DIpil Das
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- Coresight Research has identified corporate evolution as a key trend to watch in retail and a component trend of Coresight Research’s RESET framework for change.
- In 2021, the overall value of VC funding transactions in the US retail and consumer goods industry more than doubled from 2020 to $6.5 billion, despite a slight reduction in the number of transactions.
- VC financing transactions included companies in the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors, such as apparel and footwear stores, automotive retailers, breweries, consumer electronics manufacturers, food retailers, furniture and home-furnishing retailers, Internet and direct marketing retailers, packaged foods manufacturers, personal care products manufacturers, restaurants, sporting goods retailers and software retailers, among others.
- We expect the strong retail-focused VC funding trends (in terms of value) in the US to continue in 2022.