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Highlights: June 2006
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Multi-sector
- Department store retailing
News Analysis
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- Co-ops (Retail)
- UK: Co-op drops Homestores
- Convenience stores
- UK: Members delay Nisa/Costcutter merger
- Grocers
- France: Carrefour announces India sourcing plans
- Hungary: Aldi plans €1.3bn Hungarian investment
- India: Tesco close to India move?
- Ireland: Musgrave has a good year
- Lithuania: VP Market linked to IKI merger
- Netherlands: Laurus
- …announces sell-off details
- …and shuffles pack after Querido departs
- Netherlands: Ahold reports 76% Q1 profit rise
- Portugal: Aldi set to enter Portugal
- Spain: Caprabo records full-year loss
- Turkey: Tesco plans Turkey push
- UK: Aldi offers American food range
- UK: Tesco growth continues in Q1
- UK: Asda
- … sees George Home beat expectations
- …as it battles with strike action
- …as staff vote in favour
- …and considers bussing in workers
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …receives World Cup boost
- …and is launching men only zones
- UK: Spar plans international expansion
- UK: Waitrose launches ugly fruit range
- US: Sales flat, earnings up at Albertsons
- US: Like-for-like sales up 5.6% at Kroger
- Off-licences
- UK: Another Majestic year
- Clothing retailing
- Spain: Sales, income up at Inditex
- Sweden: H&M
- …announces Madonna deal
- …and sees half-year success
- UK: Adams goes online
- UK: Arcadia hit by disabled access legal action
- UK: Austin Reed reveals positive trading
- UK: Peacocks set for expansion
- UK: Mosaic buys Rubicon for £353m
- UK: Mulberry continues to shine
- UK: New Look
- …squeezes suppliers ahead of results
- …is ahead despite tough UK
- …but holds off on internet sales
- UK: Officers Club furthers expansion
- US: Gap looks to designers to reverse fortunes
- Mixed goods retailing
- France: GiFi interim profits rise
- US: Dollar General sees sales rise, income fall
- US: Family Dollar Q3 profit rises 6%
- Multi-sector retailing
- Australia: Coles Myer
- …completes Myer sale
- …and considers dropping Bi-Lo
- France: PPR
- …begins Printemps sale process
- …and sells for €1.1bn
- Germany: KarstadtQuelle suffers contract loss blow
- Netherlands: Vendex becomes Maxeda
- Romania: Rewe to invest €200m in Romanian stores
- UK: M&S to launch upmarket furnishings range
- UK: Woolworths continues to struggle
- US: Wal-Mart
- …announces that changes will continue
- …but is hit by LVMH lawsuit
- US: J C Penney appoints West
- US: Costco sees success in third quarter
- Department stores
- UK: Beales H1 profits almost double
- UK: House of Fraser
- …Baugur confirms talks
- …HoF informally approves offer
- …but like-for-likes fall
- UK: John Lewis boosted by TV sales
- US: Federated to sell Lord & Taylor
- DIY retailing
- UK: Wickes rolls out installation service
- Furniture retailing
- UK: MFI receives bids for retail arm
- UK: Ikea begins charging for bags
- Homewares retailing
- UK: GHCL acquires Rosebys for $40m
- Home shopping
- UK: M and M direct posts full-year sales rise
- UK: Empire Direct increases bricks & mortar presence
- UK: Findel buys Letterbox
- UK: Ideal buys Superstore TV
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: OFT accepts Boots undertakings
- UK: Boots reveals cost of merger
- UK: United Co-op acquires pharmacy group
- US: Walgreen buys Happy Harry’s
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Ottakar’s
- … gets higher HMV bid
- …and accepts it
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Lifestyle sees turnover, gross profits rise
- UK: Sports World owner buys Original Shoe
- Jewellers
- UK: US ensures first quarter success for Signet
- UK: Theo Fennell shines over full year
- US: Signet
- …looks to purchase Zale
- …but Zale pulls out of talks
- Miscellaneous specialists
- UK: Halfords profits from in-car accessories
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Jessops appoints commercial director
- UK: Tesco expands computer offering
- UK: DSG
- …to slash management jobs at Currys
- …considers Link sell-off
- …sees profit fall and confirms The Link sale
- US: Circuit City bounces back
Economic News
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- Australia: April retail sales rise
- China: Retail sales continue rise
- Czech Republic: Retail sales up, but no Easter effect in April
- Germany: Retail sales down year-on-year
- Netherlands: retail sales continue to grow
- UK: BRC
- …cautious over May retail sales rise
- …and says World Cup to boost consumer spending by £1bn
- UK: Retail sales beat expectations, says CBI
- UK: Sales strength continues in May, says ONS
- US: Retail sales meet expectations
Market Analysis: Health and Beauty Retailing in Europe
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- UK top spenders per capita
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- Figure 1: Europe: Consumer spending on health and beauty products, by country, 2001-05
- Market breakdown by product category
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- Figure 2: Europe: Consumer spend per capita on health and beauty, by country, 2004
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- Figure 3: European health and beauty retailing: major channels of distribution, 2004/05
- Figure 4: European health and beauty retailing: sector value by country, 2001 and 2005
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- Figure 5: European health and beauty retailing: sector share of all retail sales by country, 2001-05
- Figure 6: European health and beauty retailing: specialist stores relative importance and provision
- Boots leads the specialists with sales close to €7bn
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- Figure 7: Leading european health and beauty specialists – european sales trends, 2004 and 2005
- Figure 8: Leading European health and beauty specialists – european sales trends, 2001-05
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- Figure 9: Leading European health and beauty specialists – outlet trends, 2004-05
- Figure 10: Leading European health and beauty specialists – sales and outlet trends, 2001-05
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- Figure 11: Leading European health and beauty specialists – international involvement, 2004/05
- Boots dominates UK market
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- Figure 12: Leading European health and beauty specialists – market shares by country, 2004
- Figure 13: European health and beauty retailing: sector sales growth, 2006-10
- Brief analysis of the health and beauty market in the major European countries
Company Profile: Celesio
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- Bare facts
- Financial performance
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- Figure 14: Celesio Retail: Financial performance, 2001-05
- Figure 15: Celesio Retail: Sales by country, 2001-05
- European growth steadies out
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- Figure 16: Celesio: Share of European health and beauty market, 2001-05
- Figure 17: Celesio: Share of UK health and beauty specialists’ sales, 2001-05
- Strong European presence
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- Figure 18: Celesio Retail: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Products
- E-commerce
- What does the future hold for Celesio?
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