural Language Processing (NLP)In this report, we have profiled 10 NLP startups working in the areas of natural language search, conversational commerce, automated speech recognition and content analysis, which have the potential to disrupt the retail industry. Read More
Deep Dive | October 3, 2016 Premium DEEP DIVE: One Belt One Road – Impact On Western Multinational CompaniesThe China-led One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative will fund a network of infrastructure such as roads, railroads, ports, electricity and energy, and trade and finance ties between China and the countries along two routes: an overland route that links China with South and Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Russia and Europe, and a sea route that goes through the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, and eventually reaches the Mediterranean Sea. Read More
Insight Report | September 23, 2016 Premium Nordstrom Announces President of Nordstrom.com and Strategic Shifts in Leadership ResponsibilitiesNordstrom has appointed former Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development, Ken Worzel, to the position of President of Nordstrom.com. Read More
Market Outlook | September 15, 2016 Premium Business Wearables: A High Growth Segment in a Fast-Expanding MarketThe business wearables segment will grow even faster than the already-high-growth wearables market in the coming years, according to market-measurement firm Gartner. Read More
Deep Dive | August 22, 2016 Premium Global Furniture and Homewares E-CommerceThis report explores global online furniture and homewares retailing, the size of the market, forecast growth rates, and the proportion of furniture and homewares sales generated online compared to total sector sales. Read More
Company Earnings Update | May 12, 2016 Register for Free Access Nordstrom (JWN) 1Q16 Results: Big Earnings Miss; FY16 Guidance Lowered to Reflect Softening Industry DynamicsNordstrom announced 1Q16 diluted EPS of $0.26, far below the consensus estimate of $0.45. The disappointing results were driven by sales that were lower than planned and by higher markdowns intended to better align inventory positions with softening industry trends. Read More
Insight Report | May 1, 2015 Premium April 2015 US Same-Store SalesThe four-week period had 28 selling days this year versus 27 selling days last year, reflecting the earlier timing of the Easter holiday. The calendar shift improved this year’s net and comparable sales by 1.5%–2.0%. Read More
