Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Clothing online – the battle of the pureplays
- Revenues: Zalando closing in on Amazon
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- Figure 1: Europe: Selected pureplay retailers: clothing and footwear sales (excl. VAT), 2010-13
- Online market size and market shares
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- Figure 2: Europe: Selected pureplay retailers: Share of all online clothing and footwear retail sales in Europe, 2012-13
- National presence
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- Figure 3: Europe: Selected pureplay retailers: number of dedicated national websites, 2013
- What we think
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 4: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales value growth, 2012-13
- Figure 5: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales volume growth, 2012-13
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2012-13
- Figure 7: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2012-13
European Retail Handbook: The Spanish Retail Scene
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- Spain in figures
- Economy
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- Figure 8: Spain: Gross domestic product, 2003-12
- Figure 9: Spain: Consumer prices, 2008-12
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- Figure 10: Spain: Consumer expenditure, 2003-12
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- Figure 11: Spain: Detailed breakdown of expenditure on consumer goods, 2006-10
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- Figure 12: Spain: Retail sales, 2008-13
- Figure 13: Spain: Retail sales by type of retailer, 2008-13
- Major retailers in Spain
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- Figure 14: Major retailers in the Spanish market, 2012/13
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Home shopping
- Books and stationery retailing
- Toys and games retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Bakers
- UK: Greggs sees demand pick-up
- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op to introduce student discount on food
- UK: Midlands and Anglian Co-operatives to merge
- Grocers
- France: France begins review of Sunday trading rules
- France: Leclerc begins selling optical products
- Netherlands: Jumbo set to expand
- Switzerland: Waitrose to begin supplying Manor
- UK: Aldi profits soar
- UK: Asda
- …stop sale of inappropriate costume
- …profits up in 2012
- UK: Iceland spend £7 million on new advertising
- UK: Lidl hires new operations director
- UK: Morrisons
- …posts half-year results
- …to cut back on supermarket investment
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …continues strong growth
- …unveils new store format
- UK: Tesco
- …first-half profits fall 7.6%
- …hires Karen Dracou to multichannel team
- …launches Blinkbox ad campaign
- …launches event for start-ups
- …launches its Hudl tablet
- …launches new customer magazine
- …re-launches Finest range
- …sells Fresh & Easy to Yucaipa
- …Fresh & Easy eyes bankruptcy
- UK: UK supermarkets face challenges from competitors
- UK: Waitrose
- …launches vulnerable people initiative
- …to open second ‘dark’ store
- Other food specialists
- UK: Thorntons
- …full-year profits rise
- …sales increase
News Analysis – Non-food
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- Clothing retailing
- Europe: H&M like-for-likes down
- Europe: Inditex reveals flat EBITDA as stores grow
- France: Esprit posts first annual loss
- Italy: Prada sales hit by slowdown in China
- UK: Burberry set to open first store in Scotland
- UK: David’s Bridal opens in the UK
- UK: French Connection narrows losses
- UK: Go Outdoors enters deal to invest in growth
- UK: J Crew opens first UK store
- UK: Jack Wills
- …names new chief executive
- …to open Christmas pop-ups
- UK: Jacques Vert to launch cross-brand marketing campaign
- UK: Jaeger cuts trading losses in the year
- UK: Kathmandu launches ad campaign as part of rebrand
- UK: Laura Ashley has challenging first half
- UK: Longchamp opens its biggest store on Regent Street
- UK: LVMH buys stake in Nicholas Kirkwood
- UK: Matalan’s Sporting Pro launches website
- UK: Moss Bros
- …profits up
- …to launch online overseas
- UK: Next first-half profits rise 8.2%
- UK: Primark
- …plans launch of giant store
- …to end online trial
- …to open pop-up onesie shop
- UK: River Island profits up
- UK: Ted Baker sees sales surge
- UK: Topshop
- …plans international expansion
- …to collaborate with Kate Moss
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Home Bargains to open new stores
- UK: Poundland sees profit and sales jump
- UK: Wilkinson restructures management
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Home Retail Group releases second quarter data
- UK: Marks & Spencer launches design studio
- UK: Marks & Spencer suffers setbacks
- Department stores
- Austria: Rene Benko takes stake in Karstadt
- Ireland: Brown Thomas to launch online
- Spain: El Corte Inglés offers Click & Car service
- UK: Bhs launches new TV ad campaign
- UK: Debenhams
- …200th anniversary collection
- …gains market share in online sales
- UK: Harrods preparing for store overhaul
- UK: House of Fraser
- …looking towards Flotation
- …records flat EBITDA
- UK: John Lewis
- …sees sales and profits rise
- …to hire 2,000 Christmas temps
- …labels electricity costs
- …launches loyalty scheme
- UK: OFT accuses retailers of price fixing bras
- DIY retailing
- Germany: Hornbach interested in Praktiker and Max Bahr locations
- UK: Kingfisher
- …directors leave Hornbach
- …sees profits fall 1.4%
- UK: Topps Tiles expects rise in profits
- Electrical retailing
- France: Darty
- …begins installing click and collect lockers
- …sales fall in its first quarter
- France: Dixons confirms sale of Pixmania
- France: Fnac expands loyalty programme in partnership with American Express
- Ireland: Carphone Warehouse and Harvey Norman in partnership
- UK: Carphone Warehouse invests in sales process
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright sees chief executive exit
- Furniture retailing
- Belgium: Ikea opens stores in Belgium
- UK: DFS
- …considers £1 billion flotation
- …flotation dismissed
- UK: Ikea
- …to sell solar panels
- …Gillian Drakeford aiming to double market share
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunelm
- …reports jump in pre-tax profits
- …sees like-for-likes fall
- …to launch first TV advert
- UK: Lakeland
- …plans to launch in India and the Far East
- …sees profits fall after heavy investment
- Home shopping
- Europe: Amazon plans logistics centres for Eastern Europe
- France: Vente-privee launches mobile application
- Poland: Amazon to open Polish distribution centres
- UK: Amazon
- …opens “fulfilment centres”
- …to launch set-top box
- UK: Ao.com launches same day delivery
- UK: Asda launches online delivery deal
- UK: Asos
- …director James Hart resigns
- …hires former Amazon director
- …to beat profit forecasts
- UK: Boden sees profits rise
- UK: Findel’s first-half sales up
- UK: EBay sellers to offer collection at Argos
- UK: JML to launch TV shopping channel
- UK: Mobile devices account for all online sales growth
- UK: N Brown Group records sales growth
- UK: Ocado sees surge in third quarter sales
- UK: Photobox full-year EBITDA jumps 19%
- UK: Shop Direct hires first customer director
- UK: The Hut
- …prepares for £350 million listing
- …records profit growth
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: Alliance Boots management reshuffle
- UK: The Perfume Shop offers 90-minute delivery
- Books and stationery retailing
- France: French move to protect independent bookstores from online sellers
- UK: The Works sees profits decline
- UK: WHSmith reveals profits above expectations
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: JD Sports sees profits soar
- UK: Reebok opens first UK store
- UK: Sports Direct
- …announces record breaking year
- …Dave Forsey sells shares
- UK: Sweaty Betty sees web sales climb
- Garden centres
- UK: Louis Delhaize sells garden centres
- Opticians
- UK: Vision Express acquires 20:20 Optical Store
- Toys and games retailing
- France: Toys ’R’ Us opens its first store in central Paris
- UK: Hobbycraft sees sales rise following investment
- Shopping centres
- UK: Croydon Village Outlet closes due to overwhelming crowds
- Economy
- UK: August footfall drops 0.9%
- UK: Government to introduce plastic bag charge
- UK: Net store closures fall 78%
- UK: Retailers to launch mobile payment in 2014
- UK: September sees weak UK retail sales
- UK: Strong sales growth continues
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