Executive Summary

December 15, 2019

• This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” looks at how much holiday shopping US consumers have yet to do, and what that means for retailers.

In the news this week:

• Walmart will offer grocery delivery by autonomous vehicle in its Houston location, working with multi-purpose vehicles developed by Nuro.
• H&M will offer bicycle delivery in over 30 cities in the Netherlands, including next-day and for the same price.
• Walmart has launched an initiative to train suppliers in India to more effectively scale and build capacity to more easily reach global consumers.