Research

January 17, 2015

Deloitte Global Powers of Retailing 2015, Embracing Innovation

The top 250 global retailers generated revenue of US$4.4 trillion in fiscal year 2013 according to Deloitte's 2015 Global Powers of Retailing report. This year’s report explores innovative trends in retail, forecasts for 2015, as well as the strategies retailers are utilizing to address the disruptive changes impacting the sector.

January 10, 2015

2015 RIS/IHL Store Systems Study: Making Stores Matter

January 01, 2015

THE NEW WORLD OF RETAIL - 2015

The United States continues to dominate the world of international and luxury retail. In our latest JLL Retail Intelligence report, we examine the presence and expansion patterns of 350 international and luxury retailers across 19 major cities in the USA, scoring them in JLL's International Retailer Index.

December 23, 2014

The Future of Retail 2015: A Manifesto To Reinvent The Store

In the 5th volume of the Future of Retail report the PSFK Labs team explores the dynamic social, technological, and physical forces influencing consumer behavior and driving next generation shopping experiences. With a refocus on the importance of the physical store, the analysis includes 10 in-store actions supported by 13 key trends that retailers can take.

November 28, 2014

Perils of Perception - A Fourteen Country Study

Ipsos MORI’s new global survey, building on work in the UK last year for the Royal Statistical Society and King's College London, highlights how wrong the public across 14 countries are about the basic make-up of their populations and the scale of key social issues.

November 22, 2014

Omnichannel Retail 2014

Advertising Age Research - Technology and retail are converging to blend into a seamless shopping experience, and customers now expect to be able to move from online to in-store with ease. This report looks at how retailers are successfully delivering and meeting consumer preferences for researching and purchasing products.

November 15, 2014

2014 Top 100 Global Innovators

The fourth-annual Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Innovators report showcases the 100 most innovative organizations around the world in 2014. It highlights changes in list representation, industry-wise and geographically, as well as from a time-trend standpoint.

November 07, 2014

2014 State of the Shopping Center

From Nielsen, analysis of the USA shopping center trends including lifestyles on the rise, shifts in retail formats, physical vs online, market trends, a consumer deep dive, location deep dive, and what does it all mean?

November 01, 2014

The Most Innovative Companies 2014 - Breaking Through Is Hard To Do

Boston Consulting Group's ninth innovation report finds that although innovation remains a top corporate priority, executives are feeling less confident in their innovation capabilities. Innovation is hard. Breakthrough innovation is even harder.

October 26, 2014

Winning in Growth Cities - 2014 / 2015

Cushman & Wakefield report analyzing the winning cities in today's international real estate investment market.  Highlights the driving trends and performance indicators for each property sector an each global region - including hospitality, office, retail, and residential sectors. 

October 18, 2014

Deloitte China Competitiveness 2014: Catching the Next Wave

Deloitte report that aims to put China's history of growth into a broader perspective, and identify those key industry sectors that will help power the nation's necessary "next wave" of sustainable growth, transitioning from labor and capital intensive activities to those that utilize knowledge, innovation, design, IT sciences, software, and marketing. 

October 09, 2014

Three Reasons Why The USA Grocery Landscape Is Shifting

JLL analysis and market data on why USA consumers are now splitting grocery shopping across multiple channels - as many as five.  As a result, traditional supermarkets are losing market share. 

October 04, 2014

2014 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands

The BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2014 added $310 billion to reach $2.9 trillion in brand value, a 12 percent increase. It was a year of real growth, but also of disruption and even transformation. This year, led by apparel, with a 29 percent overall increase, all categories rose in brand value. And 10 of 14 categories experienced double-digit growth, indicating that brands across the economy have moved beyond recovery into a period of new growth.

September 27, 2014

Ad Reaction Marketing in a Multiscreen World

From Millward Brown, great research report on the changing screen viewing patterns of the world. A typical multiscreen user consumes 7 hours of screen media per day during a 5 hour period. In most countries, smartphones are now the primary screen, taking up 2.5 hours of time daily. Key insights on how consumer engagement at the global level is changing and bypassing traditional technology adoption cycles. 

September 20, 2014

Global Powers of Luxury Goods 2014 - In the Hands of the Consumer

Deloitte's new report analyzing the Luxury Goods Global Retail Market. Report identifies the top 75 luxury goods companies around the world based on publicly available data.  Also provides regional market analysis for luxury goods.