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Company Insights
Target Corporation: Digital Transformation Strategies
Target Corp (Target) is a retail company that offers a wide range of merchandise and everyday essentials at discounted prices. The company offers perishables, dry grocery, frozen products, household essentials, school and office supplies, jewelry, shoes, video games, consoles, toys, sporting goods, beauty and personal care, and sports and outdoor products, among others. Additionally, Target provides household cleaning products, healthcare items, baby gear, and pet supplies. The company also sells merchandise through exclusive design partnerships and shop-in-shop experiences with brands...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in APAC (2025)
Overall, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced significant growth in inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for 2024. This growth was primarily focused on sectors such as renewables, communications/media, and electronics, with the United States, United Kingdom, and France identified as major investors. In 2025, increasing trade barriers and geopolitical tensions are altering the landscape of APAC FDI. While protectionist measures and security-driven screening are redirecting some investments, such as semiconductors from Taiwan, towards the United States, resilient markets like India and...
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Sector Analysis
United Kingdom (UK) Retail Parks Market Size, Sector Performace, Consumer Trends and Top Retailers to 2029
The UK Retail Parks Market 2024-2029 report offers comprehensive insight and analysis of UK Retail Parks (including forecasts up to 2029), the key retailers, and consumer attitudes. It provides in-depth analysis of the following: the market size and forecasts, sector performance and forecasts, retailer usage across different sectors, and consumer data. The report focuses on seven key sectors: clothing & footwear, electricals, furniture & floorcoverings, health & beauty, homewares, DIY & gardening and other. Consumer data is based on our...
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Sector Analysis
United Kingdom (UK) Food and Grocery Retailing Market Size, Trends, Consumer Attitudes and Key Players to 2029
The UK food & grocery report offers a comprehensive insight into the food & grocery market in the UK, analysing the sector, the major players, the main trends, and consumer attitudes, as well as providing market forecasts out to 2029. The value of the UK food & grocery sector grew over 2% in 2024, driven by outperforming mid-market players. Volumes declined marginally as consumers adjusted their spending in response to rising prices. The online food & grocery channel will outpace...
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Sector Analysis
United Kingdom (UK) Christmas Intentions: Analysing Buying Dynamics, Channel Usage, Spending and Retailer Selection
The GlobalData Retail Christmas Intentions 2025 report forms part of the Retail Occasions series, and offers a comprehensive overview of the retail occasion of Christmas, analysing consumers' intentions for spending. The proportion of consumers that have already bought for Christmas 2025 has increased across the majority of the festive categories, with gifts for adults experiencing the biggest increase.
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Sector Analysis
United Kingdom (UK) Furniture and Floorcoverings Market Size, Sector Performace, Consumer Trends and Top Retailers to 2029
The UK Furniture & Floorcoverings report offers a comprehensive insight into the Furniture & Floorcoverings market in the UK, analysing the sector, the major players, the main trends, and consumer attitudes, as well as providing market forecasts out to 2029. After a decline of 2.1% in 2024 due to the squeeze on consumers’ discretionary incomes, the furniture & floorcoverings sector is forecast to grow by 2.2% in 2025. Albeit up against two years of negative comparatives, growth will be boosted...
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Sector Analysis
United Kingdom (UK) Off to University: Analysing Buying Dynamics, Channel Usage, Spending and Retailer Selection
The GlobalData Retail UK Off to University 2025 report forms part of the Retail Occasions series, and offers a comprehensive overview of the retail occasion of students starting and returning back to university, analysing the market, the major players, the main trends and consumer attitudes.
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Thematic Analysis
Personalization in Retail and Apparel: Strategic Intelligence
Although personalization has been present in retail for decades, it has become more prevalent and important to consumers in recent years, tied to the rise of online shopping. Instore shopping experiences can easily be made more personal, such as through interactions with staff, but retailers have had to innovate to create personalization online. Personalization relies on a retailer’s ability to collect, analyze, and utilize consumer data being aided by the effective use of analytics tools. Instore shopping experiences can easily...
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Analyst Opinions
Industrial Robots: Trends and Innovations
Industrial Robots move from automation to autonomy Industrial robotics is entering a new phase of transformation as intelligent, mobile, and humanoid systems reshape automation across sectors. Evolving beyond traditional caged robots, next-generation platforms integrate AI, computer vision, digital twins, and advanced actuation to enable adaptive, flexible, and connected operations. Automotive, electronics, and aerospace remain core adopters, while healthcare, construction, and logistics are emerging growth frontiers. Companies such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla are piloting humanoids for assembly and logistics, ABB,...
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Sector Analysis
United Kingdom (UK) Home: Household Market Trends and Insights, Competitive Landscape and Forecast to 2029
The UK Home Category Insight: Household report offers a comprehensive insight into the UK Household market, analyzing the sector, the key trends, the major players, and providing market forecasts out to 2029. The UK household market is forecast to grow steadily from £2.0bn in 2024 to £2.3bn in 2029, representing a CAGR of 2.1%. After a marginal contraction in 2024 (-0.3%) due to consumers trading down, the sector is set to recover as inflationary pressures ease and real wages improve....
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