--- title: WWD + First Insight Webinar description: Watch the exclusive webinar with Jim Shea, Chief Commercial Officer of First Insight and Nathan Gray, Vice President Planning & Allocation at Helzberg Diamonds as they discuss the First Insight worldwide benchmark data on new product success rates, and review how Helzberg Diamonds uses predictive consumer analytics to double their new product hit rate. --- ![](https://secure.leadforensics.com/108391.png) # Benchmarking Your New Product Success Rates Against the Industry Jim Shea, Chief Commercial Officer, First Insight, Inc. Nathan Gray, Vice President Planning & Allocation, Helzberg Diamonds Women's Wear Daily | Helzberg Diamonds | First Insight, Inc. **WWD + Helzberg Diamonds + First Insight: Exclusive Webinar** In the fashion industry new products come with a high degree of risk, yet finding new winning products is essential for every brand or retailer. Multiple industry sources have stated that the success rate of new products is less than 50%. Thanks to new benchmarking data from First Insight, new success rate statistics by category and geography have emerged, and they are far lower than 50%. Join Jim Shea, Chief Commercial Officer of First Insight, Inc. as he presents the benchmark findings. Nathan Gray, Vice President Planning and Allocation at Helzberg Diamonds also discusses how Helzberg is using predictive analytics to dramatically increase their new product success rate. • Learn which product categories and geographies have the highest and lowest success rates on new fashion items • Understand how your own company's products stack up against these benchmarks, and what you can do about it • See how Helzberg Diamonds dramatically increased their new product hit rate by applying real-time analytics to the Voice of the Customer [![helzberg.jpg](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/helzberg.jpg?width=726&name=helzberg.jpg "helzberg.jpg")](https://info.firstinsight.com/hubfs/Helzberg_Webinar_Edited-1.mp4) ## [![foresight_call_out_box-2-1.jpg](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/foresight_call_out_box-2-1.jpg?width=250&name=foresight_call_out_box-2-1.jpg "foresight_call_out_box-2-1.jpg")](https://info.firstinsight.com/foresight-meet-with-us) ![firstinsight-dna.png](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/file-655482788-png/images/Template_Images/firstinsight-dna.png?width=174&name=firstinsight-dna.png "firstinsight-dna.png") First Insight, Inc. 2000 Ericsson Drive, Suite 200 Warrendale, PA 15086-6507  [![linkedin-button](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/file-657246281-png/images/Template_Images/linkedin-button.png?width=50&name=linkedin-button.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/company/212863)[![twitter-button](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/file-651523959-png/images/Template_Images/twitter-button.png?width=50&name=twitter-button.png)](https://twitter.com/firstinsight)[![youtube-button](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/file-660602115-png/images/Template_Images/youtube-button.png?width=50&name=youtube-button.png)](http://www.youtube.com/user/FirstInsight1)[![blog-button](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/file-657277131-png/images/Template_Images/blog-button.png?width=50&name=blog-button.png)](https://www.firstinsight.com/blog)[![facebook-button](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/Template_Images/facebook-button.png?width=50&name=facebook-button.png)](https://www.facebook.com/FirstInsight1/)[![Instagramlogofinaltransparent](https://info.firstinsight.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Instagramlogofinaltransparent.png?width=50&name=Instagramlogofinaltransparent.png)](https://www.instagram.com/firstinsightinc/) [Privacy Policy](https://www.firstinsight.com/privacy-policy-first-insight) | [Cookie Policy](https://www.firstinsight.com/cookie-policy) [Challenges & Solutions](https://info.firstinsight.com/customer-success) [Customer Success](https://info.firstinsight.com/customer-success) [Platform](https://info.firstinsight.com/insightsuite) [About Us](https://info.firstinsight.com/about-first-insight) News Resources © 2020 First Insight, Inc. ![](https://dc.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=395097&fmt=gif)