Table of Contents
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Key points
- Retail sales trends
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- Figure 4: Retail sales trends, 2014/15
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- Figure 5: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, 2013-15
- John Lewis
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- Figure 6: John Lewis: Year-on-year growth, 2014-15
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 7: The income squeeze: Wages growth vs inflation, 2010-15
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, 2014-15
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Online Retailing
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- Online retailing: a £43 billion market in 2015
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- Figure 9: Online retail sales (inc. VAT) in current and constant prices, 2010-20
- Growth slowing as the market matures
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- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in online retail sales, and online retail sales as a percentage of all retail sales, 2010-20
- Contribution of online and store based
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- Figure 11: Contribution to online retail sales by store-based and online-only retailers, 2010-20
- Seasonality of online sales
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- Figure 12: Value of all Online retail sales at current prices, non-seasonally adjusted, by season, 2014
- Online sales in the first eight months
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- Figure 13: Annual percentage change in Total and online retail sales, Jan-Aug 2015
- The fulfilment war
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- Figure 14: Attitudes toward buying online, May 2015
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailers
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Homewares and furniture retailing
- Home shopping
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Shopping locations
- Economy
News Analysis – Food and Drink Retailing
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- Convenience Stores
- UK: M Local stores to be rebranded to My Local following acquisition
- UK: Nisa wins supply deal for My Local
- Grocers
- UK: Aldi UK announces 2016 online launch
- UK: Asda's full-year revenues dip 0.4%
- UK: Brait ups its shareholding in Iceland to 57%
- UK: Lidl
- …announces it is to pay staff ‘a real living wage’
- …to ramp up London expansion
- UK: Morrisons
- …alters Match & More loyalty scheme
- …appoints property director to oversee store revamp
- …like-for-like sales down 2.4%
- …warned against launching own online operations
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …is the only of the ‘big four’ to grow sales
- …launches in China through Tmall
- …questioned over supplier income disclosures
- …sales grow 0.3% in the Q2
- …seeks towns to test new food waste project
- UK: Supermarkets already planning their Christmas delivery slots
- UK: Tesco
- …may abandon sale of Dunnhumby
- …operating profits fall 55%
- …rules out any further overseas sales
- UK: Waitrose
- …expands Pick Your Own Offers scheme
- …opens in London’s regenerated Kings Cross area
- …unveils new advertising campaign
- Other food and drink specialists
- UK: Greggs sales up 5% in Q3
News Analysis – Non-food Retailing
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- Clothing retailing
- UK: Adidas to open new flagship store on London’s Oxford Street
- UK: Austin Reed sales fall 7.8% in 2014
- UK: Burberry launches Apple Music channel
- UK: French Connection losses widen amid poor Spring 15 collection sales
- UK: Jacques Vert relaunches popular Coatwalk charity event
- UK: Jaeger owner receives bids for the business
- UK: Jane Norman eyes high street return
- UK: Kent & Curwen sign up David Beckham
- UK: M&Co boss stands down
- UK: Moss Bros like-for-like sales up 9.7%
- UK: New Look unveils first standalone menswear stores
- UK: Pep&Co reaches 50 stores and prepares for menswear launch
- UK: River Island profits soar 70%
- UK: Superdry to launch in China through joint venture
- UK: Surfwear brand Saltrock plans to double store network
- UK: Ted Baker sales grow 24.5%
- UK: TM Lewin reshuffles senior team to prepare for growth
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Clarks chief executive leaves with immediate effect
- UK: Kurt Geiger
- …eyed by Lion Capital
- …full year profits up 278%
- Jewellery retailing
- UK: Aurum sales rise 8% following Watch Shop acquisition
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Argos launches same-day delivery in the UK
- UK: M&S appoints new womenswear design director
- UK: Next Brand sales up 3.3%
- UK: Poundland
- …to raise £50m through share placing
- …99p Stores acquisition gains full approval
- UK: Poundworld reports surging profits
- Department stores
- UK: BHS secures £65m loan
- UK: Debenhams faces possible boardroom revolt
- UK: House of Fraser drives 30.8% online growth
- UK: John Lewis
- …announces Cheltenham store opening
- …announces second JLAB winner
- …introduces new benefits for loyalty card holders
- …reports 'solid' first half
- …unveils new Birmingham store
- DIY retailing
- UK: Clas Ohlson opens new format store
- UK: Kingfisher makes ‘solid’ progress with turnaround plan
- UK: Topps Tiles like-for-like sales grow 5.3%.
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Dixons Carphone revenues up 8%
- UK: Maplin to launch live video chat function
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: HMV global website and store expansion
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Better Bathrooms opens first Scottish showroom
- UK: DFS reports surging sales and profits
- UK: Dreams increases profit forecast
- UK: Dunelm
- …like-for-like sales rise 5.5%
- …revenues rise 12.6%
- UK: Dyson to open a standalone store in London
- UK: H&M opens first global homewares concession
- UK: Lakeland profits more than double
- UK: Loaf opens first physical store
- UK: Made.com international investment leads to £5.3m loss
- UK: Matalan Direct launches into bedroom furniture
- UK: ScS’ concession deal with House of Fraser hits profits
- Home shopping
- UK: Amazon
- …rolls out one-hour grocery delivery in London
- …to start selling groceries in London and Birmingham
- UK: AO.com to report 30% rise in sales
- UK: Boden sales remain flat
- UK: Boohoo drives 35% growth in revenues
- UK: Net-a-Porter Group appoints new President
- UK: Ocado group sales rise 17.3%
- UK: Shop Direct likely to shut call centres
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: Boots pilots personalised discount scheme
- UK: Superdrug launches online optician service
- Greetings card retailing
- UK: Card Factory revenues grow by 8.0%
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Adidas to open new flagship store on London’s Oxford Street
- UK: JD Sports sales jump 21%
- UK: Sports Direct
- …enters into negotiations to acquire Heatons
- …takes a stake in Findel
- …to open more conjoined gym and store sites
- UK: Wiggle to close all Homebase concessions
- Opticians
- UK: Vision Express sales rise by 11% in 2014
- Pet retailing
- UK: Pets at Home hires trading director
- UK: The Pet Hut teams up with PDSA
- Shopping locations
- UK: Ashford Designer Outlet to undergo extension
- UK: Birmingham Grand Central shopping centre opens its doors
- UK: Stansted Airport reveals new retail additions
- Economy
- UK: Consumer Rights Act comes into force
- UK: Plastic bag charge comes into effect
- UK: Retail footfall falls 1.6% in August
- UK: Retail sales rise 0.9% in August
- UK: The Government unveils plans to hand local authorities powers to cut business rates
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