Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Jewellery
- Volume vs value
- Name and shame
- Commodities
- Not just the retailers
- But there is hope
- The market has changed – the jewellers haven’t
The Month in UK Retailing
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- Grocers
- Asda
- …to fund price cuts through less packaging
- Kwik Save
- …shuts 79 stores
- …re-opens 20 stores
- …then axes 22 stores
- Musgrave to offload Budgens stores
- Sainsbury's
- …closes entertainment website
- …as Qataris up their stake
- …ahead of possible bid
- …as Q1 sales surge ahead
- Supermarket price wars are back
- Tesco
- …denies empty shelves claims
- …agrees £155m Dobbies deal
- …looks set to battle Hunter
- …then takes stock on potential Dobbies battle
- …before it heats up
- …launches book club
- …and continues to impress in Q1
- Off-licences
- Majestic toasts another successful year
- Threshers sold at cut price
- Clothing retailing
- Baugur completes Mosaic takeover
- Gap set to close unprofitable UK stores
- Mixed goods retailing
- Woolworths LFLs slip
- Multi-sector retailing
- Alliance Boots
- …board lambasted for backing KKR takeover
- …as it plans GP surgeries expansion
- …and adds mini-gyms
- Home Retail reports “strong start” to year
- Department stores
- Beales suffers H1 profit, sales slide
- Baugur takes stake in Debenhams
- DIY retailing
- Focus buyer looks to Wickes' saviours
- Kingfisher Q1 sales boosted by warm weather
- Music and video goods retailing
- Fopp stock-take causes concern
- Carpet retailing
- Lord Harris mulls Carpetright bid
- Health and beauty retailing
- Superdrug gets £46 million facelift
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Blacks chief quits
- JJB
- …sees sales slip without World Cup boost
- …and launches strategic review
- …as FSA considers examining share sale by founder
- Sports Direct
- …chairman quits in frustration
- …takes 5% stake in Amer
- …and looks to oust Blacks board
- Jewellers
- Signet Q1 profits slip
- Theo Fennell shines across FY
- Garden centres
- Dobbies
- …bought for £155m by Tesco
- … before Hunter ups stake
- …while Tesco regroups
- …before battle heats up
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- Halfords FY sales race ahead
- Jessops eyed by private equity bidder
- Pets at Home could be floated or sold in 2008
Executive Appointments
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- Americana hires former M&S exec
- Baugur promotes Johannesson
- Blacks chief quits
- Bravo leaves Burberry
- DSG
- …reveals CEO to step down
- …then appoints Tesco director as new CEO
- …before poaching Comet director
- Focus buyer looks to Wickes' saviours
- Harvey Nichols appoint men's formalwear buying head
- Lawton quits Bhs for New Look
- New ad manager for Spar
- Majestic appoints managing director
- Mosaic offers deputy CEO to Inditex MD
- Quiksilver sales director quits
- Shepherdson joins People Tree
- Sports Direct chairman quits in frustration
- Thorntons appoints former Tesco director
- TJ Hughes CEO outlines plans to revitalise retailer
- WH Smith brand director to head marketing team
Product Development – Dairy
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- Aldi
- Marks & Spencer
- Sainsbury’s
- Somerfield
Advertising News
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- New campaigns
- Apple, H&M in UK Facebook tie
- Asda
- …demands milk ad transparency
- …as Whitehouse replaces Wood on shopfloor
- Baby Spice to front Mamas & Papas
- Fortnum & Mason begins first ever ad campaign
- Sainsbury's pushes British provenance
- Tesco launches LocalChoice ad
- Woolworths casts Vader in Worthit! spot
- Account gains/losses
- Blacks Outdoor Leisure search for agency
- HMV appoints agency for social network
- MindShare gets TK Maxx account
- New Look begins media review
- QS seeks direct agency
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), April 2003-April 2007
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), April 2003-April 2007
- Use of media
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- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), April 2003-April 2007
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), April 2003-April 2007
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), March 2007-April 2007
- Furniture
- Food
- DIY
- Department stores
- 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 2006-May 2007
- Figure 7: Non-seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, May 2006-May 2007
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- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, May 2006-May 2007
- Significant features of the latest ONS statistics
- Confederation of British Industry
- British Retail Consortium/KPMG
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- Figure 9: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups, May 2006-May 2007
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups, May 2006-May 2007
- 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
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- Figure 12: Electrical retailers as % of all retail sales, 1997-2006
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 13: Indices of retail prices for product categories, 2000-07 (Jan 1987=100)
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 14: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 1998-2006
- Electrical retailers: Latest trends
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- Figure 15: Electrical retailers’ sales, 2003-06
- Figure 16: Electrical retailers’ operating profits, 2003-06
Sector News Review: Electrical Retailing
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- January
- Electrical retailing
- Kesa powers ahead
- DSG posts strong UK results
- February
- Electrical retailing
- DSG CEO warns of fewer high street shops
- March
- Electrical retailing
- Kesa Electrical’s full-year results show growth
- April
- Electrical retailing
- Kesa rules out UK Darty box
- May
- Electrical retailing
- Kesa Q1 LFLs boosted by flat screen sales
- Italian troubles hit DSG
- June
- Electrical retailing
- DSG
- …reveals CEO to step down
- …then appoints Tesco director as new CEO
- …before poaching Comet director
- …as FY profits hit by overseas problems
- Kesa CEO quits
Sector Advertising Review – Electricals
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 17: Total advertising expenditure by electrical retailers, April 2003-April 2007
- Use of media
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- Figure 18: Use of media by electrical retailers and all retailers (%), April 2006 and April 2007
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- Figure 19: Use of media by electrical retailers and all retailers (£m), April 2006 and April 2007
- Top ten electrical retail advertisers
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- Figure 20: Top ten electrical retailers by adspend, April 2006 and April 2007
- Retailer focus
- Currys
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- Figure 21: Currys, media use by adspend and as share of total, April 2006-April 2007
- Figure 22: Currys, top brands by adspend, April 2007
- Comet
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- Figure 23: Comet, media use by adspend and as share of total, April 2006-April 2007
- Figure 24: Comet, top brands by adspend, April 2007
- PC World
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- Figure 25: PC World, media use by adspend and as share of total, April 2006-April 2007
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- Figure 26: PC World, top brands by adspend, April 2007
- Richer Sounds
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- Figure 27: Richer Sounds, media use by adspend and as share of total, April 2006-April 2007
- Figure 28: Richer Sounds, top brands by adspend, April 2007
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
Report Focus: Wine Retailing
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- Wine market growth slowing
- Brits are discount drinkers
- The great Australian Wine Lake
- What’s happening with price
- Riding the wave of a strong economic climate
- It’s a lifestyle thing
- Responsible drinking
- They may drink more, but they don’t know more
- The potential for growth
- Not confused but possibly blinkered
- Its all in the name regardless of origin
- Quality a problem for major players
- Virtual drinking on the increase
- The ethical consumer
- Consumers: who, where and why
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- Figure 29: All sales at food stores, non-specialised food stores and alcoholic drink stores, 2000-06
- Market for alcoholic drink
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- Figure 30: UK volume sales of alcoholic drinks, by type, 2001-06
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- Figure 31: UK value sales of alcoholic drinks, by type, 2001-06
- On and off-trade sales of wine
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- Figure 32: Consumer expenditure on still wine*, on- and off-trade, 2002-07
- How much wine do we buy?
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- Figure 33: Number of bottles of wine bought a month, March 2007
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- Figure 34: Number of bottles of wine bought a month, March 2007
- Where do consumers shop for wine?
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- Figure 35: Trends in primary store at which wine is purchased, March 2000, April 2002, May 2005 and March 2007
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- Figure 36: Primary and secondary shopping for wine, March 2007
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- Figure 37: Market positioning of outlets used for buying wine, by average age and affluence, March 2007
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- Figure 38: Outlets used for purchasing wine, by gender, age and socio-economic group, March 2007
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- Figure 39: Consumers buying wine from where they buy their groceries, by supermarket used, March 2007
- Figure 40: Outlets used for purchasing wine, by gender, age and socio-economic group, March 2007
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- Figure 41: Number of bottles of wine bought a month, by outlets used for purchasing wine, March 2007
- Number of outlets used for wine buying
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- Figure 42: Number of outlets used for buying wine, by outlets used for buying wine, March 2007
- Profiles of leading wine retailers
- Thresher Group
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- Figure 43: Thresher Group, financial performance, 2002-06
- Bargain Booze
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- Figure 44: Bargain Booze Ltd, financial performance, 2001-05
- Majestic Wine Warehouses
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- Figure 45: Majestic Wine, financial performance, 2002-06
- Oddbins
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- Figure 46: Oddbins, financial performance, 2002-05
- Wine Cellar
- Attitudes towards wine
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- Figure 47: Wine-buying behaviour and attitudes towards wine buying, March 2007
- Price and quality
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- Figure 48: Wine-buying behaviour and attitudes towards wine buying – price and quality, by gender, age and socio-economic group, March 2007
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- Figure 49: Wine-buying behaviour and attitudes towards wine buying – price and quality, by outlets used for wine buying, March 2007
- Experimentation and branding
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- Figure 50: Wine-buying behaviour and attitudes towards wine buying – experimentation and branding, by gender, age and socio-economic group, March 2007
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- Figure 51: Wine-buying behaviour and attitudes towards wine buying – Experimentation and branding, by outlets used for wine buying, March 2007
- Buying habits by volume of wine purchased
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- Figure 52: Wine-buying behaviour and attitudes towards wine buying – Experimentation and branding, by number of bottles of wine bought a month, March 2007
- What does the future hold for wine retailing?
- Wine expenditure in off-trade
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- Figure 53: Market size and forecast of still wine in the off-trade*, 2002-12
- Market trends
- The future
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