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In each report in the Weinswig’s Weekly series, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig reflects on a topical theme in retail. This week’s note “From the Desk of Deborah Weinswig” discusses the state of the BNPL (buy now pay later) industry.

Each report also includes recent retail and technology headlines from Asia, Europe and the US.

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Our Market Outlooks for luxury retail in the US, Asia and Europe examine the scale, composition and trajectory of the regional markets, as well as key themes we are watching.

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In this Market Outlook, we examine the scale, composition and trajectory of the personal luxury market in Europe, including:

  • Factors driving its growth
  • Market reactions to the current inflationary environment
  • The competitive landscape, including the influence of companies like Kering and LVMH
  • Market themes we are watching through 2022 and beyond

If you would like to know more about the luxury market, read our previous Market Outlook on the global luxury market or watch the short video that accompanies the Outlook.

This report is part of a series of three Market Outlooks on regional luxury goods markets—read our reports on the US and Asia.

Contents (Click to navigate)

Introduction

Market Performance and Outlook

Market Factors

Online Market

Competitive Landscape

Themes We Are Watching

Retail Innovators

What We Think

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

  • A week-by-week comparison of store openings and closures in the US and UK in year-to-date 2022
  • What is happening in retail in the US and UK this week
  • 2021 and year-to-date 2022 major US and UK store openings, store closures and bankruptcies

This week, there are highlights from Alimentation Couche-Tard, Buc-ee’s and Chico’s, among others, in the US and FatFace, Frasers Group and HMV, among others, in the UK. We also discuss Revlon’s recent bankruptcy announcement and quarterly store opening and closure settlements following the release of quarterly company filings from Kroger.

Click here to view our full collection of Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker reports.

Complementing our weekly report, the Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2022 year to date, filterable by sector and year.

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This year’s 6.18 Shopping Festival fell at an interesting time, testing the appetite of Chinese consumers amid continued lockdowns and supply chain disruptions that have dominated the country in 2022.

In this report, we discuss the performance of e-commerce platforms such as JD.com and Alibaba’s Tmall and cover three key trends that we saw during this year’s 6.18 event:

  1. Optimization of online shopping services
  2. Shifts in consumption patterns across consumer groups
  3. Enhanced logistics infrastructure

For more on the China market and, specifically, the country’s shopping festivals, read our Singles Day coverage.

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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 May 2022, which increased 4% year over year.

We discuss changes in US consumer spending, year over year across the following sectors:

  • Footwear
  • Clothing, comprising the subcategories of children’s, women’s and men’s clothing
  • Selected beauty categories

Coresight Research’s 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. Click here to view our full collection of monthly reports.

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In this Market Outlook, we examine the scale, composition and trajectory of the personal luxury market in Asia, including:

  • Factors driving its growth
  • Market reactions to the current inflationary environment
  • The competitive landscape, including the influence of companies such as Chow Tai Fook Jewellery and LVMH
  • Market themes we are watching through 2022 and beyond

If you would like to know more about the luxury market, read our previous Market Outlook on the global luxury market or watch the short video that accompanies the Market Outlook.

This report is part of a series of three Market Outlooks on regional luxury goods markets—read our reports on the US and Europe.

Contents (Click to navigate)

Introduction

Market Performance and Outlook

Market Factors

Online Market

Competitive Landscape

Themes We Are Watching

Retail Innovators

What We Think

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The Coresight Research and 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.

In this free report, we present five key insights from the four weeks ended May 15, 2022, across the following metrics:

  • Year-over-year growth of CPG e-commerce sales versus growth in total CPG sales
  • Online sales growth by category type
  • Breakdown of online sales by category
  • Online sales growth of food & beverage departments
  • Online sales growth of nonfood departments such as beauty and homecare

Click here to read more reports in our US CPG Sales Tracker series.

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Amazon will host its annual Prime Day event for Western markets on July 12–13, 2022. We present five key insights in advance of the event, covering the following:

  • Our expectations for popular product categories on Prime Day, based on data from a recent proprietary survey of US consumers
  • Prime membership rates
  • The heightened competition that Prime Day will face from other retailers’ sales events

Click here to read further Coresight Research coverage of Amazon Prime Day, including from past years.

Click here to read all of Coresight Research’s coverage of US holiday retail.

Coresight Research’s Amazon Databank brings together a range of proprietary data on Amazon, with a focus on its US operations.

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Coresight Research’s monthly Leading Indicators of US Retail Sales series tracks several major macroeconomic indicators and their likely effect on US retail sales. We analyze the latest available data as of June 27, 2022.

This report includes discussion of the following 10 indicators:

  1. Unemployment rate
  2. Labor force participation rate
  3. Disposable income
  4. Average hourly wages
  5. Consumer sentiment
  6. Saving rate
  7. Gas prices
  8. Interest rate
  9. Housing starts
  10. Home price index

Click here to read the previous report in this series.

Coresight Research’s 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. Click here to view our full collection of monthly reports.

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 Three Things You Need To Know series provides free snapshots of Coresight Research data and findings. Subscribers can access the full research behind this graphic here. To find out how to subscribe, click here.

Coresight Research has identified the expanding metaverse as a key trend to watch in retail and a component trend of Coresight Research’s RESET framework for change.

As part of our Metaverse Latest series, we explore the rise of meta humans as influencers.

Click here to read more Coresight Research coverage of the metaverse.

Reasons to Read

In this Market Outlook, we examine the scale, composition and trajectory of the US personal luxury goods market, including:

  • Factors driving its growth
  • Market reactions to the current inflationary environment
  • The competitive landscape, including insights into companies such as Capri Holdings Kering, LVMH and Tapestry
  • Market themes we are watching

For insights on the global luxury market, read our report Market Outlook: Global Luxury—Digitalization and Localization To Drive Market Growth.

This report is part of a series of three Market Outlooks on regional luxury goods markets—read our reports on Asia and Europe.

Contents (Click to navigate)

Introduction

Market Performance and Outlook

Market Factors

Online Market

Competitive Landscape

Themes We Are Watching

Retail Innovators

What We Think

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Coresight Research’s June 20, 2022, survey provides a detailed update on US consumers’ behavior and expectations, with a focus on the implications for US retail.

This week’s US Consumer Tracker covers the following:

  • What shoppers are buying online and in-store
  • What consumers are doing and where they are going—including avoidance of public places
  • Which retailers consumers are buying from—for food and nonfood purchases

Complementing our weekly survey reports, our monthly US Consumer Tracker Extra series offers additional insight, including long-term consumer trends and a detailed analysis of where current patterns will lead in the coming months. Click here to view our full collection of US Consumer Tracker and US Consumer Tracker Extra reports.

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We examine the latest data and assess the overall trends in the US, the UK and China across the following key consumer indicators:

  • Earnings versus inflation
  • Food and fuel prices
  • Retail sales

Coresight Research’s 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. Click here to view our full collection of monthly reports.

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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The Coresight Research Playbook series provides recommendations for brands, retailers and marketplaces seeking to tap growth segments and emerging trends.

Coresight Research has identified corporate evolution as one of the key trends to watch in retail and a component trend of Coresight Research’s RESET framework for change.

In this Playbook, we cover the following:

  • Four key strategies for global retail players to capitalize on opportunities in venture capital (VC) funding
  • A four-step action plan for brand owners and retailers seeking VC funding
  • Approaches for countering key challenges in securing VC funding

Read our Playbook on capitalizing on opportunities in M&A and SPACs here and our Playbook on IPOs here.  Read our Think Tank on venture capital here.

Contents (Click to navigate)

Introduction

What’s the Story?

Why It Matters

Venture Capital Funding in Retail: A Playbook

Four Key Strategies to Adopt to Recent Trends in VC Funding

A Four-Step Action Plan for Retailers Seeking to Raise Funds Via VC Financing

Four Approaches for Retailers to Counter Key Challenges

What We Think

Appendix: About Coresight Research’s RESET Framework

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