Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- All change
- Do we need record shops?
- Internet the way forward
- Breaking the iTunes hold on the market
- Impact on the high street
The Month in Retailing
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- Co-ops (Retail)
- Co-op records great half-year
- Convenience stores
- Nisa-Today abandons Costcutter merger
- Grocers
- Asda hires Bendel to revamp image
- Kwik Save buys 45 Somerfield stores
- Mysupermarket.co.uk claims to slash shopping bills
- Sainsbury's
- …forgoes profit to save endangered fish
- …buys five more Somerfield stores
- …as “recovery remains on track”
- Somerfield to undergo overhaul
- Tesco
- …sees supermarket rivals gang up
- …eyes Italy as India decision looms
- …posts £1bn+ profit in first half
- …launches software
- …and promotes sensible Christmas drinking
- Suppliers refuse to give evidence to grocery inquiry
- Clothing retailing
- Alexon
- …sees sales hit by warm weather
- …and scraps Mandolin
- Burberry reveals retail sales rise
- Cortefiel coming to UK
- Dawnay, Day set to raise Austin Reed offer
- Jaeger plans growth, US return
- Matalan
- …sees board recommend Hargreaves’ offer
- …as recovery plans are revealed
- Mk One records 16-month loss
- Monsoon reveals trading difficulties
- Moss Bros
- …reveals interim profit drop
- …as Baugur considers bid
- Mothercare boosted by international sales
- New Look abandons flotation plans
- Ted Baker
- …looks east for expansion
- …as success continues
- Multi-sector retailing
- Alliance Boots upbeat on post-merger trading
- Court confirms JJB, Argos, Littlewoods fines
- HMV updates trading, increases online offer, appoints Rogers
- DIY retailing
- B&Q introduces ‘green’ range
- Topps Tiles posts full-year like-for-like drop
- Wickes reveals expansion plans
- Electrical retailing
- Kesa profits leap 62%
- Carphone loses Vodafone; Orange may follow
- Currys
- …announces online moves
- …and refuses to stock 'Bully'
- NTL set to move into retail
- Furniture retailing
- Ikea reveals online trial date
- Land of Leather profits up
- MFI sells Sofa Workshop
- ScS sees sales rise
- Homewares retailing
- Dunelm lists on stock market
- Home shopping
- Littlewoods looks to shed negative northern image
- Asos records 93% sales increase
- Farepak ceases trading leaving angry customers
- Findel sees flat sales in first half
- N Brown continues form
- Health and beauty retailing
- Body Shop may double worldwide
- Book and stationery retailing
- Clinton Cards show signs of recovery
- WH Smith reports profit rise, sales fall
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- JD sees sales, profits rise
- World Cup boosts JJB sales
- Jewellers
- Theo Fennell sees six-month sales rise
- Garden centres
- Blooms of Bressingham posts successful half
- Toys and games retailing
- Game sees stronger sales reduce losses
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- Halfords sees sales rise
- UK: Jessops
- …sees sales rise
- …and buys MacKinnons of Dyce
Executive Appointments
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- Adams appoints Smith, changes holding company name
- Another new MD for Kwik Save
- Asos poaches Wilkinson from Miss Selfridge
- Bhs marketing director quits
- Davies in at Thorntons
- Game shakes up top management
- Gant appoints Stone as MD
- Harrods appoints marketing director
- Harveys loses Allan
- Magrath appointed commercial director at PC World Stores Group
- Mamas & Papas appoints marketing director
- Ocado appoints head of marketing
- Phones4U appoint group commercial director
- Pidgeon leaves Moss Bros
- Shepherdson quits Topshop
- Smith leaves Arcadia for Mothercare
- Sutherland becomes Superdrug/Savers head
- Topps Tiles finance director quits
- Uniqlo appoints COO
- White in at MK One
Product Development – Desserts and Ice-cream
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- Asda
- Marks & Spencer
- Morrisons
- Sainsbury’s
- Somerfield
- Tesco
- Waitrose
Advertising News
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- New campaigns
- Tesco signs Dunnhumby for in-store advertising
- Debenhams appoints De-Construct
- QVC launches direct marketing drive
- Woolworths Big Red Book TV campaign
- Early Learning Centre teams with Bounty
- Carphone Warehouse in fashion drive
- M&S
- …goes black and white for card
- …and launches kidswear ad
- Sainsbury's to promote sustainable fish
- Waitrose to back British beer
- Morrisons increases marketing
- Warehouse goes maternal
- Habitat unleashes new range promotion
- Ilva launches comprehensive advertising campaign
- Account gains/losses
- The Works appoint Big Communications
- Play.com appoints Target Media
- Boots appoint Grand Union for Boots.com task
- Greggs appoints Propaganda
- Otto in agency hunt for brand launch
- Waitrose hires Kitcatt for direct business
- Next in agency review?
- John Lewis gives MG OMD media account
- Ravel appoints agency In2
- Personal to handle B&Q financial services launch
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), August 2002 – August 2006
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), August 2002-August 2006
- Use of media
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- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), August 2005 and August 2006
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), August 2005 and August 2006
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), July 2006-August 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: September 2005-September 2006
- Figure 7: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, September 2005-September 2006
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- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, September 2005-September 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: September 2005-September 2006
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: September 2005-September 2006
- Retail Prices Index
- Consumer Prices Index
- British Retail Consortium: Shop Price Index
Sector Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- Sales trends
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- Figure 11: Mixed goods retailers, sales trends, 1997-2006 Q1 & Q2
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- Figure 12: Mixed goods retailers as % of all retail sales: 1997-2005
- Figure 13: Food and drink retailers as % of all retail sales: 1997-2005
- Retail price inflation
- NB. While chemist goods are not generally a core product for department and variety stores, the category has been included here as it is relevant to Boots.
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- Figure 14: Indices of retail prices for product categories, Jan 2000 – Jun 2006 (Jan 1987=100)
- Sales by sub-sector
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- Figure 15: Mixed goods retailers, breakdown of sales by sub-sector, 2000-06
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 16: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 2000-06 Q2
- Mixed goods retailers: latest trends
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- Figure 17: Mixed goods retailers’ sales (£m), 2002-05
- Figure 18: Mixed goods retailers’ operating profits (£m), 2002-05
- Argos
- Debenhams
- John Lewis
- Woolworths
- House of Fraser
Sector News Review: Mixed Goods Retailing
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- May
- Mixed goods retailing
- Marks & Spencer
- …tries out new name
- …reports profit surge
- …and is not too proud to diversify
- Boots revamp hits profits
- Department stores
- Debenhams float price at bottom of expectations
- John Lewis NI plans scrapped
- Baugur makes tentative bid for House of Fraser
- June
- Mixed goods 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
- July
- Mixed goods retailing
- Wilkinson posts profit drop
- GUS
- …rejects offers
- …as Argos and Experian see sales rise
- …but Blackstone and KKR join for GUS bid
- Laura Ashley makes progress
- Marks & Spencer sees form continue
- Woolworths
- …set to open Ladybird in UK
- …but suffers like-for-like fall
- August
- Mixed goods retailing
- Instore like-for-like sales up 7.3%
- Woolworths launches delivery service
- GUS expects Experian to raise £800m
- M&S healthy range drives growth
- Department stores
- Debenhams buys nine Roches stores
- Christmas comes early at Harrods
- House of Fraser
- …sees Baugur bid imminent
- …and decides to recommend it
- September
- Mixed
- 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
- October
- Mixed goods retailing
- Smith launches Only2
- Argos goes for smaller stores
- John Lewis launches Greenbee
- M&S to double organics
- Department stores
- Debenhams suffers difficult start to new fiscal year
- Harrods considers Dubai entry
- House of Fraser losses widen
Sector Advertising Review – Mixed Goods
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 19: Total advertising expenditure by mixed goods retailers, August 2002-August 2006
- Use of media
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- Figure 20: Use of media by mixed goods retailers and all retailers (%), August 2005-August 2006
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- Figure 21: Use of media by mixed goods retailers and all retailers (£m), August 2005-August 2006
- Top ten mixed goods retail advertisers
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- Figure 22: Top ten mixed goods retailers by adspend, August 2005-August 2006
- Retailer focus
- Argos
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- Figure 23: Argos, media use by adspend and as share of total, August 2005-August 2006
- Figure 24: Argos, top five brands by adspend, August 2006
- Boots
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- Figure 25: Boots, media use by adspend and as share of total, August 2005-August 2006
- Figure 26: Boots, top five brands by adspend, August 2006
- Woolworths
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- Figure 27: Woolworths, media use by adspend and as share of total, August 2005-August 2006
- Figure 28: Woolworths, top five brands by adspend, August 2006
- Debenhams
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- Figure 29: Debenhams, media use by adspend and as share of total, August 2005-August 2006
- Figure 30: Debenhams, top five brands by adspend, August 2006
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
Report Focus: Toy Retailing
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- Consumers: who, where and why
- Childenswear market twice the size
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- Figure 31: UK consumer expenditure on Toys and childrenswear, at current prices, 2001-05
- Pocket money spending high
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- Figure 32: how pocket money is spent, 7-10s, 2005
- Mobile phones boom
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 35: Spending on toys and games, by type, 2004 and 2005
- Profiles of leading Toy Retailers
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- Figure 36: UK toy retailers, store numbers, 2001-05
- Figure 37: Number of shops toys bought from, by retailer, July 2006
- Toys ‘R’ Us
- Bare facts
- Financial performance
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- Figure 38: Toys `R’ Us: financial performance, 2002-06
- Product mix
- Early Learning Centre (UK)
- Bare facts
- Financial performance
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- Figure 39: Early Learning Centre Ltd: Group financial performance, 2000-05
- Product mix
- The Disney Store Ltd
- Bare facts
- Financial performance
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- Figure 40: The Disney Store Ltd: Group financial performance, 2000-05
- Product mix
- The Entertainer (Amersham) Ltd
- Bare facts
- Financial performance
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- Figure 41: The Entertainer (Amersham) Ltd: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Product mix
- Hamleys of London Ltd
- Bare facts
- Financial performance
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- Figure 42: Hamleys of London Ltd: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Product mix
- Gamleys
- Bare facts
- Financial performance
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- Figure 43: Gamleys Ltd: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Product mix
- Argos
- Bare facts
- Financial performance
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- Figure 44: Argos: Group financial performance, 2001-05
- Product mix
- Tesco
- Bare facts
- Financial performance
- Product mix
- Industry Views
- Impact of toy crazes
- General retailers vs specialists
- Differentiate to survive
- Toys fall in the pecking order
- Price deflation
- Ambience and environment
- Online shopping – opportunity or threat
- What does the future hold for toy retailing?
- Christmas toy sales peak to remain
- Potential for child-orientated marketing with digital TV
- General retailers present real threat
- Difference to dominate
- Growth of e-commerce inevitable
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