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UK Retail Briefing - Household Goods Focus - UK - March 2009
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Contents
Analyst’s Comment
Headlines for March
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
Sector Focus – Furniture, Carpets and DIY
Executive Appointments
Advertising News
Advertising Expenditure
The Month in UK Retailing
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Furniture; Asda; Zavvi; Mosaic; Tesco; Woolworths; Stylo; DIY; Christmas; Shop Direct; Housing; Carpets; Furniture retailers; Deloitte; Principle; Barratt; Bhs; Home shopping; Kaupthing; ONS; Sales trends; Somerfield; Adams; Aurora; Debenhams; Grocers; Icelandic; Shoe Studio; Attitudes; MFI; Arcadia; Carphone Warehouse; Elvi; Ireland; JJB; Morrisons; Mulberry; Priceless; Sainsbury; Sir Philip Green; WH Smith; BRC; Aldi; Asos; Aurora Fashions; Beatties; Best Buy; Blooming Marvellous; China; Currys; Department stores; DVD; Easter; Electrical retailing; England; Habitat; House of Fraser; John Lewis; Lay & Wheeler; Lidl; Little Asos; Liverpool; Majestic Wine; Marks & Spencer; Primark; Sports Direct; Thorntons; TJX; Waitrose; The Hut; TheHut; Woolies; Land; Leather; Top five retailers; Co-operative Group; Flying Brands; Luke; The Co-operative; Ted Baker; Best Buy Europe; Blacks Leisure; Carphone; Clinton Cards; Coast; Competition Commission; CVA; Derek Lovelock; Despite; Dune; Dunelm; EBITDA; Ernst & Young; EUK; Findel; Green; HMV; Karen Millen; Ladybird; Laura Ashley
Contents

Analyst’s Comment

Old brands reborn

The residual value
Woolworths
High street and internet

Headlines for March

Food retailers
Clothing and footwear
DIY
Electricals
Household goods
Miscellaneous
Home shopping

Retail Sales – Background and Outlook

Retail sales trends

Figure 1: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
Early indications for February
Figure 2: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, 2007/09
Figure 3: John Lewis: Year on year growth, H2 2008/09

Inflation and wages

Figure 4: RPI vs Wage rate growth, 2007-09

Inflation has begun to fall back

Figure 5: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index for selected product groups, Nov 2007-Jan 2009
Looking forward

Sector Focus – Furniture, Carpets and DIY

Sales trends

Attitudes
Housing
Figure 6: UK house prices, 2001-09
Figure 7: Housing transactions, 2005-08

Furniture

Figure 8: Furniture retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
Figure 9: Furniture retailers relative to all retail sales, 1999-2008

Carpets

Figure 10: Carpet retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
Figure 11: Carpet retailers relative to all retail sales, 1999-2008

DIY

Figure 12: DIY retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
Figure 13: DIY retailers relative to all retail sales, 1999-2008

Retail price inflation

Figure 14: Indices of retail prices for product categories (household goods), Jan 2004-Jan 2009

Consumer expenditure

Figure 15: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories, 2003-08 (Q3)

Leading retailers

Furniture retailers

Figure 16: Furniture retailers’ sales relative to spending on furniture, 2003-08
Figure 17: Furniture retailers – Leading specialists, 2007/08
Carpets
Figure 18: Carpet retailers’ sales relative to spending on carpets, 2003-28
Figure 19: Carpet retailers – Leading specialists, 2007/08
DIY
Figure 20: DIY retailers – Leading specialists, 2007/08

Executive Appointments

Asda appoints new COO

BRC appoints new chairman

Flying Brands chief executive leaves

La Senza chief leaves

New Look appoints Gemas as new COO

Somerfield CEO steps down

Advertising News

New campaigns

Co-op to launch campaign to extol brand virtues

M&S £2 meal drive

Waitrose in social network push

Account gains and losses

Jaeger hires Red

Advertising Expenditure

Figure 21: Total advertising expenditure, by all advertisers (£m), Dec 2004-Dec 2008
Figure 22: Total advertising expenditure, by all retail advertisers (£m), Dec 2004-Dec 2008

Use of media

Figure 23: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), Dec 2007-Dec 2008
Figure 24: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), Dec 2007-Dec 2008

Top 25 retail advertisers

Figure 25: Top 25 retail advertisers, Nov-Dec 2008

The Month in UK Retailing

Bakers (retail)

Thorntons H1 profits plummet 39%

Grocers

Asda

…posts impressive FY results
…removes underperforming brands from stores
…reports February sales boost

Morrisons wades into supermarket price war

Sainsbury's purchases Co-op stores

Tesco

…launches new format
…wins appeal over ruling to curb expansion
…and Asda ramp up pressure in price war

Waitrose wades into supermarket price war

Off-licences

Majestic Wine acquires Lay & Wheeler

Clothing retailing

Adams saved by former owner

Arcadia and Bhs to merge

Bhs plans outlined by Green

Blooming Marvellous saved by investors

Elvi put into administration

Laura Ashley reports results, issues profit warning

UK: Mosaic

… poised for pre-pack administration
… fashion chain Principles is shutting its gates
… in brands deal with Aurora Fashions

Aurora seeks rent reduction

Mulberry reveals stronger-than-expected Holiday sales

Primark reports LFLs increase

TJX posts better-than-expected Q4 profit

Topshop US plans outlined by Green

Footwear retailing

Dune poised to acquire Shoe Studio

Stylo

…warns that 5,400 jobs are at risk
…to slip into administration
…chairman plans to buy back stores

Mixed goods retailing

WH Smith signs deal with BAA

Multi-sector retailing

M&S

…chairman reiterates Chinese expansion despite errors
…puts pressure on suppliers

Department stores

House of Fraser mulls Beatties disposal

John Lewis pledges to create 1,000 jobs in 2009

DIY retailing

Travis Perkins sees FY profits plunge

Electrical retailing

Carphone Warehouse to slash 400 jobs

Best Buy delays UK launch until 2010

DSGi announces new store plan

Music and video goods retailing

Zavvi

…to become Head following purchase
…to live on online

Furniture retailing

Habitat reveals £13m FY loss

Smallbone launches strategic review, suspends shares

Homewares retailing

Dunelm reports flat half-year profits

Home shopping

Asos launches kidswear business

Findel reports 3% sales drop

Shop Direct flourishes on rivals' demise

Health and beauty retailing

Body Shop FY profits dive

Books and stationery retailing

Clinton Cards in talks to renegotiate debt

Sports and leisure goods retailing

Blacks Leisure receives approaches

JJB

…confirms health club offers
…looks to place lifestyle division in administration

Sports Direct posts 12% sales boost
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