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Analyst Comment – Online Retailing: Opportunities and threats
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- New concepts, new opportunities…
- Harnessing the power of tech
- AR and VR try-on innovations can help lessen the risk of buying online
- Online shopping could help hard-up consumers limit spending
- Returns can threaten further growth
- High delivery fees: a barrier to overcome in online grocery
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- Figure 1: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2019-21
- Figure 2: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2019-21
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- Figure 3: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2019-21
- Figure 4: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2019-21
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- France: Carrefour launches Bon Appétit concept
- Sweden: H&M reveals virtual start-up collection
- France: IKEA launches new concept Décoration
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Online
- Health and beauty retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op rolls out ‘extensive’ recycling scheme in 2,300 stores
- Convenience stores
- UK: Scotland's Go Local scheme secures another £190,000
- Grocers
- Belgium: Colruyt turnover up 3.7%
- France: Carrefour
- ...promotes its Act For Food programme in video game Fortnite
- ...rolls out 400 parcel collection lockers with La Poste
- ...rolls out customer data platform for third-party brands
- ...rolls out Eco-Score online across its entire food offering
- France: Casino extend Deliveroo partnership for another two years
- France: Cora sees turnover fall 5.75%
- France: Leclerc to remove plastic bags from fruit and veg
- Germany: Aldi Süd targets city centres for expansion
- Germany: British start-up Meatless Farm to enter Germany
- Germany: Edeka Südbayern sees like-for like sales grow 14.2% in a year of ‘extremes’
- Germany: Frozen food specialist Geti Wilba acquires Apetito Convenience
- Germany: Rewe
- ...teams up with delivery service Flink
- ...teams up with Vodafone to launch ‘Snack Mobil’
- Italy: Conad sees turnover grow 12.3% as it completes takeover of former Auchan stores
- Italy: Spar opens more neighbourhood stores focusing on local produce and sustainability
- Portugal: Aqui é Fresco sees sales grow 12% despite ‘challenging year’
- Spain: Coviran sales grow 21.5%
- Spain: Eroksi aims for zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
- Spain: Grupo IFA sees turnover grow 21.8% thanks to ‘robust’ retail model
- Spain: Mere pushes ahead with its expansion plan and opens 4 stores in Spain
- Sweden: ICA Gruppen sales up 0.2% in May driven by its convenience format
- UK: Aldi to scrap 1.4 billion pieces of plastic from own-label tea
- UK: Asda
- ...launches one-hour express delivery service after successful pilot
- ...reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 16%
- ...like-for-like sales up 3.5% but operating profit takes a hit due to COVID-19
- ...team up with Unilever for refillable packaging trial
- UK: Morrisons
- ...accepts £6.3bn offer from Majestic Wine owner
- ...rejects takeover offer by US-based private equity firm
- ...brings back glass milk bottles in new trial
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- ...sales up 1.6% driven by Tu clothing
- ...to axe sale of CDs and DVDs
- UK: Tesco
- ...expands Loop service to in-store
- ...expands partnership with one-hour delivery service Whoosh to London
- ...sales up 1% in Q1 as sales moderate in April as restrictions eased up
- Other food and drink specialists
- UK: Cake Box profits grow 12% and emerges from pandemic ‘bigger and better’
- UK: Greggs expects a rebound in sales to boost annual profits
- UK: Holland & Barrett reveal new ‘sustainability-forward’ Coventry store
- UK: Hotel Chocolat buys remaining stake in beauty subsidiary for £4
- UK: Majestic Wines rolls out new shopping platform ‘Shop Local’
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Sweden: Lindex pilots second-hand clothing scheme
- UK: Canada Goose to go fur-free by end of 2022
- UK: Gap to close all its stores in the UK and Ireland
- UK: Jojo Maman Bébé sales ‘severely damaged’ by pandemic
- UK: Joules revenues up 4% boosted by acquisition of Garden Trading
- UK: Mulberry ends lease early and closes its Paris store
- UK: Pantys launches period underwear for transgender community
- UK: Primark sales up 166.6% after stores reopen
- UK: Rental service Rotaro opens first London pop-up
- UK: Ted Baker
- ...postpones full-year results due to COVID-19 impact
- ...losses widen as sales fall 42.2%
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Dr Martens revenue rise 15% ‘significantly driven by ecommerce’
- UK: LK Bennett makes an operating loss of £3 million
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- Multi-sector retailing
- Austria: Pepco Group enters 17th market with 29 stores
- UK: B&M revenues grow 3.1% despite ‘volatile’ quarter
- UK: Halfords
- ...profits to nearly double as people turned to bikes and cars during pandemic
- ...sales up 13% as it rapidly accelerates transformation
- UK: Hema to close all six stores in UK
- UK: M&S
- ...reveals inclusive lingerie campaign Nothing Neutral About It
- ...rolls out bookable group suit fittings
- ...to close 29 bank branches and all existing current accounts
- ...to offer video-based customer service with Go Instore
- ...to sell Clarks children’s footwear online
- UK: Poundland owner sees sales rise 4.4% driven by new store openings
- Department stores
- UK: Harrods
- ...to open three standalone beauty halls
- ...teams up with rental marketplace My Wardrobe HQ for new service
- UK: Harvey Nichols to launch kidswear online and in-store
- UK: John Lewis
- ...extends furniture rental service
- ...to build 10,000 rental homes
- UK: Selfridges
- ...to house plant-based accessory retailer Marici
- ...Pantys expands in Europe with pop-up at Selfridges
- ...opens garden centres at its Birmingham and Manchester sites
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- UK: Screwfix to pilot 30-minute delivery service for DIYers
- UK: Topps Tiles sales up 18.5% as stores reopen
- Electrical retailing
- France: Electrical retailer LDLC turnover grows 46%
- UK: Dixons Carphone
- ...online sales up 114% offsetting store losses
- ...announces exclusive partnership with Vodafone
- Furniture retailing
- UK: DFS reveals sofa orders surge following reopened stores in April
- UK: ScS interim results ‘encouraging’ as revenue grows 14.4%
- UK: Sharps Bedrooms changes owner
News Analysis – Online
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- Belgium: Independent Belgium stores can sell on Zalando
- France: Getir continues European expansion and launches in France
- France: ManoMano secures €300m to fund European expansion
- France: Zalando to invest €300m in France with new warehouse
- Germany: Delivery service Getir expands into Germany
- Germany: Maison365 expands into Germany
- UK: AO.com sees group revenues increase 62% thanks to jump in sales
- UK: Bargain Max set to go ahead with ambitious expansion plan after securing funds
- UK: Boohoo revenue up 32% bolstered by UK
- UK: CMO announces IPO plans
- UK: Debenhams launches first new campaign since takeover by Boohoo
- UK: Deliveroo to create 400 tech jobs as it targets further growth
- UK: ITV to roll out AI-powered ‘Shoppable TV’ during Love Island
- UK: Mattress Online sees sales soar as it invests in bricks-and-mortar stores
- UK: MusicMagpie revenues grow 3.4% after launching on the stock market
- UK: N Brown revenues inch up in Q1 as it announces new ambassadors for JD Williams
- UK: Naked Wines sales grow 68%
- UK: Ocado announces deal with Alcampo after retail revenues jump 20%
- UK: PrettyLittleThing reveals hotel pop-up in Devon
- UK: Studio Retail Group sees revenue grow 33% in ‘transformational year’
- UK: Victorian plumbing goes public with £850m IPO
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Health and beauty retailing
- Netherlands: Rituals revenues grow 3% despite global pandemic
- UK: Boots
- ...rolls out new Online Doctor service
- ...Walgreens Boots Alliance increases Q3 sales by 12.1%
- ...Boots Hearingcare reveals first flagship store
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory revenues down 36.9% due to store closures
- UK: Waterstones revenue down 4.3%
- UK: WHSmith to open 18 new airport stores under its InMotion brand
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Decathlon opens shop-in-shop in collaboration with Tesco
- UK: JD Sports buys 80% stake in Deporvillage
- UK: Sports Direct reveals £10m refurbished London flagship
- Jewellers
- UK: Watches of Switzerland revenue up 13.3% as UK sees ‘robust’ growth
- Shopping centres
- UK: Westfield London
- ...opens new co-working space Venture X
- ...teams up with rental-app By Rotation for physical pop-up
News Analysis - Economy
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- UK: Mandatory mask-wearing to end July 19 in England
- UK: Retail sales in May up 22%
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