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Analyst Comment – The impact of Covid-19 on European Footwear retailing
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- Limiting time in-store could present new opportunities
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- Figure 1: Decathlon’s ‘scan & go’ service, 2020
- Using technology to enhance service
- Providing a feeling of shopping in-store from home
- Brands experiment with new store formats
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- Figure 2: Dr Martens pop-up at German department store Breuninger, Stuttgart, 2020
- Casualisation: a threat to formal and occasion driven footwear?
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 3: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2019-21
- Figure 4: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2019-21
- Inflation
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- Figure 5: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2019-21
- Figure 6: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2019-21
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- Germany: Lidl launches new mobile payment in loyalty app
- Italy: Action opens in Italy
- Spain: L'Occitane en Provence tests refill station in Spain and Germany
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical retailing
- Online
- Health and beauty retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op
- ...scraps plastic ‘bags for life’
- ...price matches own-label plant-based range against meat equivalent items
- Grocers
- Belgium: Delhaize temporarily changes name to highlight local products
- France: Carrefour
- ...group sales up 2.2% driven by growth in Latin America and Asia
- ...signs deal with Coop Nordics bringing private labels to Scandinavia
- France: Casino
- ...and Intermarché sign five-year strategic partnership
- ...reports weak quarterly performance
- France: Cora expands partnership with Kiabi
- France: Naturalia acquires stores from organic brands SALEJ/Bio & Sens
- Germany: Edeka sales increase 9.5% thanks to COVID-19
- Germany: Kaufland confirms launch date of new market place
- Germany: Rewe
- ...launches bike deliveries for grocery orders
- ...reveals new Pick & Go format
- ...sales grow 20% thanks to successful integration of Lekkerland Group
- Italy: Despar sees turnover grow 8.4% bolstered by new store openings
- Italy: MD to open 47 supermarkets this year as net profit grows 56%
- Spain: DIA net sales fall 7.3% due to closure of 400 stores
- Spain: Mercadona sales grow 5.5% to €26.9 billion
- Sweden: Axfood store sales up 2.4%
- Sweden: ICA sales grow 2.6% in Q1
- UK: Aldi trials package-free refill stations
- UK: Asda
- ...owners agree to sell petrol stations to get approval from the CMA
- ...launches first sustainability report
- ...puts 1,200 roles into consultation
- ...George at Asda to sell second-hand clothing
- ...EG Group acquires Leon for £100m
- UK: Lidl launches COVID-19 antigen tests in store
- UK: Morrisons has brought back its refillable container service
- UK: Sainsbury’s sees £261 million loss as COVID costs have been ‘high’
- UK: Tesco
- ...‘well-placed to build on momentum’ as group sales grow 7%
- ...Yours Clothing set to open shop-in-shops in Tesco
- Other food and drink specialists
- UK: Cake Box eyes 52 new stores openings
- UK: Hotel Chocolate increases full-year sales forecast following strong Easter and Mother’s Day
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Clothing retailing
- UK: Anya Hindmarch to reveals plans for new physical retail concept The Village
- UK: Aspinal of London expects to return to profitability thanks to CVA
- UK: French Connection
- ...and Thrift+ team up
- ...sales drop 40% due to store closures
- UK: Hobbs posts drop in profits as impact of pandemic hit
- UK: Mango launches 3D-printed accessories range
- UK: Monsoon set to roll out new ‘renaissance’ store concept
- UK: Moss Bros launches subscription service for renting formalwear
- UK: Mulberry reveals new sustainability manifesto
- UK: Next
- ...ups profit guidance by £20 million
- ...opens Homebase shop-in-shops
- UK: Primark revenues drop 40% due to store closures
- UK: Quiz sales down 66% amid prolonged periods of store closures
- UK: Superdry sees revenue fall 21% due to COVID-19 disruptions
- UK: The White Company sees turnover grow 4% boosted by strong online sales
- UK: Topshop's flagship on Oxford Street valued at £420 million
- UK: Zara launches a new range of beauty products
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- Multi-sector retailing
- Germany: Globus Group closes first half-year with €3.92 billion
- Poland: Pepco Group is set to launch IPO in Poland
- UK: Poundland launches chilled & frozen sections to a further 46 stores
- UK: The Original Factory Shop unveils plans for 50 new stores
- Department stores
- France: Le Printemps to close four stores
- UK: Debenhams
- ...reveals locations of 52 store closures
- ...to close all stores by May 15
- UK: Frasers Group reveals first Frasers store
- UK: Harrods
- ...reveals second H Beauty hall in Milton Keynes
- ...reveal completed food hall with new Chocolate Hall
- UK: House of Fraser store in Victoria to permanently shut
- UK: John Lewis reveals own-brand label AnyDay
- UK: Selfridges
- ...teams up with SoulCycle to open first Outside Studio
- ...debuts new rental service
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- UK: Toolstation drive Q1 sales for Travis Perkins
- Electrical retailing
- Ireland: Carphone Warehouse to permanently close all stores in Republic of Ireland
- UK: Dixons Carphone to close travel business
- Furniture retailing
- UK: IKEA reveals overhauled AR App that lets customers design entire rooms
- UK: Jysk unveils plans to open five new stores in UK at end of the year
- Homewares retailing
- UK: ProCook ready for international expansion as sales grow 35%
News Analysis – Online
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- Germany: About You set to go public
- Germany: Jokr expands internationally
- Germany: Zalando increases sales and profit outlook following strong growth in Q1
- Netherlands: Coolblue grows sales 34% as it targets IPO
- UK: Amazon reveal third Amazon Fresh store in White City
- UK: AO World sees sales grow 88% for UK
- UK: Asos and DPD team up to launch textile recycling scheme
- UK: Bloom & Wild acquires Dutch Bloomon as part of its European expansion push
- UK: Boohoo sees profits grow 35% despite ‘Covid-19 cost headwinds’
- UK: Feelunique sales grows 26% to £103.5 million
- UK: Gousto sales up 129% thanks to more online grocery shopping
- UK: In The Style maintains ‘strong momentum’ as turnover increases 130%
- UK: Naked Wines sales up 68% driven by strong performance in the US
- UK: Sosandar revenues up 63%
- UK: Studio Retail Group increases profit outlook
- UK: The Hut Group
- ...buys healthy snack business in £43 million deal
- ...teams up with Zip to offer shoppers ‘buy now, pay later’ option
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: dm-drogerie opens 100th COVID-19 rapid test centre
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: WHSmith to open 100 travel stores worldwide
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: JD Sports
- ...to open Dublin warehouse to tackle Brexit trading problems
- ...acquires clothing retailer Oi Polloi
- Jewellers
- UK: Pandora to stop selling mined diamonds
- Shopping centres
- UK: Hammerson to sell seven retail parks to Canadian firm
- UK: Westfield
- ...celebrates small businesses
- ...to launch immersive shopping experience Situ Live
- ...owner sees turnover drop 30%
- Economy
- UK: BRC sees 8.3% increase in total retail sales for March
- UK: Retail sales up 9.3% in March
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