October 16, 2017 Insight Report 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.
July 7, 2017 Deep Dive 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.
June 5, 2017 Insight Report 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%.
April 20, 2017 Deep Dive 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.
February 22, 2017 Deep Dive 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.
November 16, 2016 Deep Dive 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.
November 16, 2016 Insight Report 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.
October 3, 2016 Deep Dive 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.
September 23, 2016 Insight Report 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.
September 15, 2016 Market Navigators/Market Outlook 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.
August 22, 2016 Deep Dive 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.
May 12, 2016 Company Earnings Update 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.
May 1, 2015 Insight Report 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%.
