Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- S-commerce and the consumer: a European perspective
- Fancy, Pinterest and Facebook
- Engaging on social media
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- Figure 1: The consumer: Online engagement, selected statements, May 2012 and April 2013
- Demographics: UK, Spain, Italy, France
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- Figure 2: UK: Online engagement, by age and affluence, April 2013
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- Figure 3: Spain: Online engagement, by age and affluence, April 2013
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- Figure 4: Italy: Online engagement, by age and affluence, April 2013
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- Figure 5: France: Online engagement, by age and affluence, April 2013
- What we think
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 6: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales value growth, 2012-13
- Figure 7: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2012-13
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2012-13
- Figure 9: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2012-13
Asia-Pacific Retail Handbook: Indonesia
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- Indonesia
- Key facts
- The Indonesian retail scene
- Politics
- A large and rapidly growing country
- Strong growth forecast
- Rapid retail growth
- Local retailers growing fast
- Foreign players growing as well
- Protecting domestic operators
- Indonesia in figures
- Population
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- Figure 10: Indonesia: Population, 2008-12
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- Figure 11: Indonesia: Population, by gender, 2002-12
- Economy
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- Figure 12: Indonesia: Gross domestic product, 2002-12
- Figure 13: Indonesia: Inflation, 2003-12
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- Figure 14: Indonesia: Consumer expenditure, 2003-12
- Figure 15: Indonesia: Consumer expenditure by product, 2008-12
- The Indonesian retail market
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- Figure 16: Indonesia: Estimated retail sales, 2008-12
- Figure 17: Indonesia: Identified leading retailers, 2011 and 2012
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Music and video goods retailing
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Economy
News Analysis
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op Bank to plug £1.5 billion capital hole
- …launches new 'Tweet for a table' campaign
- Convenience stores
- UK: Nisa to supply half of Martin McColl c-stores
- UK: Sainsbury's opens £30m distribution centre to support convenience store expansion
- UK: Tesco’s One Stop buys 33 Alfred Jones stores
- UK: Waitrose opens in Victoria
- Grocers
- Europe: Intermarché to invest €100 million annually in Polish expansion
- Italy: Conad reports ‘positive’ results for 2012
- Spain: Eroski to open 60 new stores this year
- UK: Aldi continues to grow market share
- UK: Asda
- …announces further expansion of multichannel offering
- …Income tracker: Families worse off in May 2013
- …takes on Aldi in price war
- …trials 360 degree laser checkout
- UK: Morrisons
- …renames Wimbledon store ‘Murriwins’
- …chief architect for online grocery to stand back
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …grows market share
- …reports 0.8% sales growth in Q1
- …to relaunch Tu clothing brand
- …unveils Mobile by Sainsbury’s
- UK: Tesco
- …creates new group digital officer role
- …hires agriculture director from NFU after horsemeat scandal
- …sublets space to gym operator
- …to open £5 million Eco Metro Store in London
- UK: Lidl store partners with Subway
- UK: Whole Foods to focus on small store strategy
- Off-licences
- UK: Majestic Wine posts rise in profits despite sales dip
- Other food specialists
- UK: Holland & Barrett posts 30% rise in profits
- UK: Pret a Manger owner eyes stake in Hotel Chocolat
- UK: SSP appoints Kate Swann as new boss
- UK: Thorntons
- …expects improved full-year profit
- …to trial in store kiosks
- Clothing retailing
- Europe: H&M
- …teams with Isabel Marant for its latest designer collaboration
- …to launch in Estonia
- Europe: Inditex net sales increase 5% in Q1
- France: LVMH
- …buys majority stake in Loro Piana
- …fined over stake in Hermès
- Germany: Topshop to launch in Germany
- Spain: Mango profits rise 79%
- UK: Ark to enter administration
- UK: Bestseller reviews UK retail business
- UK: Bonmarché reports profit one year after pre-pack administration
- UK: Bosideng appoints new London-based head of design
- UK: Burberry like-for-likes rise 13%
- UK: Coast managing director to step down from role
- UK: Coast, Oasis and Warehouse include iPad technology in stores
- UK: Gumball 3000 seeks London Flagship store
- UK: Hobbs
- …to launch first accessories-only concession
- …profits up 1.3%
- UK: Hunter appoints former Burberry designer
- UK: Internacionale files intention to appoint administrators
- UK: Jaeger appoints new CEO
- UK: Jane Norman to reposition itself
- UK: Jigsaw poaches John Lewis’ Peter Ruis
- UK: Matalan full-year profits up 10%
- UK: Miss Selfridge to launch in US
- UK: Moss Bros announces new commercial and operations director
- UK: Mulberry
- …creative director exits
- …posts 2012 full-year results
- UK: New Look announces changes to senior management
- UK: Nicole Farhi goes into administration
- UK: Phase Eight
- …posts year end results
- …to open at Whiteley
- …unveils expansion plans
- UK: Radley restructures senior management team
- UK: River Island opens its largest store in Marble Arch
- UK: SuperGroup
- …appoints new international director
- …to move into the denim market
- UK: Ted Baker
- …founder sells £20.4m worth of shares
- …reports 33% sales increase
- UK: TM Lewin
- …could be sold
- …hires KPMG to oversee sale
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Christian Louboutin opens men's boutique in Selfridges
- UK: Schuh posts rise in pre-tax profits for 2012
- UK: Shoon bid for Jane Shilton falls through
- Shopping centres
- UK: Westfield launches My Westfield app
- UK: Jubilee Place in Canary Wharf expands with nine new retailers
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Poundland
- …to open 11 shops in 11 days
- …announces funding deal with Barclays
- UK: The Original Factory Shop
- …hires Tony Page as chief executive
- …sees EBITDA rise by 30%
- Multi-sector retailing
- Germany: Metro to invest €500m in Real hypermarket chain
- UK: Argos
- …appoints EMI executive as new digital director
- …appoints Tesco.com executive to head customer fulfilment
- …reports 2% like-for-like increase in Q1
- UK: Laura Ashley reports 0.6% slip in like-for-likes
- UK: M&S
- …sees decline in clothing sales slow
- …post first quarter results
- …reveals plans for new distribution centre
- …to create 1,400 work placements for young people
- Department stores
- Germany: Karstadt sees sales decline
- UK: Beales reports operating loss due to exceptional costs
- UK: Debenhams posts Q3 results
- UK: Fenwick announces new appointments to senior management team
- UK: Fortnum & Mason opens pop-up shop in Hyde Park
- UK: House of Fraser posts Q1 results
- UK: John Lewis
- …to open at Heathrow’s Terminal 2
- …to double the number of Kuoni concessions
- DIY retailing
- Europe: Hornbach reports Q1 results
- UK: B&Q trials tool upcycling scheme in Bristol
- UK: Screwfix to expand store portfolio in 2013
- UK: Topps Tiles sees like-for-likes decline in Q3
- Electrical retailing
- Europe: Metro Group partners with Carphone Warehouse for shop-in-shop
- Germany: Rewe sells 16 ProMarkt stores to Expert
- UK: Currys and PC World sell software downloads
- UK: Carphone Warehouse Group's
- …like-for-like sales up 4.6%
- …announces collaboration with Kate Moss
- …to sell flagship store to G-Star Raw
- UK: Darty's revenues decline
- UK: Dixons
- …partners with Visa for digital wallet scheme
- …posts full year results
- Music and video goods retailing
- France: Virgin Megastore France takeover offers rejected by Paris court
- Ireland: HMV to re-open stores in Ireland
- UK: HMV
- …headquarters to relocate to Blackfriars
- …loses market share to supermarkets
- …to return to original Oxford Street store
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright reports rise in pre-tax profits
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Barker & Stonehouse launch in London
- UK: Bathstore to launch smaller store format
- UK: CSL launches Lowest Price Guarantee
- UK: Conran Shop managing director exits the business
- UK: DFS
- …reports profits up 8.5%
- …trials new compact store format
- UK: Dwell
- …bought out of administration
- …set to fall into administration
- …to call in administrators
- UK: OKA profits and sales up
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Cath Kidston to launch new services
- UK: Dunelm like-for-likes up 1.7% for the year
- Home shopping
- UK: Achica appoints chief operating officer
- UK: Asos
- …posts third quarter results
- …to extend Primark range to 140 pieces
- …to introduce 15-minute delivery windows
- UK: Boohoo considers sale of minority stake
- UK: Direct Wines hires new commercial director
- UK: eBay to launch full-priced fashion site
- UK: Iceland to launch online offering
- UK: N Brown’s like-for-like sales up 7.8%
- UK: Ocado reports pre-tax loss in H1 2013
- UK: Park Group raises £4.4m to fund next-phase growth
- UK: The Hut Group reports profit for 2012
- UK: Waitrose relationship with Ocado set to change
- UK: Wiggle profits and sales up
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: Superdrug posts £1.4m operating loss
- UK: The Fragrance Shop posts record year-end results
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory put up for sale
- UK: WH Smith
- …pilots franchise model
- …sales decline in its third quarter
- …to launch in Russia’s railway stations
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Europe: Sports Direct opens in Poland
- UK: JD Sports
- …appoints former Reiss director as Bank managing director
- …buys Ark out of administration
- …7% rise in like-for-likes
- UK: Nike to open more UK stores
- UK: Sports Direct
- …buys HMV Oxford street store
- …closes 20 Republic stores
- …in talks with Tesco over space sharing
- …owner looks to acquire Farhi
- Jewellers
- UK: Signet UK chief executive exits
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Disney store reports growth in sales
- UK: Game opens Xbox store
- UK: ModelZone
- …poised to enter administration
- …cuts 20 head office jobs
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Halfords
- …post Q1 results
- …runs bike trade-in event for communities in Africa
- UK: Kiddicare overhauls in-store experience
- UK: Mothercare former boss pockets £5m in shares and pay
- Economy
- UK: BRC:
- …Footfall down 0.7% in May
- …Like-for-like sales increase in June 2013
- UK: CBI: retail sales expected to pick up in July following flat year
- UK: ONS: retail sales up in May 2013
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