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Insight Report | September 4, 2019 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: Supply Chain

In this report, we continue our Retail-Tech Landscape report series, which spotlights innovative retail-tech companies that are disrupting the retail industry. This retail-tech landscape covers innovation in the supply chain, featuring start-ups in addition to a few more established companies that are disrupting the current scenario.

Insight Report | July 1, 2019 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: Last-Mile Delivery

As e-commerce consumer expectations rise, last-mile delivery is emerging as a crucial component of supply-chain logistics. This report profiles innovation in last-mile logistics, featuring last-mile solutions and platforms disrupting the landscape. We curated select established companies in the space and feature 40 in over 10 countries.

Insight Report | July 1, 2019 Free Report

Innovator Intelligence: Solving Retail’s Most Expensive Problem With AI-Powered Returns Reduction

This report forms part of our Innovator Intelligence series, which focuses on emerging companies disrupting traditional retail and fueling innovation across the retail value chain. This report focused on retail’s returns challenge, which will continue to grow as e-commerce grabs a greater share of the retail market.

Insight Report | June 17, 2019 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape—Reality Technology

Reality Technology—Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR)—offers innovative ways of engaging with consumers. This retail-tech landscape lists notable reality technology startups focusing on applications including virtual try-on, marketing and social commerce.

Insight Report | June 17, 2019 Free Report

Innovator Intelligence: Empowering Retailers’ Automated Shopper Assistance

This report forms part of our Innovator Intelligence series, which focuses on emerging companies that are disrupting traditional retail and fueling innovation across the retail value chain. Linc Global offers an automated shopper assistance solution that automates brand-to-shopper digital interactions and provides more engaging 1:1 communication.

Insight Report | May 31, 2019 Free Report

Israel Retail-Tech Innovator Landscape

Israel’s retail-tech sector is growing and quickly becoming one of the hottest and most innovative ecosystems for retail technologies, with startups offering solutions from supply chain logistics to the in-store experience.

Deep Dive | May 15, 2019 Premium

Coresight Matrix: Computer Vision Solutions for Product Search

Coresight Matrix is a new product series designed to help our subscribers better understand a number of segments and key players within the retail-technology industry. The first of the series focus on computer vision, which has seen rapid adoption in retail over the last few years.

Insight Report | May 7, 2019 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: Blockchain

This retail-tech landscape lists notable blockchain startups focusing on retail applications including supply chain, traceability, Internet of Things (IoT) integration and payments.

Event Coverage | May 3, 2019

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Shoptalk 2019 Startup Pitch Recap

The Coresight Research team was in Las Vegas attending and participating in the Shoptalk 2019 conference, March 3-6. In this report, we profile the 15 innovative retail-technology companies that competed in Shoptalk’s Startup Pitch.

Event Coverage | April 29, 2019

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CoCoon Pitch Night 2019: Hearing from Six Platform Startups

Our Big Day, BestShare and FindRecruiter were selected winners by the three-judge panel because they clearly addressed problems faced by their respective sectors and confidently presented ideas with feasible business models that could attract investment.

Flash Report | April 12, 2019

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Walmart to Acquire Technology and Assets of Silicon Valley Adtech Startup Polymorph Labs

On April 11, 2019, Walmart announced plans to acquire the assets and technology of Silicon Valley-based advertising-technology startup Polymorph Labs for an undisclosed amount.

Deep Dive | April 11, 2019 Premium

The Greater Bay Area, or “China’s Silicon Valley”: What is It, How Will It Develop and How Can Businesses Benefit?

The Greater Bay Area could be China’s answer to Silicon Valley. On February 18, 2019, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council of the People’s Republic of China released a development plan for the Greater Bay Area.

Deep Dive | April 10, 2019 Premium

Online to Offline Beauty: Brands That Are Winning by Understanding the Digital Consumer and Then Going Physical

Digitally native beauty brands are opening stores and differentiating through customer experiences. Opening a physical store increases online traffic by 45%, according to the ICSC.

Flash Report | April 5, 2019

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Goodwill NYNJ Partners with Price Technologies to Boost Re-Commerce Opportunities

On April 1, 2019, nonprofit organization Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey (Goodwill NYNJ) announced a partnership with technology startup Price Technologies (Price) to offer more opportunities for shoppers to buy secondhand items.

Deep Dive | April 1, 2019 Premium

US Retailers Becoming More Relevant Through Acquisitions: Mass Merchandisers vs. Amazon

M&A activity has risen in the US retail sector over the past 10 years, in terms of deal value and number of deals, and the same trend applies within the mass-merchandiser sector.