NEW YORK — Retailers can expect a 4% year-on-year sales bump in the holiday months of November and December, according to a forecast from Coresight Research Inc. “A steady economic backdrop frames this year’s holiday shopping season. Higher wage growth and lower gas prices point to the potential for higher sales,” the research firm says
NEW YORK — The lights continue to go out at an alarming rate in stores across the United States, according to the latest report from Coresight Research. With 2019 nearly two-thirds over, the number of shuttered stores thus far is well in excess of 2018’s total, while the number of openings, which already nearly equal’s
A retail renaissance is coming. That is the view of a new report from Coresight Research, which argues that 2019 will be a year of reinvention, for the retail industry and for retail stores. “By the end of 2019, we expect to see spectacular new flagships, many more online-to-off-line ventures and smarter supply chains,” writes
NEW YORK — Nearly half of U.S. consumers shopped for apparel at Amazon.com over the past 12 months, according to a survey from Coresight Research, which concluded that Amazon is neck and neck with Target Corp. as the second-most-shopped apparel retailer in the United States (after Walmart), as measured by the number of shoppers. Much