Table of Contents
Highlights: December 2006
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- Grocers
- Clothing Retailing
- Multi-Sector Retailing
- Electrical Retailing
- Furniture Retailing
- DIY Retailing
Introduction
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- Bakers (retail)
- UK: Greggs reveals like-for-likes rise, appoints Reynolds
- Co-ops (retail)
- UK: Co-op
- … reveals 'divi' payout details
- … begins merger talks with United Co-op
- Grocers
- UK: Aldi targets aggressive UK growth
- UK: Asda
- … to roll-out pharmacies across UK
- … finds new stores aren't so Essential
- UK: Primark, Asda and Tesco accused of using ‘slave labour’
- UK: Tesco
- … targets 80,000 with discount, promotes Neville-Rolfe
- … plans largest UK supermarket
- … introduces online sale of clothes
- … reports strong Q3 sales
- … gets Makro Malaysia
- … faces PR nightmare over Suffolk strangler suspect
- … increases China stake
- UK: Sainsbury's
- … goes bananas on Fairtrade
- … appoints new non-food head
- Belgium: Colruyt records revenue, profit rise
- Lithuania: CBA sees sales rise
- Netherlands: Ahold reveals sales, income rise
- Poland: Carrefour buys Ahold's Polish stores
- Russian Federation: X5 up on Carrefour talk, reveals expectations
- India: Carrefour
- … deal with Landmark off?
- … discusses new deal in India
- Clothing retailing
- UK: Adams Childrenswear put up for sale
- UK: Austin Reed set for expansion, possibly Germany
- UK: Gap to launch Banana Republic in UK
- UK: Dutton to quit Matalan
- UK: Baugur
- … to buy into Allsaints
- … plans big UK deals and US move
- UK: Mk One to sell 20 stores
- UK: Amazon to run Mothercare's online platform
- UK: Mulberry profits in first half
- UK: Office reports success while USC/D2/Qube slump
- UK: Primark hires two new directors
- UK: Fashion giants lose marketing chiefs
- Germany: Lindex announces Germany exit
- Italy: Benetton appoints CFO as CEO gap persists
- Spain: Inditex continues form with nine-month success
- Sweden: H&M
- … to trial upmarket stores
- … to launch Madonna-designed line
- … to enter Japan
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Alexon to sell Dolcis to mystery buyer
- UK: Kinnaird’s Hamsard 3032 gets Dolcis
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Instore sales fall short in November
- UK: Woolworths sales suffer in recent months
- US: Profits up for Family Dollar
- Mass merchandisers
- US: Costco posts sales, income rise
- India: Wal-Mart gets Bharti deal
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Alliance Boots
- … to host first NHS GP surgery
- … plans online overhaul
- UK: M&S announces extended Xmas hours
- Germany: KarstadtQuelle
- … reveals mail order restructuring
- … appoints new CFO
- Germany: Metro
- … to sell Kaufhalle properties
- … Media Markt enters Russia
- … reveals Russia plans
- Department stores
- UK: Mayfield to succeed Sir Stuart at John Lewis
- UK: Debenhams disappoints with pre-Christmas figures
- UK: Harrods
- … withdraws fake Xmas 'must-have'
- … records excellent year
- UK: HoF card deal in doubt
- UK: Selfridges records full-year success
- DIY retailing
- UK: Kingfisher up in Q3 as B&Q struggles
- UK: Focus schedules talks to avoid insolvency
- UK: GlynWebb shuts 10 of its 22 outlets
- UK: Topps Tiles woes continue
- UK: Travis Perkins updates like-for-likes
- Romania: Mr Bricolage reveals Romania plans
- China: Home Depot buys into China
- US: KKR/Texas Pacific mull Home Depot bid
- Electrical retailing
- US: Circuit City records loss in third quarter
- China: Best Buy opens in China
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright posts first-half profit rise
- UK: Floors 2 Go agrees buyout
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Steinhoff gets Homestyle
- UK: Ikea trials online shopping
- UK: Jysk plans UK entry
- Home shopping
- UK: Asos records profit, sales rise
- UK: Dream Direct losses continue
- UK: Findel sees sales fall, profits rise
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: AS Watson
- … says goodbye to MD
- … Superdrug sees stamp discount success
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Clinton Cards reports like-for-like rise
- UK: Stationery Box sold to Hilco
- UK: HMV updates like-for-likes
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Strikes return at JJB
- UK: Sports World
- … owner mulls sale/flotation
- … owner reveals plans; self
- … buys Streetwise Sports
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Hamleys reneges on discount pledge
- Telecommunications retailing
- UK: The Link moves online
- UK: Carphone reclaims 40% of Vodafone business
Economic News
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- Australian retail sales continue growth
- Chinese retail growth continues in November
- German retail drops again
- Hungary sales up in October
- Polish retail sales up 13% in October
- Japanese retail beats expectations in October
- Russian retail sales up in November
- UK
- … retail sales steady in November, says ONS
- … retail falls again in November, says CBI
- … small rise for retail sales, says BRC
Market Analysis: Food Retailing in Europe
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- The European food, drink and tobacco market
- Germany, Europe’s largest food market
- Norwegians spend more
- Central Europe spends less
- Grocery chains dominate
- Carrefour leads the way in Europe
- European food retail market still fragmented
- Trends and issues
- The European food market
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- Figure 1: Europe: Estimated total spending on food, alcohol and tobacco by country, 2005
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- Figure 2: Europe: Per capita spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, 2005
- Figure 3: Europe: Consumer spending on food, alcohol and tobacco, 2001-05
- Wealth vs. spend on food
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- Figure 4: Europe: GDP per capita compared to food, alcohol and tobacco’s share of all consumer spending
- Markets with growth potential
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- Figure 5: Europe: Growth potential, selected countries
- Food retail sales by country
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- Figure 6: Europe: All food retailers’ sales by country, 2001-06
- Leading European markets
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- Figure 7: Europe: All food retailers sales by country, 2005
- European consumer trends
- How often do they shop?
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- Figure 8: Frequency of major and other grocery shopping, 2006
- Where do they shop?
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- Figure 9: Type of shop used for major and other grocery shopping and level of spending, 2006
- Retail competitor analysis
- Sales performance
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- Figure 10: Europe: Leading food retailers, estimated sales performance, 2001-05
- European market shares
- Market shares 2005
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- Figure 11: Europe: Leading retailers’ share of all food retailers’ sales, 2005
- Market share changes
- The discount retailer
- Hard times for hypermarkets
- Eastern Europe
- The future
- Internationalisation
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Southern Europe
- UK
Company Profile: Edeka Group
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- Figure 12: Edeka Group: Sales as percentage of all food retailers’ sales in Europe, 2001-05
- Figure 13: Edeka Germany: Share of all German food retailers’ sales, 2001-05
- Financial performance
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- Figure 14: Edeka Group: Group financial performance, 2001-05
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- Figure 15: SPAR Handels: Group financial and outlet data, 2001-04
- Store portfolio
- Products
- Pricing
- Advertising and marketing
- E-commerce and home shopping
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