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 Interactive Chart: Amazon and Prime Penetration Amazon's rise as a retail force has been swift and steady. To better understand the growing reach of Amazon among shoppers, use this interactive graphic to see the multi-year trend in shopping Amazon.com and Prime membership. Line: Percent of U.S. Households Shopped Amazon.com during Past Four Weeks Bars: Percent of U.S. Households with Amazon Prime Membership* * Prime Membership incidence rates reported in December of each year All Shoppers Gen Y Gen X Boomers Seniors HH with Kids HH without Kids "Haves" "Have Nots" Understanding Pure Play Retailers Five Slides Amazon: The five slides you need 7 Jan 2019 By: Rachel Dalton. 8 Slides Check out Kantar Consulting’s overview of Amazon for a SWOT analysis, shopper profile, financial review, summary of key initiatives, and implications. Summary Slides Amazon: Executive summary 7 Jan 2019 By: Rachel Dalton. 22 Slides Our Kantar Consulting experts’ Executive Summary of Amazon includes a look at the retailer's strategic positioning and an overview of its merchandising, marketing, and operations. SHOPPER ARTICLE Amazon: Annual Shopper Review 7 Jan 2019 By: Meaghan Werle, Rachel McGuire As Amazon solidifies its place among the top-shopped retailers in the United States, its shopper base “normalizes,” while Prime members remain a distinct (and growing) subset of Amazon shoppers. SWOT Amazon SWOT analysis 7 Jan 2019 By: Rachel Dalton. 1 Slides Get a one-slide summary of Amazon's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Followers: 400 BLOG POST Who is Number One? 17 Dec 2018 By: Ray Gaul Retailing in the Week Ahead, Week 51 Quick! Without thinking, write down the answer to this question: “Who is the Number One retailer in the world?” Now, go and ask five other people. Did everyone write down the same answer? Not long ago, that question was relatively easy to answer. ... View All The Shoppers' Evolving Path to Purchase Followers: 400 BLOG POST The Online Holiday Paradox 14 Jan 2019 By: Ray Gaul Retailing in the Week Ahead, Week 3, 2019 January 14 is New Year’s Day for those who follow the Julian calendar. So, if I did not get a chance to wish you a Happy Gregorian New Year, please accept my Happy Julian New Year wishes. British retailers have a tradition of reporting their ... Summary Slides The state of apparel retailing: A deep dive into the macro, competitive, and shopper trends affecting apparel retailing 8 Nov 2018 By: Tiffany Hogan. 28 Slides Analyzing the contrary nature of the changes in the apparel retailing landscape can help us understand where it is now, and where it is likely to go. Summary Slides Ingenious Innovations and Initiatives – July 2018 13 Aug 2018 By: Kantar Consulting Research Team. 12 Slides Reports of the death of the high street are greatly exaggerated, it’s undergoing a period of transformation and we look back at some of the best new stores from around the world. Followers: 173 BLOG POST Now available: Global eCommerce data and insights with Digital CommerceScope 11 Jun 2018 By: Malcolm Pinkerton, Christina Anderson With digital increasingly enabling and influencing retail, retailers and suppliers need a truly holistic view of individual shoppers. Shopper insights are just the start, though. To truly empower decision-making, we need to turn data into tangible actions. That is where our new Digital CommerceScope ... Summary Slides Ingenious innovations and initiatives - May 2018 24 May 2018 By: Kantar Consulting Research Team. 11 Slides Augmented Reality, once merely a marketing gimmick, is fast becoming a valuable strategic tool in the retail world. Here we explore the latest and greatest AR innovations, why they are important, what you can learn from them. View All Developing Multichannel Strategies Summary Slides Rite Aid Q3 2019 Results 11 Jan 2019 By: Ben Antenore. 9 Slides Rite Aid’s Q3 was another challenging quarter for the retailer. With several new strategic priorities, Rite Aid is trying to find its footing and differentiate itself in the drug channel. Followers: 83 BLOG POST In a difficult year for Rite Aid, some positive signs in Q3 9 Jan 2019 By: Ben Antenore Q3 was another tough quarter for Rite Aid. Despite revenue for the quarter being $5.5 billion up versus the same time a year ago, the retailer still had a net loss of $17.3 million from continuing operations. Now focused on its future as a stand-alone entity following the 2018 collapse of its ... Five Slides Morrisons - The Five Slides You Need 31 Dec 2018 By: Derya Guvenc. 9 Slides Our Kantar Retail experts’ Point of View on Morrisons - SWOT Analysis, Key Initiatives, Key Financials, Growth Forecasts, and Supplier Implications. Summary Slides Walmart US: The big beats from Q3 2018 20 Dec 2018 By: Laura Kennedy. 7 Slides Walmart delivered a strong Q3 in the US as ticket and traffic growth remained strong, and the retailer saw strength in key categories such as fresh and toy. The retailer remains focused on productivity in its stores and innovation in its digital business. Followers: 54 BLOG POST Lowe’s Investor and Analyst Conference: Our main takeaways 19 Dec 2018 By: Hannah Hayes On Wednesday December 12th, Lowe’s held its biennial Investor and Analyst Conference. After a year of significant change in terms of leadership, financial priorities, and key initiatives, Lowe’s new leadership team announced a long-awaited, strategic plan to drive long-term growth ... View All Staying Ahead of Emerging Trends Summary Slides Global retail outlook for 2019+ 16 Jan 2019 By: Kantar Consulting Research Team. 74 Slides What can we expect this year in global retail? Kantar Consulting takes an in-depth look at 4 overarching questions, 8 global themes, 10 major retailers, and the retail outlook in 5 geographies. Summary Slides U.S. retail outlook for 2019+ 16 Jan 2019 By: Kantar Consulting Research Team. 60 Slides What’s on tap for U.S. retail this year? Our comprehensive report covers macro, shopper, channel, and retailer expectations for 2019. Summary Slides The evolution of the supermarket format: Online and offline 14 Dec 2018 By: Elley Symmes, Tory Gundelach. 55 Slides Understand the impetus for why the supermarket channel is changing. Learn what retailers are doing to change with it. Explore ways to support retailers as they move into an omnichannel experience. Summary Slides Status update: The growing influence of social commerce in retail 14 Dec 2018 By: Meaghan Werle, Tiffany Hogan. 52 Slides Evaluate the rising opportunity of social media as a relevant sales channel, including new shopping features at key platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat. Summary Slides U.S. consumables industry omnichannel review 3 Dec 2018 By: Kantar Consulting Research Team. 78 Slides This report assesses the omnichannel positioning of top consumables retailers in the US. It provides overall perspective, strategic positioning, a SWOT, and fulfillment and digital communication for national retailers – while providing retailer profiles for regional/non-grocery players. View All