Shoppers always scramble to buy last-minute gifts the weekend before Christmas, and the Saturday before Christmas is therefore known as “Super Saturday” in retail circles. In our Super Saturday 2015 Preview, we note that, although the holiday shopping season has… Continue Reading
Primark entered the US market on September 10, 2015. The threat from Primark is greatest for fashion-driven, lower-midmarket and budget apparel specialists. Primark will also be a potential threat to other lower-end channels, including mass merchandisers and lower-end department stores.… Continue Reading
Nothing starts retail trends like the pressure cooker of the holiday season, and this holiday has clearly established mobile engagement as a critical component in today’s multichannel shopping journey. Additionally, early returns from the Holiday season provide insights into what… Continue Reading
This week, we attended Home Depot’s Investor and Analyst Conference at its headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Kicking off the conference, Chairman, CEO and President Craig Menear noted that Home Depot had been focusing on identifying potential disruptors to its industry, generating… Continue Reading
Last week, our London team attended the Wired Retail 2015 conference. Delivery challenges, making shopping for fashion online a better experience and new technologies in retail were among the themes covered by speakers. Here are 4 key takeaways that we… Continue Reading
Toy sales are expected to increase 6.2% this year, according to The NPD Group, up from last year’s 4% rise and representing the strongest growth for the category in over a decade. For the first nine months of this year,… Continue Reading
On Thursday afternoon, we held our third Disruptors Meeting in Hong Kong—dubbed “Disruptors Cocktails”—in partnership with incubator and cowork space CoCoon and Hong Kong’s first social innovation hub, The Good Lab. The event kicked off with Li & Fung CFO… Continue Reading
Barely a week goes by without someone asking us about grocery discounters Aldi and Lidl, and what their impact will be on their newer markets, such as the US. We have a whole report coming out on these retailers very… Continue Reading
Last week, we held our third Disruptors Breakfast in partnership with accelerator New York Fashion Tech Lab (NYFTL), of which Li & Fung is a founding member. The NYFTL is an accelerator that was cofounded by the Partnership Fund for… Continue Reading
It is almost that time of year—when the darkening gloom of autumn in the US is brightened by the prospect of Halloween parties. For retailers, events such as these provide an opportunity to drive excitement, footfall and impulse purchasing. But… Continue Reading