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We examine the US luxury clothing and footwear sector and its position in the total apparel market. We present proprietary estimates for the sector’s size and growth trajectory, and discuss market factors, the competitive landscape, key themes and more.

Key topics include inflation, resale and the metaverse.

Data in this research report include:

  • US luxury apparel and footwear market size, year-over-year change and share of the total US apparel and footwear market, 2018–2027E
  • Consumer price index for apparel and footwear
  • Proprietary US consumer survey data—brands from which luxury shoppers made purchases in the past three months
  • Apparel and footwear revenue of selected luxury brands and retailers

Companies mentioned in this report include: Burberry, Capri Holdings, Chanel, Gucci, Kering, LVMH, Tapestry

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Each report in the Weinswig’s Weekly series reflects on a topical theme in retail. We also highlight our key research from the past week and upcoming reports to look out for, so you don’t miss out.

This week’s note, “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig,” discusses learnings for retail from the Coresight Research BEST framework.

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Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies.

Data in this research report include:

  • 2023 week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the US and the UK
  • 2022 week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the US and the UK
  • 2023 major US store closures and openings
  • 2023 major UK store closures and openings

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Genesco and B&M

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Complementing our weekly reports, the Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2023 year to date, filterable by sector and year—now including retailer-level data.

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The Coresight Research US Housing Market Indicators series analyzes the current housing market landscape in the US, based on a range of metrics. We identify the factors influencing the industry and resulting in changes in supply and demand with inputs for the retail sector.

This report analyzes the latest data available as of the end of May 2023.

Data in this report include:

  • US housing permits, starts and completions
  • US existing home sales
  • US Pending Home Sales Index
  • US new home sales
  • US Housing Affordability Index

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We consider recent trajectories in global price indices for a number of major commodities that comprise or contribute to major categories in retail.

This report is part of our Data Dive series, in which each report offers an essential briefing on topical, need-to-know data.

Data in this research report include:

  • Price indices and annual/monthly price changes for selected commodities—including cotton, coffee, sugar and wheat
  • US: Finished consumer foods PPI vs. grocery retail PPI and food-at-home CPI
  • US: Clothing retailers’ PPI vs. apparel CPI
  • Pricing changes at major CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies

Companies mentioned in this report include: Clorox, Kimberly-Clark, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Unilever

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The US Store Tracker Extra monthly series offers insight into retailers’ store closure and opening announcements, including their square-footage impact.

In this report, we detail announced closures and openings as of May 26, 2023.

Data in this report are:

  • Year-to-date announced US store closures and openings estimates for 2023, by retailer
  • Year-to-date announced 2023 US store closures and openings estimates in gross square feet, by retailer
  • US announced store closures and openings: week-by-week data for year-to-date 2023 versus the comparable period in 2022

Companies mentioned in this report include: Aldi, Ahold Delhaize, Dick’s Sporting Goods, NIKE, Tapestry, Walmart, Williams-Sonoma

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  • View our full collection of Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker and monthly US Store Tracker Extra reports.
  • The Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2023 year to date, filterable by sector and year.
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The Coresight Research and Circana (formerly IRI) monthly US CPG Sales Tracker provides our data-driven insights into online sales trends in the US CPG industry—covering the product categories of food & beverage, health & beauty, and general merchandise & homecare.

This edition of the report presents five key insights from the four weeks ended March 26, 2023.

Data in this research report include:

  • CPG e-commerce, multi outlet and convenience stores (MULOC) and total sales growth
  • CPG e-commerce sales
  • E-commerce CPG sales growth by category type
  • Food & beverage departments: e-commerce and total sales growth
  • Nonfood departments: e-commerce and total sales growth

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This is the first report in our new BEST at Retail series, where Coresight Research examines how brands employ the elements of the BEST framework in their online and offline stores. Coresight Research relaunched our proprietary BEST framework in 2022, helping retailers rethink their approach to retail via brand building, experiences, service and technology integration with a consumer-centric approach to online and in-store retail.

In this report, we explore the actions that companies can take to build stronger brands—under the first component of our BEST framework for retail excellence. We also examine how three iconic brands maximize brand building in their stores, offering insights from recent in-store visits.

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Five Below, Harrods, Harry Potter, Lego, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Ralph Lauren and Walgreens

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Using data from RetailNext, we analyze US retail traffic and in-store metrics in April 2023, in total and by sector, region and location type.

Data in this report include:

  • Year-over-year changes in US store-based traffic and sales for the past 13 months
  • Year-over-year changes in US store-based nonfood retail metricsfor the past 13 months—including conversion, ATV, shopper yield and average unit retail
  • Year-over-year changes in US retail traffic for selected industry verticals, for the past 13 months

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  • Our monthly reports keep you up to date on retail sales (in total and by sector) and key consumer indicators, focusing on China, the UK and the US.
  • Complementing our monthly reports, the Coresight Research US Retail Sales Databank brings together retail sales data to help you understand the scale and trajectory of US retail.
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Our weekly Earnings Insights reports feature highlights from recent management commentary from major US retailers within our Coresight 100 coverage list as they report first-quarter 2023 earnings.

This week, there are highlights from companies that reported in the week ended May 27, 2023, across nine sectors: apparel and footwear, beauty, department stores, discount stores, electronics retailers, home and home improvement, petcare retailers, specialty apparel and warehouse clubs.

Data in this report are:

  • Quarterly data from companies, including gross margins and sales data by brand (where applicable), channel and geography

Companies mentioned in this report include: Big Lots, Deckers Outdoor, Dollar Tree, Guess?, Petco, Ulta Beauty and Williams-Sonoma

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Our Monthly Consumer Update analyzes key consumer indicators from the US, the UK and China. In this report, we examine the latest data as of May 2023, covering inflation, earnings, retail sales and more.

Data in this research report are: 

  • Average weekly earnings versus consumer prices in the US and the UK
  • Per capita disposable income versus consumer prices in China
  • Consumer prices for food at home and gasoline (automotive fuel) in the US, the UK and China
  • Total retail sales (ex. automobiles and automotive fuel) in US, the UK and China

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  • The Coresight Research US Retail Sales Databank brings together retail sales data to help you understand the scale and trajectory of US retail.
  • Our full collection of monthly reports keep you up to date on retail sales (in total and by sector) and key consumer indicators, focusing on the US, the UK and China.
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The Coresight Research US Livestreaming Tracker is a quarterly series that provides updates on trends in the live-video e-commerce space. We analyze findings from proprietary US consumer surveys on the role of livestreaming in the shopping journey.

In this report, we present data from our latest survey, conducted in April 2023, which asked consumers about their engagement with “shoppable livestreams” (live, online videos focused on promoting and selling products) in the past three months.

Data in this report, based on proprietary survey findings, include:

  • Use of livestream shopping—frequency of watching shoppable livestreams and reasons for watching
  • Livestream shopping platforms—platforms used to watch shoppable livestreams (and breakdowns by age groups and platform type) and product categories that viewers have watched vs. purchased via livestreaming
  • Purchasing process—spending via livestreaming across selected product categories and reasons for cart abandonment
  • Livestreaming content—formats that viewers prefer to watch, degree of influence of livestream technology and host characteristics on purchase decisions, and future expectations for content

Companies mentioned in this report include: Costco, Dollar General, Facebook, Home Depot, IKEA, Instagram, Kohl’s, Sam’s Club, Sephora, Target, Twitch, Ulta Beauty, YouTube

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The Coresight Research weekly US Consumer Tracker takes a regular temperature check on US consumers’ behaviors and sentiment, based on exclusive proprietary survey data.

In this report, we present findings from our survey conducted on May 22, 2023.

Data in this research report are our latest proprietary survey findings and four-week changes for:

  • Activities that consumers have done in the past two weeks
  • Avoidance of public places, by type of public place
  • What products consumers have bought in-store and online in the last two weeks
  • Which retailers consumers have bought food and nonfood products from in the last two weeks

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Aldi, Amazon, Albertsons, Ahold Delhaize, Costco, Dollar General, Dollar Tree/Family Dollar, Kohl’s, Kroger, Macy’s, Target, Walmart

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Using data from the Office for National Statistics, we analyze UK retail sales in April 2023, in total and by sector.

Data in this report are:

  • Year-over-year changes in UK total retail sales (excluding automotive fuel) for the past 13 months
  • Year-over-year changes in retail sales by sector, February—April 2023
  • Year-over-year changes in online retail sales for the past 13 months

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Our monthly reports keep you up to date on retail sales (in total and by sector) and key consumer indicators, focusing on China, the UK and the US.

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The Coresight Research US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker provides a monthly update on the trajectory of consumer spending on beauty, clothing and footwear. Our latest report covers spending from April 2023, showing that clothing and footwear spending growth slowed further to 2.7% year over year.

Data in this research report include:

  • US consumer spending on clothing and footwear year-over-year percentage change, April 2022–April 2023
  • US consumer spending on clothing by category year-over-year percentage change, April 2022–April 2023
  • US consumer spending on footwear year-over-year percentage change, April 2022–April 2023
  • US consumer spending on selected beauty categories year-over-year percentage change, April 2022–April 2023                                         

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