Category: Consumer Goods & Retailing
Consumer Goods & Retailing market research reports by IDC
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Top 5 Trends in Wearables to Watch in 2024
Top 5 Trends in Wearables to Watch in 2024 This IDC Market Perspective lists five predictions and their impact for the worldwide wearables market in 2024. Even as the market takes slow but certain steps toward maturity, new innovations in hardware, software, and services, as well as regional and tec ... Read More
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Generative AI, the Industrial Metaverse, and Robotics Innovations at Rockwell Automation Fair 2023
Generative AI, the Industrial Metaverse, and Robotics Innovations at Rockwell Automation Fair 2023 This IDC Market Note looks into the announcements made at Automation Fair 2023. The Automation Fair 2023, hosted by Rockwell Automation, highlighted the company's advancements in artificial intelligenc ... Read More
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The Future of Connectedness in Retail: Aligning IoT and Connectivity Investment to Top Business Outcomes
The Future of Connectedness in Retail: Aligning IoT and Connectivity Investment to Top Business Outcomes This IDC Perspective takes a look at how the connectivity and implementation of IoT solutions is accelerating business outcomes for the retail industry and accelerating investment in faster, more ... Read More
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Key Technologies Supporting Changes in Stores to Support Evolving Customer Expectations in Asia/Pacific
Key Technologies Supporting Changes in Stores to Support Evolving Customer Expectations in Asia/Pacific This IDC Perspective aims to identify the essential technologies that enable stores to keep up with evolving customer expectations. It showcases examples, advantages, and challenges related to the ... Read More
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Best in Future of Work: Finding Talents through the Career Metaverse
Best in Future of Work: Finding Talents through the Career Metaverse This IDC Perspective discusses the nomination details of the Best in Future of Work winner from the IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2023 in the Asia/Pacific region with how generative AI (GenAI) can impact organizations moving forward ... Read More
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A Super Platform for the Modern, Omni-Channel Store
A Super Platform for the Modern, Omni-Channel Store This IDC Perspective defines a framework for a modern technology "super platform" for the store that allows retailers to become more agile and able to innovate faster in their never-ending quest to improve business performance by better serving cus ... Read More
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How EMEA Retailers Are Moving Toward Unified Commerce for a Contextualized Customer Experience: A Selection of Retail Stories from ORIF 2023
How EMEA Retailers Are Moving Toward Unified Commerce for a Contextualized Customer Experience: A Selection of Retail Stories from ORIF 2023 This IDC Perspective features IDC Retail Insights' selection of retail and brands stories shared at the Oracle Retail Industry Forum (ORIF) event held in Vienn ... Read More
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eSports at the Crossroads: Vendors Adapt to Endure the “eSports Winter”
eSports at the Crossroads: Vendors Adapt to Endure the “eSports Winter” This IDC Market Perspective sizes esports market vendor revenue worldwide through 2023, examines the dynamic between esports’ top tournaments and teams in 2022 and 2023, describes the ways in which esports ecosystem vendors have ... Read More
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Payments in Asia/Pacific 2023: Real-Time, Cross-Border, and Localization Trends Dominate
Payments in Asia/Pacific 2023: Real-Time, Cross-Border, and Localization Trends Dominate The IDC Market Perspective analyzes notable developments in Asia/Pacific in 2023 and beyond. Although the region is diverse in its spread of development and financial services, several key themes, such as real-t ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Livestream Shopping in Retail — Practices for Contextualizing Consumer Experience
IDC PeerScape: Livestream Shopping in Retail — Practices for Contextualizing Consumer Experience This IDC PeerScape explores how the rise of livestream shopping in the retail sector can profoundly impact consumer experience."Livestream shopping does not just sell products; it clearly represents a va ... Read More
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Digital Life Series: B2C Entertainment
Digital Life Series: B2C Entertainment This IDC Market Perspective addresses the B2C entertainment market in the European telecom sector, which is a huge business opportunity for telecom operators. This market has been evolving in the past few years, thanks to diverse digital entertainment services ... Read More
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Is Web3 Gaming a Dead End or Evolving into Something Interesting?
Is Web3 Gaming a Dead End or Evolving into Something Interesting? This IDC Market Note sizes and assesses trends in the Web3 gaming space in 2023 and offers insight into how 2024 should develop. The aim is to discern whether there's evidence that vendors in and around the gaming industry should inv ... Read More
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Sharp: Solutions and Services for the Hybrid Workplace
Sharp: Solutions and Services for the Hybrid Workplace This IDC Market Perspective provides insights into Sharp's European business development — as outlined during a European analyst event in September 2023 — related to Sharp's broad security portfolio, the development of the Sharp Services Platfor ... Read More
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Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23
Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23 This IDC study provides an updated forecast for the worldwide augmented and virtual reality hardware market for the 2023–2027 period."Although 2023 will show another year of decline, it will show a significant slowd ... Read More
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The Vital Shift Toward Security and Regulatory Compliance among Retailers in Asia/Pacific
The Vital Shift Toward Security and Regulatory Compliance among Retailers in Asia/Pacific This IDC Perspective explores the retail landscape in Asia/Pacific, stressing the importance of personalized solutions to cater to varied retail needs. In today's fast-changing digital world, protecting custome ... Read More
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U.S. Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23
U.S. Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23 This IDC study presents the five-year forecast for smartwatch shipments in the United States. "Total smartwatch volumes will dip down to levels seen prior to the pandemic," says Ramon T. Llamas, research director, IDC's Wearables program. "Multiple ... Read More
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U.S. Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23
U.S. Augmented and Virtual Reality Hardware Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23 This IDC study provides an updated forecast for the U.S. augmented and virtual reality hardware market for the 2023–2027 period."The U.S. AR/VR market will show slight decline in 2023 before returning to positive growth ... Read More
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Worldwide Advanced Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23
Worldwide Advanced Smartwatch Forecast Update, 2023–2027: CY 4Q23 This IDC study discusses the forecast for the worldwide advanced smartwatch market for 2023–2027."Worldwide macroeconomic headwinds will affect most markets, including advanced smartwatches," points out Ramon T. Llamas, research dire ... Read More
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Reverse Experiences for Customer-Led Retail: Key Insights from the IDC European Retail Xchange 2023
Reverse Experiences for Customer-Led Retail: Key Insights from the IDC European Retail Xchange 2023 This IDC Perspective recaps key insights from the IDC Retail Xchange 2023, held in Amsterdam on September 18 and 19, 2023. During the event, executives from top retail, consumer packaged goods (CPG), ... Read More
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Worldwide Digital PC and Mac Gaming Forecast, 2023–2027: ARPU Ticks Up as MAUs Flatline and Live Service Games Shine
Worldwide Digital PC and Mac Gaming Forecast, 2023–2027: ARPU Ticks Up as MAUs Flatline and Live Service Games Shine This IDC study forecasts digital PC gaming through 2027 worldwide and in four regions: North America, Western Europe, Asia/Pacific (including Japan), and a combined rest of world (ROW ... Read More
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IDC Perspective: How Live Service Games Raise CSAT and Drive Additional Revenue by Pushing the Customer Experience Envelope
IDC Perspective: How Live Service Games Raise CSAT and Drive Additional Revenue by Pushing the Customer Experience Envelope This IDC Perspective examines three basic types of video games: paid games, classic free-to-play (F2P) games, and live service games. The performance of these game types is con ... Read More
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Bloomreach Clarity: Taking Conversational Marketing and Commerce to the Next Level
Bloomreach Clarity: Taking Conversational Marketing and Commerce to the Next Level This IDC Market Note discusses Bloomreach Clarity, an app for brands to build generative AI (GenAI) agents. Bloomreach recently announced a new conversational commerce capability called Clarity. Clarity is a solution ... Read More
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Dassault Systèmes' Industry Analyst Event 2023 — A Perspective Across Some Industries
Dassault Systèmes' Industry Analyst Event 2023 — A Perspective Across Some Industries This IDC Market Perspective summarizes key announcements during 3DS Industry Analyst Days 2023, held on May 31 and June 1, 2023, at the Dassault Systèmes headquarters in Paris. At the event, Dassault Systèmes execu ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Retail Intelligence Practices to Apply GenAI Across Use Cases
IDC PeerScape: Retail Intelligence Practices to Apply GenAI Across Use Cases This IDC PeerScape helps retail operational leaders consider the implications of what GenAI can offer them, especially as best practices have yet to be formed. We examine the importance of a data infrastructure and hear fro ... Read More
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How Do Experiential Value Streams Contribute to Customer Success?
How Do Experiential Value Streams Contribute to Customer Success? This IDC Perspective discusses the importance of value creation for stakeholders in the future enterprise, such as customers, partners, employees, management, community, environment, and so forth. IDC explores the market trends and de ... Read More
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