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
Now you can jump the line at Starbucks stores in the US and UK! Although Starbucks has its detractors, its popularity has not been diminished one bit in the two locations near our Midtown New York City office. Starbucks seems… Continue Reading
The Chinese shopper is coming, and big opportunities await retailers worldwide. That is the message from our newly published report, Global Chinese Shoppers: The $200 Billion Opportunity, a major study that we coproduced with consultancy firm China Luxury Advisors. Chinese… Continue Reading
This week, we attended Under Armour’s Investor Day at its headquarters in Baltimore, MD. The company generated positive buzz among sports fans and investors alike with two announcements. First, NBA star Stephen Curry has extended his contract with Under… Continue Reading
This week, we attended the Goldman Sachs 22nd Annual Global Retailing Conference. Below are six major themes that emerged as key topics of conversation over the two-day conference. 1) More retailers see omnichannel as the solution. The rapid adoption… Continue Reading