Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Too much space
- Out-of-town
- Homewares
- Woolworths
- A deeper malaise
- A problem that will not go away
The Month in UK Retailing
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- Co-ops (Retail)
- Co-op drops Homestores
- Convenience stores
- Members delay Nisa/Costcutter merger
- Grocers
- Aldi offers American food range
- Tesco
- …sees growth continues in Q1
- …and expands computer offering
- Asda
- …sees George Home beat expectations
- …as it battles with strike action
- …as staff vote in favour
- …and considers bussing in workers
- Sainsbury’s
- …receives World Cup boost
- …and is launching men only zones
- Spar plans international expansion
- Waitrose launches ugly fruit range
- Off-licences
- Another Majestic year
- Clothing retailing
- Adams goes online
- Arcadia hit by disabled access legal action
- Austin Reed reveals positive trading
- Peacocks set for expansion
- Mosaic buys Rubicon for £353m
- Mulberry continues to shine
- New Look
- …squeezes suppliers ahead of results
- …is ahead despite tough UK
- …but holds off on internet sales
- Officers Club furthers expansion
- Multi-sector retailing
- M&S to launch upmarket furnishings range
- Woolworths continues to struggle
- Department stores
- Beales H1 profits almost double
- House of Fraser
- …Baugur confirms talks
- …HoF informally approves offer
- …but like-for-likes fall
- John Lewis boosted by TV sales
- DIY retailing
- Wickes rolls out installation service
- Furniture retailing
- MFI receives bids for retail arm
- Ikea begins charging for bags
- Homewares retailing
- GHCL acquires Rosebys for $40m
- Home shopping
- M and M direct posts full-year sales rise
- Empire Direct increases bricks & mortar presence
- Findel buys Letterbox
- Ideal buys Superstore TV
- Health and beauty retailing
- OFT accepts Boots undertakings
- Boots reveals cost of merger
- United Co-op acquires pharmacy group
- Book and stationery retailing
- Ottakar’s
- …gets higher HMV bid
- …and accepts it
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Lifestyle sees turnover, gross profits rise
- Sports World owner buys Original Shoe
- Jewellers
- US ensures first quarter success for Signet
- Theo Fennell shines over full year
- Miscellaneous specialists
- Halfords profits from in-car accessories
Executive Appointments
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- Management shake-up for Boots
- Tesco
- …secures electrical executive
- …and appoints new book buyer
- John Lewis ends finance director search
- Morrisons
- …sees Meakins drop off shortlist
- …and appoints new chief executive
- Charlton joins Austin Reed as new FD
- Baugur shows MK One chief the door
- Laura Ashley appoints finance director
- Wyevale rings in management changes
- Bhs appoint to re-establish image
- Firetrap appoint UK sales head
- Joseph appoint director
- Jessops appoints commercial director
- Marketing manager appointed at Ikea UK
- M&S appoint Vodafone director
- New Look reshape management team
- Thorntons appoint chairman
- Waterstone's cover with Adar
- Sainsbury’s appoint impulse unit head
- Oddbins appoints MD
Product Development – Fruit and Vegetables
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- Marks & Spencer
- Morrisons
- Sainsbury’s
- Somerfield
- Tesco
- Waitrose
Advertising News
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- New campaigns
- Ann Summers parodies 1966 and all that
- Madonna set to replace Kate Moss
- Tesco boosts labelling system
- Frangelico sampled in Waitrose
- Sainsbury's backs “Active Kids”
- Lloyds launches charity sun cream campaign
- Sainsbury's shouts out for consumers recipes
- Account gains/losses
- Gap gets Naked
- Arcadia looks for DM card taskmaster
- Waitrose gives MG OMD ad account
- Spar shifts strategy away from TV ads
- Mamas & Papas searches for ad agency
- IKEA seeks CRM agency
- Ocado reviews ad account
- Littlewoods reviews creative account
- Co-op Group appoints Mercer for pension scheme
- Foot Locker hires Frank PR
- Topps Tiles to offer TradePro card payment
- ELC looks to reposition
- Mosaic seeking advertising agency
- Craik Jones to handle Arcadia credit card DM task
- WDMP takes Habitat integrated brief
- French Connection breaks Beattie bond
- Thresher Group appoint for marketing
- BDH\TBWA repitching for Morrisons
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), Apr 2002-Apr 2006
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), Apr 2002-Apr 2006
- Use of media
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- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), Apr 2005 and Apr 2006
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), Apr 2005 and Apr 2006
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), Mar 2006-Apr 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 6: Retail sales trends: May 2005-May 2006
- Figure 7: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, Apr 2005-Apr 2006
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- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, Apr 2005-Apr 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 9: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: May 2005-May 2006
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: May 2005-May 2006
- Retail Prices Index
- Consumer Prices Index
- British Retail Consortium: Shop Price Index
Sector Analysis – Electricals
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- Sales trends
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- Figure 11: Electrical specialist retailers, sales trends, 1998-2006 Q1
- Figure 12: Electrical retailers as % of all retail sales: 1998-2005
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 13: Indices of retail prices for product categories, 2000-06 (Jan 1987=100)
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 14: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 1998-2005
- Electrical retailers: latest trends
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- Figure 15: Electrical retailers, 2005
Sector News Review: Electrical Retailing
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- January
- Kesa stutters at Christmas
- DSG
- …pilots Dixons Warehouse
- …and sees good Christmas, worse half-year
- February
- DSG International
- …drops Dixons XL
- …but looks to pick up Dabs.com
- Powerhouse
- …pulls out of Scotland
- …and announces CVA to drop shops
- March
- PC World ends individual commission
- Kesa
- …rebuffs prospective offer
- …and sees full-year profit fall
- April
- DSG
- …moves Dixons brand online
- …and snaps up Pixmania
- Jessops updates trading, announces Hine’s departure
- 3 in major store expansion
- May
- BT buys Dabs
- DSG posts second-half surge
- Kesa
- …boosted by World Cup sales
- …and receives improved bid
- June
- Jessops appoints commercial director
- Tesco expands computer offering
- DSG
- …to slash management jobs at Currys
- …considers Link sell-off
- …sees profit fall and confirms The Link sale
Sector Advertising Review – Electricals
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 16: Total advertising expenditure by electrical retailers, April 2002-April 2006
- Use of media
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- Figure 17: Use of media by electrical retailers and all retailers (%), April 2005 and April 2006
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- Figure 18: Use of media by electrical retailers and all retailers (£m), April 2005 and April 2006
- Top ten electrical retail advertisers
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- Figure 19: Top ten electrical retailers by adspend, April 2005 and April 2006
- Retailer focus
- PC World
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- Figure 20: PC World, media use by adspend and as share of total, April 2005-April 2006
- Figure 21: PC World, top brands by adspend, April 2006
- Currys
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- Figure 22: Currys, media use by adspend and as share of total, April 2005-April 2006
- Figure 23: Currys, top five brands by adspend, April 2006
- Comet
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- Figure 24: Comet, media use by adspend and as share of total, April 2005-April 2006
- Figure 25: Comet, top five brands by adspend, April 2006
- Dixons
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- Figure 26: Dixons, media use by adspend and as share of total, April 2005-April 2006
- Figure 27: Dixons, top five brands by adspend, April 2006
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
Report Focus: Garden Products Retailing
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- British weather hasn’t been kind to the garden products market
- Consumers: who, where and why
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- Figure 28: All retail sales and consumer expenditure on garden products, at current prices, 2000-06
- Figure 29: All retail sales and consumer expenditure on garden products, at constant 2000 prices, 2000-06
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 30: Total expenditure on garden products, 2000/01-2004/05
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- Figure 31: Estimated household expenditure on garden products, at current and constant 2001 prices, 2001-06
- Further breakdown and analysis of sales
- Profiles of garden product retailers
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- Figure 32: Leading garden product retailers, by number of outlets, 2002-06
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- Figure 33: Leading garden product retailers, by average turnover per outlet, 2004
- Wyevale
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- Figure 34: Wyevale, financial performance, 2001-05
- Dobbies
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- Figure 35: Dobbies Garden Centres plc, financial performance, 2001-05
- Klondyke Garden Centres
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- Figure 36: Klondyke Group Ltd, financial performance, 2001-04
- Notcutts
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- Figure 37: Notcutts Ltd, financial performance, 2000-04
- Hillier Nurseries
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- Figure 38: Hillier Nurseries Group Ltd, financial performance, 2001-05
- Squire’s
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- Figure 39: DJ Squire &Co Ltd, financial performance, 2001-05
- Industry Views
- Impact of the British weather on sales
- Initiative to beat the weather impact
- How to attract the next generation into gardening
- Strike a pose
- Forecast
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- Figure 40: Forecast of the UK market for garden products, by value, 2006-11
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- Figure 41: Indexed development of garden products, 2006-11
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