Identify and leverage emerging trends in digital retail, technology, supply chain, and marketing to grow eCommerce and better target shoppers across multiple channels. Topics Understanding Pure Play Retailers The Shoppers' Evolving Path to Purchase Developing Multichannel Strategies Staying Ahead of Emerging Trends Understanding Pure Play Retailers Followers: 8 BLOG POST Alibaba Results: The Leviathan That Is Alibaba Is Showing No Signs Of Slowing Down 18 Aug 2017 By: Malcolm Pinkerton For the three months to 30th June, the eCommerce leviathan Alibaba delivered another impressive set of results. Continuing to fly high, Alibaba delivered a 56% rise in Q1 revenues compared to the same period a year ago. This was driven by growth in online sales, which at 86% - up from 73% a ... Five Slides Amazon: The Five Slides You Need 11 Aug 2017 By: Meaghan Werle. 8 Slides Get an overview of Amazon's market positioning with this deck that features a SWOT analysis, shopper profile, sales forecast, and an analysis of major strategic initiatives and their implications for suppliers. SWOT Amazon SWOT Analysis 11 Aug 2017 By: Meaghan Werle. 1 Slides Get a one-slide summary of Amazon's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Summary Slides Amazon North America: Q2 2017 Results and Analysis 7 Aug 2017 By: Meaghan Werle. 23 Slides This slide summary looks at Amazon’s Q2 2017 financial results, and highlights key North America initiatives and announcement during the period. It also identifies the key themes moving into the back half of 2017. Followers: 18 BLOG POST Amazon International July Round-up: All You Need to Know, All in One Place 2 Aug 2017 By: Alvaro Morilla, Malcolm Pinkerton Another exciting month concludes for the eCommerce giant. While exciting, keeping abreast of the disruption they’re causing is no mean feat. Luckily for you, we never stop monitoring what they’re up to, so here is a bite-sized summary for all the really important stuff. Amazon Q2 ... View All The Shoppers' Evolving Path to Purchase SHOPPER ARTICLE A Mobile Cause: How Mobile Apparel Shoppers Are Redefining the Store 27 Oct 2016 By: Tiffany Hogan While the U.S. market is woefully overstored and continued store count reductions are on the horizon, ShopperScape® data confirms that there is still a need for stores as part of many shoppers’ ideal shopping experience. ARTICLE Triggering the Impulse Purchase Online 20 Oct 2016 By: Alvaro Morilla Understanding the techniques available to drive this all important purchase is now essential. Impulse is possible online, if you know which levers to pull and when to pull them. Walking the Box Apparel Store Visits: Back to School, Back to New 20 Sep 2016 By: Tiffany Hogan. 24 Slides Retailers are mixing old strategies with new to drive sales and connect with shoppers as they transition into fall. Followers: 106 BLOG POST What a “Wear Now” Runway Means for Retail 9 Sep 2016 By: Tiffany Hogan Once again, it’s time for the fashion-filled, media-blitzed New York Fashion Week. The star of this year’s event so far is not a model, a designer or a collection, but the industry’s latest buzzword(s): wear now. The “wear now” seed has been germinating for a couple ... Followers: 59 BLOG POST Kaufland Scan & Pay App or How Fast Followers Turn to Leaders 17 Aug 2016 By: Tudor Popa Kaufland Romania is the latest retailer to launch a Scan & Pay App (read the news here). This wouldn’t usually be big news, everybody’s doing it, but the fact the discounters are getting in on the act highlights the broader impact of digital on retailing. The App, which amongst ... View All Developing Multichannel Strategies Executive Summary Loblaw Executive Summary 13 Jul 2017 By: Rohini Birla. 21 Slides Our Kantar Retail expert profile of Loblaw includes a look at the retailer's strategic positioning and an overview of its merchandising, marketing, and operations. ARTICLE Differentiating with High-Touch Strategies in a High-Tech World: Six Points for Apparel Retailers to Remember 12 Jul 2017 By: Tiffany Hogan Essential reminders for apparel retailers that customer service strategies are still highly valuable, even in a digital-first world. Five Slides Morrisons - The Five Slides You Need 10 Jul 2017 By: Derya Yildiz. 7 Slides Our Kantar Retail experts’ Point of View on Morrisons - SWOT Analysis, Key Initiatives, Key Financials, Growth Forecasts, and Supplier Implications. Five Slides Tesco Group - The Five Slides You Need 6 Jul 2017 By: Himanshu Pal. 8 Slides Tesco is one the largest global retailers and the number one grocer in the UK. Summary Slides Walmart Q1 Results: Churning the Productivity Loop 30 Jun 2017 By: Laura Kennedy. 8 Slides In Q1 2017, Walmart US made more moves to enhance its eCommerce business. But amidst the excitement in digital, traffic drove comps growth and the retailer’s dedication to Productivity Loop fundamentals in stores drove improvements in key measures. View All Staying Ahead of Emerging Trends Summary Slides Apparel Retailers to Watch: A Guide to Key Initiatives from Q2 2017 16 Aug 2017 By: Tiffany Hogan. 19 Slides Luxury retailers were at the forefront of innovative trends this quarter as apparel retailing’s biggest disrupters and oldest stalwarts continue to announce new service-oriented strategies. ARTICLE A Club Challenger: How Do Costco’s Prices Compare to Amazon? 2 Aug 2017 By: Timothy Campbell, Meaghan Werle, Robin Sherk Amid reports that Amazon is price comping Costco’s in-club pricing, Kantar Retail investigates the competitiveness between the two retailers. Followers: 20 BLOG POST Want to See the Future of U.S. Online Grocery? Look to France 19 Jul 2017 By: Diana Sheehan Amid one of the most exciting and evolving moments in U.S. grocery retail history, everyone is asking how big online grocery will really get. Grocery retailers are trying to understand the best strategies for tackling eCommerce, while manufacturers are trying to decide how to support the business. ... Summary Slides U.S. eCommerce Outlook: Category Group Forecasts 19 Jun 2017 By: Doug Hermanson, Robin Sherk. 12 Slides This slide deck summarizes Kantar Retail’s U.S. online channel forecast and in-store versus online category spending forecasts to 2022. Followers: 82 BLOG POST A Quick Note on Jet.com Dropping Costco’s Kirkland Signature 15 Jun 2017 By: Timothy Campbell You may have seen the headlines this week—Walmart is phasing out Costco’s Kirkland Signature private label brand from its Jet.com platform. While it’s an interesting new wrinkle in one of the biggest developments in eCommerce in the last year, I’ve received questions ... View All