Articles from Coresight Research

Coresight Research, the leading research and advisory firm specializing in retail and technology, conducted a survey of consumers ahead of the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where hundreds of new AI-powered products and services will be announced this week, to reveal what type of artificial intelligence (AI) persona is most preferred. The survey found that most consumers want to interact with an AI persona that reflects their own identity.

Coresight Research, the leading research and advisory firm specializing in retail and technology, announces registration is now open and unveils programming for its 2025 NextGen conference. NextGen 2025: Retail, Real Estate & the New Consumer, presented by Coresight Research and IBM, will be hosted at One Madison Ave in New York on June 23, 2025, from 12:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference will explore the future of retail, real estate, and the consumer experience, with a sharp focus on how artificial intelligence and other factors are impacting how the retail industry builds, operates, and how commerce comes to life.

Coresight Research, the leading research and advisory firm specializing in retail and technology, issued its predictions for store openings and closures by sector in the US for 2025 today. Following a spike in stores closures in 2024, Coresight Research expects closures to escalate further this year, to approximately 15,000. Coresight Research projects store openings will remain steady with about 5,800 stores opening nationwide this year. US store closures totaled 7,325 in 2024, the highest number of store closures seen since 2020 when Coresight Research tracked almost 10,000 closures. Store openings totaled 5,970 in 2024, the highest number of store openings since 2012 when Coresight Research began tracking this data. Overall, store closures outpaced openings in 2024 with a net loss of 1,355 stores (as of January 10, 2025).

Coresight Research, the leading research and advisory firm specializing in retail and technology, and NextRivet, a digital innovation and implementation consultancy specializing in retail real estate, are excited to announce a strategic partnership and the launch of CoreRivet. The CoreRivet service is designed to empower retail and real estate executives with actionable insights and cutting-edge technologies that drive sales growth, operational efficiencies, and elevated customer engagement.

Ongoing economic volatility and inflation is amplifying the pressure on retailers to optimize pricing and maximize customer loyalty, an issue analyzed in a new report published today by Coresight Research, a research and advisory firm specializing in retail and technology. The Future of Pricing: How AI Is Transforming Price Planning in Retail is made available to non-subscribers of Coresight Research in partnership with Competera, a pricing solution company that empowers retailers to set and maintain optimal pricing in real time using artificial intelligence (AI).

Coresight Research is hosting a groundbreaking NextGen Commerce Conference on December 5, 2023, offering a unique platform for an in-depth exploration of the future of AI in the retail sector. Registration is now open for the “Next Gen Commerce: Revolutionizing Retail with Artificial Intelligence” conference, a day-long event at 10 Hudson Yards featuring more than 40 guest speakers including retailers, brands, industry experts, thought leaders, academia, ethicists, investors and innovators exploring the cutting-edge applications of artificial intelligence (AI) that are impacting all facets of retail. The event is free to attend for retailers and brands.

Coresight Research (Coresight) announces the launch of the Innovator Matrix report series. Coresight is evaluating private, startup, and growth-stage companies across key technology segments to provide insights into industry players that are best positioned to solve challenges and drive the future of retail. The initial report Innovator Matrix: Last-Mile Delivery explores the current U.S. last-mile delivery landscape, evaluates obstacles retailers are facing in the last mile, one of most complex and costly parts of the retail supply chain, and identifies the top private last-mile delivery technology providers based on Level of Innovation and Market Potential.

Coresight Research will host its third annual 10.10 Shopping Festival, the second to be fully livestreamed, on October 10, 2022 in partnership with livestream shopping platform, MARKET.live by Verb Technology Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERB), video shopping SaaS provider Bambuser and influencer commerce company Nillio.

Coresight Research will host its second annual 10.10 Shopping Festival on October 10, 2021, from 10am to 10pm ET in partnership with livestream shopping platforms, CommentSold and Smartzer, and 1:1 live video co-shopping platform, GhostRetail. This year, Coresight Research has partnered with Access Beauty Insiders to bring more beauty brands, especially indie brands, to 10.10 to generate discovery and excitement.