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Coresight Research x Zebra: Leveraging Data To Tackle Changing Consumer Buying Behavior

Coresight Research & Zebra hosted Andrea Weiss, Founding Partner of The O Alliance, and David Aquino, former COO of SharkNinja, to discuss changes in consumer buying behavior in the retail sector due to the coronavirus pandemic. We present an edited version of our conversation—covering key topics such as labor requirements, the need for business intelligence, and top priorities for data and technology in the new environment.

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Open for Business with Joel Anderson, Five Below: Staying Resilient and Adapting to the New Environment

As part of our Open for Business webinar series, we hosted Joel Anderson, President and CEO of discount-store chain Five Below, Inc. We present an edited transcript from this webinar, in which Anderson offered insights into how the company has adapted to the changing environment and consumer behaviors amid the coronavirus crisis—covering key topics such as store reopening and self-checkout.

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Exploring Covid-19 Recovery with Ethan Chernofsky, Placer.ai: A Retail Turning Point or a Return to Status Quo?

Coresight Research hosted Ethan Chernofsky, VP of Marketing at Placer.ai, in a webinar to discuss the future of US retail and the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis. We present an edited transcript from this webinar, which offers insights into the return of traffic to malls, mission-driven shopping and channel innovation in grocery, and retailers’ market positioning in the changing landscapes of different sectors.

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Coresight Research x Alibaba Group: Finding Growth in the China Market—Tapping the 6.18 Shopping Festival

Coresight Research and Alibaba Group hosted Amanda Baldwin, President at Supergoop!, and Erick Haskell, President of International at Allbirds, in a webinar to discuss how international brands can find growth in the China market by leveraging Alibaba’s Tmall Global e-commerce platform. We present an edited transcript from this webinar, which offers insights into consumer trends in China, the 6.18 shopping festival and the challenges presented by the Covid-19 crisis.

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Open for Business with Chris Baldwin, BJ’s Wholesale Club: Empathy and Personalization in Club-Store Retail

As part of our Open for Business webinar series, we hosted Chris Baldwin, Chairman of BJ’s Wholesale Club. We present an edited transcript from this webinar, in which Baldwin offered insights into changing consumer demand amid the coronavirus crisis—covering key topics such as personalization and assortment localization.

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Open for Business with Brad Santanna, The Hershey Company: Digital Signals and Omnichannel Consumer Engagement

​As part of our Open for Business webinar series, we hosted Brad Santanna, Head of E-Commerce Sales at The Hershey Company. We present an edited transcript from this webinar, in which Santanna offered insights into the importance of understanding consumer sentiment in demand, particularly in the current Covid-19 environment—covering key topics such as customer engagement, the use of data, omnichannel shopping and fulfillment.

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Open for Business with Bjoern Peterson, Sensormatic Solutions: The Physical Store and Inventory Accuracy Post Crisis

As part of our Open for Business webinar series, we hosted Bjoern Petersen, President of Sensormatic Solutions. We present an edited transcript from this webinar, in which Petersen offered insights into how retailers can work toward gaining inventory accuracy in the wake of the coronavirus crisis—covering key topics such as consumer demand, e-commerce and fulfillment.

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Open for Business with David Hardiman-Evans, Ocado Solutions: The Impact of Covid-19 on Traditional and Online Grocery

As part of our Open for Business webinar series, we hosted David Hardiman-Evans, SVP, North America at Ocado Solutions. We present the transcript from this webinar, in which Hardiman-Evans offered insights into the dynamic changes in the online grocery sector amid the coronavirus crisis—covering key topics such as consumer demand and loyalty, assortment rationalization and fulfillment models.

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Open for Business with Alex Gourlay, Co-COO of Walgreens Boots Alliance: Adapting to Coronavirus-Led Consumer Shifts in the Food, Drug and Mass Sector

As part of our Open for Business webinar series, we hosted Alex Gourlay, Co-COO of Walgreens Boots Alliance. We present the transcript from this webinar, in which Gourlay offered insights into how his company responded quickly to the coronavirus crisis and leveraged digital opportunities to connect with consumers.

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Israel Retail-Tech Innovator Landscape: Virtual Overview—Showcasing Startups across Logistics, In-Store Tech, Online Shopping and Analytics

​We present the startups that participated in the recent Israel Retail-Tech Innovator Landscape: Virtual Overview—a digital event hosted by Coresight Research and the Retail Innovation Club. The startups represented four technology segments: logistics and supply chain, in-store technology, online shopping and analytics.

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