Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Greener than thou
- Initiatives
- Not just hype
- Growing consumer interest
- Moving from hype to reality
- The way forward
The Month in UK Retailing
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- Bakers (retail)
- Thorntons sees profits fall
- Co-ops (retail)
- Co-op replaces 'divi' to entice customers
- Convenience stores
- OFT may investigate Nisa/Costcutter
- Grocers
- Asda
- …announces ‘green’ conference
- …looks to premium shoppers
- …and signs up Flintoffs
- Sainsbury's
- …aims to close in on Tesco
- …announces ‘green’ packaging move
- …and will sponsor Yahoo! Answers
- Lidl offers cut-price air fares
- Tesco
- …launches Tesco Direct, upmarket clothing line
- …trials TV channel
- …bows to crisp makers' demand
- …and sees new furniture catalogue delayed
- Morrison back in the black
- Clothing retailing
- Topshop
- …cleared for US launch
- …and announces Kate Moss design deal
- Austin Reed
- …rejects offer
- …and returns to profit
- Jacques Vert, Alexon mull sales
- Fat face reveals fine full year
- French Connection woes continue in first half
- Clothing sales up at Matalan
- Monsoon creates a storm with Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Mosaic heads towards £800m float
- River Island sues Debenhams
- ABF updates Primark trading
- Next
- …to open first Lime store soon
- …and posts turnover, profit rise
- Footwear retailing
- Stylo appoints Spitz
- Multi-sector retailing
- GUS
- …announces Argos credit card with Barclays
- …then renames ARG, updates Argos/Homebase trading
- Woolworths
- …faces break-up plan, buys THE
- …plans portfolio shake-up
- …and sees woes continue
- Laura Ashley reports strong like-for-likes
- M&S to add electrical departments
- Department stores
- Debenhams reveals full-year sales growth
- Baugur seals House of Fraser deal
- John Lewis continues good form
- Liberty suffer further losses
- Electrical retailing
- DSG
- …drops Dixons Warehouse trial
- …launches 'The TechGuys'
- …exits VoIP market
- …and sees sales increase
- Homewares retailing
- Dunelm set to float, reports strong sales
- Home shopping
- Ocado appoint BBC chairman sparking float rumours
- Asos to launch magazine
- Otto UK reports full year sales slump
- Like-for-likes up at Ideal
- Health and beauty retailing
- Boots launches Soap & Glory
- Body Shop goes online
- Book and stationery retailing
- Foyles to open Selfridges concessions
- WH Smith
- …to roll out sandwiches
- …and satisfies demerger conditions
- Jewellers
- Signet
- …abandoned by private equity Bidders
- …but shines on, rejecting Ratner overtures
- …puts Ernest Jones online
- …and receives £350m Ratner offer
- Carmody in at Theo Fennell
- Garden centres
- Permission granted for Dobbies expansion
Executive Appointments
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- Stylo appoints Spitz
- Ocado appoint BBC chairman sparking float rumours
- Carmody in at Theo Fennell
- Waterstone's
- …appoints Jewsbury
- …but suffers staff departures
- Feather & Black MD steps down
- Netto MD quits
- K-Swiss hires new sales, marketing bosses
- HMV CEO joins Fat Face
- Emma Byrne leaves Egg for Boots
- Molton Brown restructures for global team
- Morrisons hires Austin
- Sainsbury's
- …steals Tesco director
- …and hires new head of pensions
- Travis Perkins appoints new Wickes MD
- Lookers appoints White as chairman
- Asda adds Sayer to books team
- Matalan merchandise director exits
- Billing back to HoF
- Aquascutum hires global communications director
Product Development – Dairy
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- Asda
- Marks & Spencer
- Somerfield
- Waitrose
Advertising News
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- New campaigns
- Asda signs up Flintoffs
- Sainsbury’s
- …to keep Oliver locked up
- …and will sponsor Yahoo! Answers
- Monsoon creates a storm with Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Argos links with local post offices
- Debenhams unveils Xmas ad campaign
- Hooper Galton creates campaign for Howick
- Carphone Warehouse
- …adds directory enquiries
- …and targets school return
- Bhs introduces Coffee Lounge
- Harvey Nichols launches brand campaign
- Boots to seek best boudoir
- M&S launch famous five executions
- Superdrug
- …targets yummy mummies
- …and begins to run Saturday price war
- Tesco
- …to launch sport scheme website
- …and begins direct mail promotion
- HMV pushes product knowledge
- Oasis plans dual online onslaught
- New Look
- …kicks off nationwide tour
- …and launches shoe campaign
- Czech supermodel new face of John Lewis
- Glamour gets River Island sponsorship
- Matalan ditches Welsh star
- Account gains/losses
- Personal to handle B&Q financial services launch
- Waitrose invites DM pitches
- Select seeks Scottish sites
- SFW to relaunch HoF finance
- JD Sports Fashion Division appoints Pravda
- Space NK appoints Haygarth agency
- Craghoppers plans international expansion
- Otto looks to consolidate media
- MediaCom poised to win Hillarys Blinds account
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), July 2002-July 2006
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), July 2002-July 2006
- Use of media
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- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), July 2005 and July 2006
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), July 2005 and July 2006
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), June 2006-July 2006
- Food
- Furniture
- 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: August 2005-August 2006
- Figure 7: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, August 2005-August 2006
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- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, August 2005-August 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: August 2005-August 2006
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: August 2005-August 2006
- Retail Prices Index
- Consumer Prices Index
- British Retail Consortium: Shop Price Index
Sector Analysis – Household Goods
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- Sales trends
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- Figure 11: DIY and furniture retailers, Sales trends, 1997-2006 Q2
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- Figure 12: DIY and furniture retailers as % of all retail sales: 1997-2005
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 13: Indices of retail prices for product categories, Jan 2001-Jun 2006 (Jan 1987=100)
- Sales by sub-sector
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- Figure 14: Household goods retailers: Breakdown of sales by sub-sector, 1999-2006
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 15: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 1999-2006 Q1
- Household goods retailers: latest trends
- DIY retailers
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- Figure 16: Hardware/DIY retailers’ sales, 2002-05
- Figure 17: Hardware/DIY retailers’ operating profits, 2002-05
- B&Q
- Homebase
- Focus and Wickes
- Furniture retailers
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- Figure 18: Furniture, homewares and furnishing retailers’ sales, 2002-05
- Figure 19: Furniture, homewares and furnishing retailers’ operating profits, 2002-05
- MFI
- Carpetright
- Land of Leather
- IKEA
- Dreams
Sector News Review: Household Goods
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- April
- DIY retailing
- Topps Tiles warns on profit, like-for-likes
- Furniture retailing
- Land of leather reveals full-year sales rise
- ScS up despite Easter effect
- Inditex plans UK furniture launch
- May
- DIY retailing
- Like-for-like sales, profits down at Kingfisher
- Furniture retailing
- DFS reflects on strong year
- Profits up 18% at Land of Leather
- MFI receives interest in retail arm
- ScS posts 10% profit rise
- June
- DIY retailing
- Wickes rolls out installation service
- Furniture retailing
- MFI receives bids for retail arm
- Ikea begins charging for bags
- July
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher
- …plans B&Q facelift
- …and sells stores
- Topps like-for-likes flat in third quarter
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright sees profits fall 11%
- Sales continue to suffer at Floors 2 Go
- Furniture retailing
- MFI posts loss amid disposal talks
- August
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher report mixed results
- Wickes
- …sees retail suffer
- …as Bird flies the nest
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright sales hit by heatwave
- Furniture retailing
- Land of Leather continues good run
- MFI
- …close to sale
- …to MEP
- September
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher
- …sees UK performance hit results
- …announces B&Q Warehouse revamp
- …and launches Hire a Handyman service
- Travis Perkins appoints new Wickes MD
- Carpet retailing
- Woes continue at Floors 2 Go
- Furniture retailing
- Losses continue for Homestyle
- MFI sells struggling furniture chain for a pound
Sector Advertising Review – Household Goods
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 20: Total advertising expenditure by household goods retailers, July 2002-July 2006
- Use of media
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- Figure 21: Use of media by household goods retailers and all retailers (%), July 2005 and July 2006
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- Figure 22: Use of media by household goods retailers and all retailers (£), July 2005 and July 2006
- Top ten food retail advertisers
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- Figure 23: Top ten household goods retailers by adspend, July 2005 and July 2006
- Retailer focus
- DFS
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- Figure 24: DFS, media use by adspend and as share of total, July 2005-July 2006
- Figure 25: DFS, top brands by adspend, July 2006
- B&Q
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- Figure 7: B&Q, media use by adspend and as share of total, July 2005-July 2006
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- Figure 26: B&Q, top brands by adspend, July 2006
- Homebase
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- Figure 27: Homebase, media use by adspend and as share of total, July 2005-July 2006
- Figure 28: Homebase, top brands by adspend, July 2006
- MFI
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- Figure 29: MFI, media use by adspend and as share of total, July 2005-July 2006
- Figure 30: MFI, top brands by adspend, July 2006
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
Report Focus: Computer and Video Game Retailing
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- Consumers: who, where and why
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- Figure 31: Sales of video game hardware/software and PC game software, 2001-11
- Unspectacular growth in recent years
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- Figure 32: Sales of video game hardware/software and PC game software, 2002-06
- Hand-held formats thriving
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- Figure 33: Sales of console hardware and console and PC game software, 2001-05
- Online gaming increasingly popular
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- Figure 34: Top 10 games by subscriber numbers, June 2006
- Consumer expenditure
- Software sales growth stalls
- The price has to be right
- Wide range key to success
- Pros and cons of bundles
- Profiles of leading computer & video game retailers
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- Figure 35: Shops and websites used for purchasing video game consoles or video or computer game software in the last 12 months, July 2006
- Figure 36: Stores used to purchase video game consoles or game software in last 12 months, by region, presence of children, income, media usage, mobile phone provider and preferred supermarket, July 2006
- The Game Group plc
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- Figure 37: The Game Group plc, financial performance, 2001-06
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- Figure 38: The Game Group plc, UK financial performance, 2001-06
- Games Station Ltd
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- Figure 39: Games Station Ltd, financial performance, 2001-05
- HMV Group plc
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- Figure 40: HMV Group Plc, financial performance, 2001-06
- Figure 41: HMV, financial performance, 2001-06
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- Figure 42: HMV UK & Ireland, financial performance, 2001-06
- Virgin Retail Ltd
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- Figure 43: Virgin Retail Ltd, financial performance, 2001-05
- Amazon.co.uk
- Gameplay
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- Figure 44: Gameplay, financial performance, 2001-05
- DSG International plc
- Argos
- Asda
- Industry Views
- Huge impact of next generation consoles anticipated
- Pricing issues – stores versus online
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- Figure 45: Online and in-store price comparison, by retailer, June 2006*
- Online gaming an important feature of new consoles
- Structural dynamics – the Tesco effect
- What does the future hold for gaming retailing?
- Next generation consoles hold the key
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- Figure 46: Forecast sales of video game hardware/software and PC game software, 2006-11
- Wii could bring in new customers
- Online, mobile gaming present real threat
- Growth in digital distribution of games software
- Mobile gaming in its infancy but another future threat
- Growth in MMOG and casual gaming a parallel development
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