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Analyst Comment
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- How bad is it out there?
- Sales trends
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- Figure 1: Clothing Retailers: Year on year sales growth 2005-06
- M&S
- Demanding consumers
- Morgan
- Fashion retailers under pressure
- More casualties to come
The Month in UK Retailing
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- Bakers (retail)
- Thorntons woes continue
- Co-ops (retail)
- Co-op extends pharmacy branch network
- Grocers
- Asda
- …plans high court action to block strike
- …but avoids strike action
- …begins property service trial
- …and promises 'zero waste' by 2010
- Iceland distribution strike suspended
- Sainsbury's to encourage family meals
- Kwik Save appoints new MD
- Somerfield to host Dyas concessions
- Tesco
- …aims for 100 US stores in first year
- …announces revamp of Express store-fronts
- …and prepares Direct catalogue team
- Waitrose buys six stores from Morrisons
- Other food specialists
- Holland & Barrett announces expansion plans
- Mixed goods retailing
- Wilkinson posts profit drop
- Multi-sector retailing
- GUS
- …rejects offers
- …as Argos and Experian see sales rise
- …but Blackstone and KKR join for GUS bid
- Laura Ashley makes progress
- Marks & Spencer sees form continue
- Woolworths
- …set to open Ladybird in UK
- …but suffers like-for-like fall
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher
- …plans B&Q facelift
- …and sells stores
- Topps like-for-likes flat in third quarter
- Electrical retailing
- DSG completes e-retail investment
- Virgin Mobile to hit high street
- Kesa sees World Cup sales boost
- Music and video goods retailing
- HMV sees full-year profit fall
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright sees profits fall 11%
- Sales continue to suffer at Floors 2 Go
- Furniture retailing
- MFI posts loss amid disposal talks
- Home shopping
- Asos see profits rise
- Dream Direct disappointed with results
- N Brown buys Gray & Osbourn
- Otto launches online electricals business
- White Company sales grow, appoints MD
- Health & beauty retailing
- Boots
- …UniChem merger gets investor go-ahead
- …and plans instore hospital consultants, GPs
- Book and stationery retailing
- Waterstone’s/Ottakar’s merger detailed
- WH Smith details demerger plans
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- JD like-for-likes up
- Like-for-likes fall at Blacks Leisure
- JJB to drop Icon
- Garden centres
- No spring cheer for Blooms
- Dobbies
- …profits edge up
- …and buys Grovelands
- Toys and games retailing
- GameStop considers UK Gamestation chain
- Sales on the up at Game
- Games Workshop sees profit slide
- Hamleys confirms Eastern expansion
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- FTD buys Interflora UK
- Retail Variations to be liquidated
- Pets at Home posts full-year success
Executive Appointments
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- Ex KFCer, CHC, joins Boots
- Macpherson joins Hot Tuna board
- Wilkinson appoints Mitchell
- MK One appoints chief executive
- Jaeger on the hunt for a marketing director
- Webb appointed UK group commercial director at Otto
- Borders searching for UK marketer
- Kensington poaches Kingfisher finance chief
- Marketing director parts company with French Connection
- Waterstone's poaches Smith
- Adams gets Europe at Kingfisher
- Morrisons loses Hutchinson
- Arcadia hires Miss Selfridge creative director
- Kesa loses Fox
- HMV appoints Fox as chief executive
Product Development – Beverages
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- Tesco
- Waitrose
- Marks & Spencer
- Somerfield
- Asda
- Sainsbury’s
Advertising News
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- New Campaigns
- Sainsbury's to encourage family meals
- Littlewoods hires Lee for fashion revamp
- Asda attempts World Cup foul play
- Grattan to sponsor Bradford Bulls stadium
- Virgin Poker campaign
- West End to get Shop refit
- Account gains/losses
- IKEA appoint Agency.com for online task
- Craik Jones to handle Arcadia credit card DM task
- Ravel seeking creative agency
- Evans talking to agencies about ad account
- Beattie breaks French Connection
- John Lewis appoints Lowe
- Cheeze scoops Duck.co.uk digital marketing account
- Fenix retained by Debenhams
- Carat wins Littlewoods media account
- Lovefilm appoints All Response Media
- Bathstore.com appoints WFCA
- Robert Dyas hands over brief to MPG
- Hamleys appoint Digby & Co for £1.2m brief
- Build-A-Bear hire M2M for media task
- Arthritis Research hires Creative Juice
- Severn Communications to handle Thresher task
- DFS shifts bulk of ad account to Uber
- Blockbuster looks to Resonate with renters
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), May 2002-May 2006
- Figure 3: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), May 2002-May 2006
- Use of media
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), May 2005 and May 2006
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- Figure 5: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), May 2005 and May 2006
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 6: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), Apr 2006-May 2006
- Furniture
- Food
- DIY
- Other
- Nielsen Media Research/ Definitions
Retail Sales and Inflation
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- Retail sales
- Office for National Statistics
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- Figure 7: Retail sales trends: June 2005-June 2006
- Figure 8: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, June 2005-June 2006
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- Figure 9: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, June 2005-June 2006
- Significant features of the latest ONS statistics
- Confederation of British Industry
- British Retail Consortium/KPMG
- Retail price inflation trends
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- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: June 2005-June 2006
- Figure 11: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: June 2005-June 2006
- Retail Prices Index
- Consumer Prices Index
- British Retail Consortium: Shop Price Index
Sector Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Sales trends
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- Figure 12: Clothing & footwear retailers: Sales trends, 1996-2006 Q2
- Figure 13: Clothing and footwear retailers as % all retail sales: 1998-2005
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 14: Indices of retail prices for product categories (clothing and footwear), Jan 1997-Jan 2006
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- Figure 15: Indices of retail prices for product categories (clothing and footwear), Jan 2005-June 2005
- Sales by sub-sector
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- Figure 16: Breakdown of clothing retailers’ sales by sub-sector, 1994-2006 (estimated)
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 17: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories, 1995-2006 Q1, (£m current prices including VAT, not seasonally adjusted)
- Clothing retailers: latest trends
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- Figure 18: Clothing retailers, 2005
- Footwear Retailing
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- Figure 19: Footwear retailers, 2005
Sector News Review: Clothing retailing
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- February
Sector Advertising Review – Clothing
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 20: Total advertising expenditure by clothing retailers, May 2002-May 2006
- Use of media
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- Figure 21: Use of media by clothing retailers and all retailers (%), May 2005 and May 2006
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- Figure 22: Use of media by clothing retailers and all retailers (£m), May 2005 and May 2006
- Top ten clothing retail advertisers
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- Figure 23: Top ten clothing retailers by adspend, May 2005 and May 2006
- Retailer focus
- Marks & Spencer
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- Figure 24: Marks & Spencer, media use by adspend and as share of total, May 2005-May 2006
- Figure 25: Marks & Spencer, top six brands by adspend, May 2006
- Matalan
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- Figure 26: Matalan, media use by adspend and as share of total, May 2005-May 2006
- Figure 27: Matalan, top three brands by adspend, May 2006
- Burton
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- Figure 28: Burton, media use by adspend and as share of total, May 2005-May 2006
- Figure 29: Burton, top Four brands by adspend, May 2006
- H&M
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- Figure 30: H&M, media use by adspend and as share of total, May 2005-May 2006
- Figure 31: H&M, top five brands by adspend, May 2006
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
Report Focus: Womenswear Retailing
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- Big get bigger as competition intensifies
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- Figure 32: Sales through clothing retailers, at current and constant 2000 prices, 2001-06
- Figure 33: UK retail sales of all womenswear, at current and constant 2000 prices, 2001-06
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- Figure 34: UK retail sales of all women's outerwear, at current and constant 2000 prices, 2001-06
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- Figure 35: Top retailers where women have bought clothing in the last 12 months, by region, marital status and working status, March 2006
- Specialists
- Arcadia Group
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- Figure 36: Arcadia Group, financial performance. 2001-05
- Baugur Companies
- Mosaic
- MK One (MK)
- Jane Norman
- Shoe Studio Group/Rubicon Retail
- New Look
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- Figure 37: New Look, UK financial performance, 2002-06
- Alexon Group
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- Figure 38: Alexon brands and Bay Trading: turnover and operating profit, by segment – womenswear, 2003-06
- Monsoon
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- Figure 39: Monsoon plc, financial performance, 2001-05
- Non- Specialists
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- Figure 40: Leading non-specialist womenswear retailers, 2006
- Marks & Spencer
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- Figure 41: M&S UK retail sales, by merchandise category, 2004/05 and 2005/06
- Next
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- Figure 42: Next, financial performance, 2002-06
- Matalan
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- Figure 43: Matalan, financial performance, 2002-06
- Industry Views
- The market in 2005
- A challenging time ahead
- Strong fashion is the winning strategy
- Price vs. value
- Absence of fashion trend
- Managing space growth
- The importance of store design
- Mintel forecasts continued growth…
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- Figure 44: Forecast of women’s outerwear, 2006-11
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- Figure 45: Forecast of women’s outerwear, at curfrent prices, 2001-11
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