Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Edging away from hard discount
- Domestic difficulties
- A new format
- Problems elsewhere
- The end of the road for Hard Discount?
Headlines for the Month
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- Food retailers
- Clothing retailers
- Mixed goods
- Multi-sector
- DIY
- Electricals
- Furniture
- Health and beauty
Retail Sales Review
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- Key points
- France
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- Figure 1: France: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 2: France: Inflation, 2009-10
- Germany
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- Figure 3: Germany: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Germany: Inflation, 2009-10
- Italy
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- Figure 5: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Italy: Inflation, 2009-10
- Netherlands
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- Figure 7: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2009-10
- Spain
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- Figure 9: Spain: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Spain: Inflation, 2009-10
- UK
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- Figure 11: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: UK: Annual percentage change in Consumer Price Index for selected product groups, 2009-10
News Analysis
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- Grocers
- France: Carrefour set for $1bn Asian assets sale
- Ireland: Musgrave sales down 3%
- Netherlands: Sligro buys Sanvier for €50m
- Russian Federation: Magnit reports Q2 sales boost
- Russian Federation: X5 sales up 18% in Q2
- UK: Asda grocery share declines
- UK: Buffett increases Tesco stake
- UK: Retailers must re-evaluate, Asda chairman says
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …reports sales increase
- …launches new ad campaign
- …aims for schoolwear boost
- …reshuffles executive roles
- UK: Tesco
- …quarterly sales up 6.9%
- …plans property sell-off
- …raises £950m through store sale
- …to open standalone London clothing store
- …to purchase Fresh & Easy suppliers
- UK: Waitrose
- …buys Channel Island supermarkets
- …ends EAT talks
- Clothing retailing
- UK: Alexon sales down 5%
- UK: American Apparel restructures debt
- UK: Gap plans Chinese expansion
- UK: H&M records soaring profits in Q2
- UK: Jacques Vert posts ‘strong set of results’
- UK: Mamas & Papas enters US with Toys R Us link-up
- UK: Matalan posts rise in profits
- UK: Primark sales rise 17%
- UK: Republic acquired by private equity group
- UK: Ted Baker posts 20% sales increase
- UK: USC back in the black
- UK: Victoria’s Secret to open London store
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Schuh posts record results
- UK: Tom Hunter puts Office up for sale
- Mixed goods retailing
- Netherlands: Maxeda to sell fashion division
- UK: Wilkinson doubles profits
- Multi-sector retailing
- Germany: Metro to take time over Kaufhof sale
- UK: M&S LFLs increase 6%
- Department stores
- UK: Beales reports improved profits
- UK: Debenhams LFLs drop 0.4%
- UK: Harrods to open own-label boutiques
- UK: John Lewis reports sales increase
- DIY retailing
- Germany: Hornbach posts solid results
- UK: B&Q to open city centre stores
- UK: Travis Perkins buys BSS Group for £557.6m
- Music and DVD retailing
- UK: HMV
- …mulls Waterstones sale
- …posts 17% rise in profits
- Electrical retailing
- Germany: Media Saturn outlines Turkish expansion plans
- UK: Best Buy UK chief stands down
- UK: Comet plans UK store refurbishment
- UK: DSGi increases profits by 61%
- UK: Investor buys stake in Kesa
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright reports soaring profits
- Furniture retailing
- France: Conforama posts solid Q1 results
- Home shopping
- UK: Amazon launches UK grocery offer
- UK: Ideal Shopping
- …enjoys sales boost
- …to enter pet accessory market
- UK: Isis invests in Getting Personal
- UK: My-Wardrobe receives £6m investment
- UK: N Brown Group
- …buys Figleaves
- …reports 'subdued' trading
- UK: Ocado
- …confirms IPO
- …anticipates £1.18bn IPO valuation
- …hits out at funding claims
- UK: The Hut Group launches Washbag.com
- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: Celesio and Phoenix merge Dutch operations
- UK: Superdrug losses narrow
- UK: The Fragrance Shop posts LFLs increase
- Books and stationery retailing
- UK: Clinton Cards issues profit warning
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: JJB reports sales improvement
- UK: Tiso back in the black
- UK: Trespass plans major expansion
- Jewellers
- UK: Theo Fennell reduces losses
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Hamleys posts first profit for six years
- Video games retailing
- UK: Game Group suffers sales drop, appoints new chief
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Pets at Home profits soar 36%
- Luxury goods retailing
- UK: Mulberry sales up 23%
Electricals Retailing
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- Euronics International
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- Figure 13: Euronics: estimated sales as share of electrical retailers sales in europe, 2005-09
- Strategic evaluation
- Recent history
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- Figure 14: Euronics: European members and websites, by country of operation, 2010
- Financial data
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- Figure 15: Euronics International: Sales by country, 2001-09
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- Figure 16: Euronics International: Sales by country, 2005-06 and 2008
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 17: Euronics International: Outlet data, 2004-08
- Retail offering
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- Figure 18: Euronics international, sales mix by purchase volume, 2009
- e-commerce
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