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Highlights: November 2006
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- Grocers
- Clothing Retailing
- Multi-Sector Retailing
- Electrical Retailing
- Furniture Retailing
- DIY Retailing
News Analysis
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- Bakers (retail)
- UK: Greggs’ like-for-likes hit by weather
- Grocers
- UK: Aldi moves upmarket
- UK: Asda
- …launches first 'zero waste' store
- …to expand online, Living
- UK: Tesco
- …Dunnhumby joins with Casino
- …announces clothing investment
- Thailand: Tesco halts expansion
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …continues to shine
- …saves £40 million insourcing IT
- UK: Morrisons reveals £22m store disposal profit
- UK: Ramsden to leave Nisa-Today
- UK: Netto appoints Lancaster
- UK: Co-op boss to quit in 2007
- Belgium: Delhaize continues form, to exit Czech Republic
- Czech Republic: Rewe buys Czech Delvita from Delhaize
- Russian Federation: Magnit profit’s soar
- Europe: Ahold, Delhaize drop merger plan
- France: Leclerc's price comparison site returns
- France: Casino Q3 like-for-likes up 4%
- Italy: Wal-Mart makes new bid for Esselunga?
- Netherlands: Ahold
- …reveals review results date
- …posts third quarter sales rise
- …announces US Foodservice sale
- Netherlands: Schuitema CFO quits
- Russian Federation: X5 Retail reveals nine month results, new chairman
- Sweden: ICA reveals nine month success
- Off-licences
- UK: Majestic reveals majestic first half
- Clothing retailing
- UK: Arcadia
- …see sales and profits fall
- … and plans to overhaul stores
- UK: Austin Reed board accepts £49 million offer
- UK: Foster to take La Senza job
- UK: Burberry records interim profit drop
- UK: Lion Capital buys Contessa
- UK: Gap
- …reveals Mouret dresses line
- … and immediately sees them sell out
- UK: Matalan posts further sales fall
- UK: Monsoon
- …chief exec sells up
- …and subsequently quits
- UK: Mothercare profits in first half
- India: Mothercare to increase openings?
- UK: Paul Smith expansion continues
- UK: Peacocks plans flagship, considers more womenswear stores
- UK: Primark posts sales, profit rise
- Finland: Divestments lift Stockmann profits up 70%
- Italy: Benetton loses two as sales grow, earnings slip
- US: Gap sees earnings fall in third quarter
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Instore slides further into the red
- US: Dollar Tree reports quarterly profit rise
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Alliance Boots unveils first results
- UK: Home Retail group
- …is potential takeover target
- …reveals interim sales growth
- UK: John Lewis announces expansion
- UK: M&S
- …set to trial homewares store
- …growth continues
- …launches wedding dresses
- …recruits Bassey for Xmas ads
- US: Wal-Mart performs in third quarter
- Australia: Coles Myer sees Q1 success
- Department stores
- UK: Harvey Nichols sees sales, profit rise
- Uk: HoF appoints King, will undergo restructure
- US: J C Penney profits in third quarter
- DIY retailing
- UK: Robert Dyas to expand
- US: Lowe’s posts Q3 earnings increase
- US: Sears records rocketing income
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Kesa reveals sales growth
- UK: DSG International
- …posts strong H1 results
- …PC World targets women with revamp
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright boosted by European sales
- UK: Bid talks for Floors 2 Go
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Dreams buys into Scotland
- UK: Steinhoff looks to buy Homestyle
- UK: Land of Leather continues sales success
- UK: ScS records full-year sales rise
- Home shopping
- UK: Farepak Response Fund established
- US: Amazon suffers another quarterly profit slump
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: Superdrug
- …cuts pre-Christmas prices
- …to hit internet
- UK: Virgin to de-list Victory after sales fall
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: WH Smith to hit motorways
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Weak Millets' performance hurts Blacks H1 profit
- UK: Sportsworld
- …buys 29% stake in Blacks
- …gets double blow
- …owner buys Kangol
- UK: JJB
- …founder provokes strike with 'Communist' jibe
- …strike escalates
- …founder sells shares to pay tax bill
- …but avoids another strike
- Jewellers
- UK: Signet
- …continues to sparkle
- …and announces profits to match
- UK: Theo Fennell shines in first half
- Garden centres
- UK: Dobbies reports like-for-likes growth
- UK: Wyevale buys Bridgemere Garden World
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Hamleys appoints marketing director
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Halfords continues form
- US: PetSmart sees sales rise
Economic News
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- Australian retail up year-on-year
- Chinese retail sales up in October
- Czech retail sales rise year-on-year
- Estonia records retail growth
- German retail falls unexpectedly in September
- Italian retail sales keep rising
- Latvian retail up year-on-year
- Polish retail sales grow 14.5%
- Spanish retail climbs 3.7% year-on-year
- UK
- …October retail sales disappoint, says CBI
- …retail strength continues in October, says ONS
- …sales up in October, says BRC
- …interest rates rise to 5%
Market Analysis: Electrical Retailing in Europe
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- Europe’s electrical retailing market
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- Figure 1: Europe: European consumer spending on electricals by market, 2005
- Figure 2: Europe: European electricals market share by country, 2005
- Ownership
- Audio-visual equipment
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- Figure 3: Europe: Ownership of key brown goods, by country, 2005
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- Figure 4: Europe: Ownership of new technology products, by country, 2005
- Large kitchen appliances
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- Figure 5: Ownership of key kitchen appliances, by country, 2005
- European electrical specialists
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- Figure 6: Europe: Electrical specialists’ sales, 2005
- Figure 7: Europe: electricals specialists’ share of all electricals spending, 2005
- European product trends
- Large screen TVs drives audio-visual market
- The need to replace white goods
- Competition hits grey goods
- Console and handheld video games
- Digital photography
- The impact of e-commerce on the high street
- Online threat to the high street
- Leading specialists
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- Figure 8: Europe: Leading electricals retailers, 2005
- Figure 9: Europe: Leading retailers’ share of total electrical retail sales, 2004
- Buying groups
- Outlook
- Change in a fast paced market
- An increasingly international market
- New product development
Company Profile: Boulanger
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- Figure 10: Boulanger: Estimated share of French electricals specialists’ sales, 2001-05
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- Figure 11: Boulanger: Estimated share of all European electricals retailers, 2001-05
- Financial performance
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- Figure 12: Boulanger: Estimated sales, 2001-05
- Outlets
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- Figure 13: Boulanger: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Products
- E-commerce and loyalty cards
- The future
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