Weekly Insights Aug 28, 2015
Whats inside
Irish low-price fast-fashion chain Primark will make its US debut on September 10 in Boston, with seven locations gained in …
WeChat MOVES INTO CHINA’S BOOMING MOBILE PAYMENT MARKET
WeChat takes on Alipay in the mobile payments market, with WeChat Wallet.
Doing Business in China
$1.63 billion in sales are made in the first 38 minutes • 42.6% of sales are made via mobile devices …
The Collision of Digital Health the Consumer and Wearables
Weekly Insights August 21 2015
Earlier this month, Amazon signed a 10-year lease on a former Tesco warehouse near London, fueling speculation that it is …
2015 Back-to-School Outlook
Consumer purchase mentality—What do we need now? A Just in Time Shopper Macy’s reacts to this shopping behavior by rolling …
Weekly Insights Aug 14, 2015
Macy’s announced a joint venture with Fung Retailing Limited to explore retailing in China starting in late 2015.
12 Issues That Could Impact The Clubs
Warehouse club stores have enjoyed years of revenue growth, and clubs continue to post solid results despite flattish US retail …
Jet.com Update Aug 11, 2015
The third week of July 2015 was an exciting one for retail. We saw both hype and grumbling mover Amazon’s …
July 2015 US Same-Store Sales
The five-week July period had 28 selling days both this year and last year.
Weekly Insights Aug 7 2015
This week, FBIC attended the inaugural RISE tech conference in Hong Kong, hosting 525 start-ups and 5,000 attendees over two …
Stich Fix A Personal Styling E-Tailer for Everyone
Stich Fix provides seamless and personalized style service based on information obtained via a 10-minute style survey
INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING WITH SCREEMO
We recently met with Yonatan Zur, a cofounder of Israeli start-up Screemo. The company has built a platform that allows …
Automating the Interview Process with Intervyo
We met with Jacky Hazan, Founder and CEO of Intervyo, an Israeli startup that aims to automate the interview process …
Weekly Insights Jul 31, 2015
UK general merchandise retailer Argos claims to be the first British retailer to generate £1 billion in annual m-commerce sales.
Connected Cars: A Mobile Device Cruising
Automobiles are logically the next devices to be connected to the Internet, since we spend so much time in them …
Weekly Insights Jul 24, 2015
Jet.com made a splash with its public launch this week, offering free six-month trial memberships and prices it claims are …
Amazon Prime Day Report #4: Moment of the truth… recap
“Thank you to the hundreds of thousands of new members who signed up on Prime Day, and our tens of …