Deborah Weinswig

Deborah Weinswig

Deborah Weinswig is the founder and CEO of Coresight Research. Between 2014 to early 2018, Deborah served as Managing Director of Fung Global Retail and Technology (FGRT), the think tank of Fung Group. Previously, she was Managing Director and Head of the Global Staples & Consumer Discretionary team at Citi Research.

Deborah was ranked the #1 analyst by Institutional Investor for 10 years in a row. She was named one of the Top 50 Retail Influencers by Vend in both 2016 and 2017, and received the Asia Retail Congress’s Retail Leadership Award in 2016. She was also recognized by LinkedIn as a top Voice in Retail in 2017 and 2018.

She serves on the board of directors for Goodwill Industries New York/New Jersey, GUESS?, Inc., Kiabi, Street Soccer USA and Xcel Brands, Inc. Deborah is on the advisory board of the World Retail Congress as well as several accelerators.

Deborah is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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Retailers face brisk headwinds in 2023. With market competition increasing, retailers must invest in initiatives to boost revenue and differentiate their business offerings. At the same time, consumer expectations are rapidly shifting, with shoppers seeking a more experiential, flexible and seamless shopping experience than ever before. Given these factors in the context of an uncertain…

Amazon Apparel: 2 Consumer Segments Can Drive Up Amazon’s Fashion Sales

Amazon.com's ongoing venture into the fashion category is one of the hottest topics in retail right now. The company’s expanding fashion offering is fascinating commentators, terrifying rivals and, as our latest research shows, attracting a very large number of shoppers. We recently conducted an in-depth survey of internet-using U.S. consumers on this subject, and the results…

Improving Resources to Combat Retail Cyberattacks

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