Company Earnings Update | September 26, 2018 Register for Free Access Ascena (ASNA) Fiscal 4Q18 Results: Results Beat Expectations, Guides Above ConsensusAscena reported adjusted fiscal 4Q18 EPS of $0.07, up 36.0% from a year ago and beating the consensus of $0.02. Adjusted revenues were $1.68 billion, up 1.2% year over year and beating the $1.62 billion consensus estimate. Read More
Insight Report | September 24, 2018 Premium US Holiday 2018: Retailers’ Holiday Hiring Looks Set to AccelerateThis report outlines key developments related to the holiday season hiring in 2018. Read More
Store Tracker | September 21, 2018 Premium Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2018, Week 38: L Brands to Close All 23 Henri Bendel StoresYear-to-date (YTD) 2018, the number of US store closure announcements stands at 4,612 and the number of store openings is 2,743. YTD in the UK, there have been 1,232 store closure announcements and 737 store opening announcements. Read More
Insight Report | September 20, 2018 Premium Coresight Research Countdown to 11.11 Series, #9: Kitchen Appliances Mega Sale; AlipayHK Unstaffed StoreAlibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, also known as Double 11 or Singles’ Day, takes place on November 11 every year and it has now become the world’s biggest 24-hour online sale. This report series covers the various shopping festivals and developments in New Retail that have already happened or will take place till this event. Read More
Event Coverage | September 19, 2018 Register for Free Access Alibaba Group Investor Day 2018: Management Remains Confident that Alibaba Is Well Positioned to Capitalize on China’s Sustained Consumption UpgradeThe Coresight Research team attended Alibaba Group’s annual Investor Day event in Hangzhou, China, this week. Our top takeaways include the following: Read More
Company Earnings Update | September 18, 2018 Register for Free Access H&M (STO: HM-B) 3Q18 Sales Update: Sales Momentum Improves from the Last Quarter Thanks to Continuous Business RevampIn 3Q18, H&M grew sales including value added tax (VAT) by 9.1% in reporting currency. Constant-currency sales growth of 4.0% was comfortably ahead of the consensus estimate of 2.6% growth. Read More
Insight Report | September 17, 2018 Premium August 2018 US Same-Store Sales: Strong Beat by CostcoCostco’s same-store sales rose higher in August this year compared to the growth reported in the same month last year. Read More
Deep Dive | September 17, 2018 Premium Deep Dive: Profiling Ten of the World’s Biggest E-Commerce Marketplaces, from Alibaba to ZalandoIn this report, we profile ten of the world’s biggest e-commerce marketplaces and look at the global prospects for e-commerce growth. Read More
Store Tracker | September 14, 2018 Premium Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2018, Week 37: Tesco to Launch a New Discount FormatYear-to-date (YTD) 2018, the number of US store closure announcements stands at 4,589 and the number of store openings is 2,742. YTD in the UK, there have been 1,230 store closure announcements and 715 store opening announcements. Read More
Company Earnings Update | September 14, 2018 Register for Free Access Kroger (KR) 2Q18 Results: Earnings Beat, Misses on RevenueKroger reported 2Q18 revenues of $27.9 billion, up 1.0% year over year and slightly below the consensus estimate of $28.0 billion. Adjusted EPS was $0.41, up 5.1% year over year, beating the consensus estimates of $0.38. Read More
Insight Report | September 13, 2018 Premium Coresight Research Countdown to 11.11 Series, #8: 9.9 Mega Sale; Moët Hennessy and Alibaba to Explore ‘New Retail’ OpportunitiesAlibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, also known as Double 11 or Singles’ Day, takes place on November 11 every year and it has now become the world’s biggest 24-hour online sale. This report series covers the various shopping festivals and developments in New Retail that have already happened or will take place till this event. Read More
Event Coverage | September 13, 2018 Register for Free Access Alibaba Hosts 2nd NYFW Tmall China Day: Three Women Runway Designers Selected to Represent the Contemporary Chinese ShopperThis week, Alibaba hosted its second series of New York Fashion Week (NYFW) Tmall China Day events in collaboration with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) that was held September 9-11. Three leading brands, Particle Fever, JNBY, and Angel Chen, presented their collections on the runway at this event. Tmall China Day also included a pop-up market at Opening Ceremony, a retailer, which included products from six Chinese labels that represented “China cool,” the phenomenon of Chinese brands gaining popularity with millennials who want authentic and hip designs that integrate Chinese cultural elements. Read More
Event Coverage | September 13, 2018 Register for Free Access Tech. 2018, Part 1: Technology Is Breaking Down the Barriers to Selling Beauty and Enabling Closer Ties Between Apparel Brands and SuppliersThis week, the Coresight Research team is attending the Tech. 2018 conference in London, which is produced by Retail Week and the World Retail Congress. Our takeaways from day one of the event include: Read More
Company Earnings Update | September 13, 2018 Register for Free Access Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) 2Q18 Results: A Retrenchment to North America Helps Soften Comp DeclineHBC reported fiscal 2Q18 revenues of C$2,160 million, down 2.0% year over year. Adjusted EPS was $0.53, lower than the consensus estimate of $0.57 and even with the year-ago quarter. Read More
Deep Dive | September 12, 2018 Premium The Final Hurdle – Innovation in Last-Mile LogisticsThis report covers innovation in last-mile logistics, a key component of the supply chain that presents unique challenges and exciting opportunities for improvement. The report covers three components of last-mile logistics: transportation, delivery and reverse logistics. Read More
