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European Retail Sales
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- Key points
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- Figure 4: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2019-20
- Figure 5: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2019-20
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2019-20
- Figure 7: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2019-20
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- Belgium: Colruyt Group experiments with vertical farming in Bio-Planet stores
- Belgium: Lidl launches first loyalty app in Belgium
- Germany: Dr Martens revisits its German origins with new pop-up
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Furniture retailing
- Online shopping
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op to expand same-day delivery service to over 650 stores
- Convenience stores
- UK: Costcutter and Nisa to feature refillable household products in LocoSoco tie-up
- UK: Sainsbury’s launches new ‘On the Go’ concept store
- Grocers
- Belgium: Lidl expands electric vehicle charging network from 61 to 100
- France: Leclerc sees sales rise 2.9% thanks to its successful hypermarket formats
- Germany: Kaufland eliminates microplastics from cosmetic and personal care ranges
- Italy: Store opening and strong online sales help boost full year results for Esselunga
- Norway: Spar increases market share in Norway to 7.3%
- Sweden: Axfood increases sales for all of its subsidiaries
- UK: Asda
- …experiments with 3D technology and electronic shelf labels at Stevenage store
- …sales down after ‘mindful’ spending by shoppers at Christmas
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …launches ‘Nectar Prices’ promo for loyal customers
- …pilots Ecover refill stations
- UK: Tesco
- …takes on Aldi as it pledges to price match hundreds of products
- …launches plasters to match different skin tones
- …to adapt large store bakeries to customer demand
- …zero-waste shopping service Loops enters UK with Tesco tie-up
- UK: Waitrose
- …grows online delivery network as it prepares Ocado split
- …pushes for product provenance in latest ad campaign
- …to launch thousands of new and revamped product as it ends deal with Ocado
- Other food specialists
- UK: Holland & Barrett’s clean beauty store in Birmingham offers refill stations and demo sinks
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- UK: Bleak outlook for French Connection amid continued difficult trading conditions in the UK
- UK: Bonmarché sold to Peacocks
- UK: Boux Avenue drafts in advisers
- UK: Burberry autumn/winter 2020 fashion show will be carbon neutral
- UK: Expansion buoys rising sales for lifestyle brand Raging Bull
- UK: House of Holland drafts in administrators as it seeks ‘additional investment’
- UK: Lyle and Scott launches first womenswear collection in over a decade
- UK: New Look cuts quarterly losses under new CEO Nigel Oddy
- UK: Primark
- …sales rise but coronavirus may be a threat
- …shows off latest Wellness Collection in first pop-up launch
- UK: Reiss sales rise thanks to new partnerships and rapid global expansion
- UK: River Island joins fellow retailers H&M and Asos in transparency pledge
- UK: Ted Baker in talks to sell off London headquarters
- UK: UK’s first sock vending machine by SOCKSHOP
- UK: Victoria Secret sells 55% stake to private equity firm
- UK: Warehouse shows off first menswear collection online
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Shoe Zone warns of 100 store closures if business rates are not reformed
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- UK: Poundland
- …to open 60 frozen and chilled ‘shop-in-shops’
- …expands its kidswear range in Pep&Co stores
- Multi-sector retailing
- Netherlands: Blokker to be relaunched under Mega World
- UK: M&S
- …extends click & collect cut-off to help grow its online sales
- …to close two distribution centres risking 662 jobs
- …expands mobile self-scanning and payment option to 44 more stores
- …warns landlords over loss-making stores
- …bra-fitting service goes digital
- …extends refill scheme to Manchester in a bid to tackle plastic waste
- Department stores
- Ireland: Thomas Brown opens flagship in Dublin mixing the ‘physical and digital’ into one
- Switzerland: Central Group to buy stake in Swiss department store
- UK: Beales
- …announces 12 store closures following administration
- …remaining stores poised to close as no buyer emerges
- UK: Animal rights group Peta buys stake in House of Fraser
- UK: John Lewis
- …underperforms and dampens results across the Partnership
- …launches new labelling to own-brand baby and childrenswear
- …to sell its first men’s make-up brand online and in-store
- …unveils first ever TV ad campaign outside Christmas period
- UK: Selfridges open Hurr fashion rental pop-up
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- UK: Topps Tiles warns of sliding profits significantly below expectations
- UK: Travis Perkins posts positive results against challenging market backdrop
- UK: Homebase returns to profits and is set to open smaller formats
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Axminster Carpets secures future
- Furniture retailing
- France: IKEA to open small city centre store in Nice
- UK: Emma Mattress annual sales surge
- UK: Uncertainty around coronavirus impacts DFS full-year guidance
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunhelm expects full-year pre-tax profits to be ‘slightly ahead’ of analyst expectations
- UK: Laura Ashely to ‘consider all appropriate options’ if it cannot secure funds
News Analysis – Online
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- Germany: Zalando welcomes Zign a brand ‘fully dedicated to sustainability’
- Netherlands: Coolblue announces record turnover and further expansion
- UK: Head office redundancies at SecretSales under new owner
- UK: I Saw It First launches wholesale with Just A Group as global agent
- UK: Ocado
- …advises customers to order early as it faces ‘exceptionally high demand’
- …earnings fall as sales surge
- UK: SilkFred rolls out ‘inclusive’ clothing with ‘disability conscious’ brand
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Waterstones sales increase boosted by non-book items
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Netherlands: Decathlon expands bike delivery scheme to more cities
- UK: Outdoor specialist Montane hopes to reach ‘next level of growth’ under new owner
- UK: JD Sports Chairman slams CMA findings
- Jewellers
- UK: Watches of Switzerland expands Knightsbridge showroom in multi-million pound project
- Shopping centres
- UK: Capital and Regional profits drop as they battle ‘retail headwinds’
- UK: Eco market to open in Camden
- UK: Hammerson sells remaining retail parks at a discount
- UK: Intu Lakeside opens ‘first-ever’ store dedicated to online retailers
- UK: Intu Properties postpone financial results after failing to raise new equity
- UK: Strike a pose at Selfie Factory’s fourth store in the Icon Outlet at the O2
- UK: Westfield owner accelerates disposal programme as UK income declines
News Analysis – Economy
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- UK: BRC reports retail sales ‘returning to growth’ in January 2020
- UK: February retail sales inch up 0.1% affected by trio of storms
- UK: ONS January results reveal a 3.7% uplift in all retail sales
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