Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Green? Who cares
- 1990s
- 2000s
- A media event
The Month in UK Retailing
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- Bakers (retail)
- Thorntons profits on the rise
- Co-ops (retail)
- Co-op
- …launches ethical consultation
- …and sells struggling Shoefayre to rival
- …as it reveals that food business was strong in H1
- Grocers
- Asda
- …appoints former M&S director to run George
- …as boss disagrees with Tesco's green policies
- Morrisons' profits jump in H1
- Sainsbury's
- …opens books to Delta Two
- …before Delta Two enters talks with Sainsbury's trustees
- Supermarkets accused of milking customers by OFT
- Tesco
- …to launch Express in Hungary and Czech Republic
- …as CC makes provisional ruling against Slough acquisition
- …as Tesco plans to double Homeplus stores
- …and pay farmers more for milk
- …before launching car insurance comparison site
- …and sustainable consumption institute
- Waitrose to invest £800m in new stores
- Clothing retailing
- Alexon reports jump in H1 profits
- Fat Face sees jump in profits
- French Connection loss narrows in H1
- Primark and Mothercare investigate sweatshop allegations
- Footwear retailing
- Stylo narrows loss in H1
- Third of Qube stores to convert into Office
- Co-op sells struggling Shoefayre to rival
- Mixed goods retailing
- Woolworths
- …LFLs edge ahead in H1
- …as Commission clears Woolworths-Bertram merger
- Multi-sector retailing
- Alexon reports jump in H1 profits
- HMV reports promising start to financial year
- Mixed Q2 results for Home Retail
- Next profit up, LFLs down in H1
- Department stores
- Debenhams predicts 5% drop in LFLs
- John Lewis
- …ramps up online offer
- …as H1 profits jump 51%
- Strong FY figures for Selfridges
- Electrical retailing
- Kesa sees profits fall in H1
- DSG reports sales growth in first quarter
- Home shopping
- Findel acquires Choices UK wholesale arm
- Health & beauty retailing
- Body Shop founder dies
- Book and stationery retailing
- Borders' UK stores sold to private equity firm
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Solid H1 performance for JD Group
- JJB issues profit warning
- Sports Direct
- …sees trading remain 'difficult'
- …and acquires Nevisport
- Jewellers
- Signet profit inches in H1
- Garden centres
- Hunter ups ante in garden centre battle
- Toys and games retailing
- Game Group back into the black in H1
Executive Appointments
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- Allkins to leave Beales
- Ann Summers head of marketing quits
- Asda appoints former M&S director to run George
- Asos appoints marketing director
- Game appoints Axon
- Jessops' finance chief quits
- Littlewoods to shed staff
- Morgan appoints managing director
- Morrisons appoints marketing chief
- Sainsbury's loses head of corporate affairs
- Tesco
- …sees Robinson quit Direct
- …and appoints IT chief as operations director
- Threshers appoints new chief
Product Development – Meals and meal centres
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- Asda
- Marks & Spencer
- Morrisons
- Sainsbury’s
- Somerfield
- Waitrose
Advertising News
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- New Campaigns
- B&Q to launch Colours campaign
- Banderas to be star of M&S
- Borg and McEnroe star in Tesco queue ad
- Burton links up for store-card promotion
- Comet nationwide computer care and repair campaign
- D&A TV campaign to raise awareness of personal advice service
- Debenhams to launch ad assault
- Greggs unveils online activity
- HMV.com email campaign
- Ian Wright latest Asda signing
- JJB launches holiday competition
- Kidd axed by M&S
- M&S showcases new advert
- MFI sponsors Hell's Kitchen show
- New Look press campaign
- PC World to offer free online security
- QS links with Gala Bingo
- QS rebrands into Store21
- Ruby Stewart to front Asda lingerie ads
- River Island promotion with Look
- Somerfield launches local grocer campaign
- Spar launches press campaign
- Staples launches back-to-school campaign
- Sweaty Betty looks to increase online retail
- Take That new faces of M&S
- Tesco Direct signs McCutcheon
- Tesco named as green partner of LFW
- Tube bans Ann Summers ads
- Waitrose backs farmers with new campaign
- Account gains/losses
- Carphone Warehouse tasks Kitcatt Nohr with DM
- Thorntons appoints Shop
- Magnet hires MediaVest Manchester
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), July 2003-July 2007
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), July 2003-July 2007
- Use of media
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- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), July 2006-July 2007
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), July 2006-July 2007
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), June 2007-July 2007
- Food
- Furniture
- Optical Retailers
- 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: Aug 2006-Aug 2007
- Figure 7: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, Aug 2006-Aug 2007
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- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, Aug 2006-Aug 2007
- 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: Aug 2006-Aug 2007
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: Aug 2006-Aug 2007
- 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, 1997-2007Q2
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- Figure 12: DIY and furniture retailers as % of all retail sales: 1997-2007(e)
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 13: Indices of retail prices for product categories, Jan 2001-Jun 2007 (Jan 1987=100)
- Sales by sub-sector
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- Figure 14: Household goods retailers: Breakdown of sales by sub-sector, 1999-2007(e)
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 15: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 1999-20067Q1
- Household goods retailers: latest trends
- DIY retailers
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- Figure 16: Outlet numbers operated, by leading hardware/DIY retailers, 2003-06
- B&Q
- Homebase
- Focus
- Topps Tiles
- Wickes
- Furniture retailers
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- Figure 17: Outlet numbers operated, by leading furniture, homewares and floorcoverings retailers, 2003-06
- Homestyle
- Carpetright
- MFI
- Dreams
- Land of Leather
- ScS
- ILVA
- Ikea
Sector News Review: Household Goods Retailing
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- April
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher FY profits fall 11%
- Topps Tiles H1 sales rebound
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright struggles in H2
- Furniture retailing
- Land of Leather H1 sales up 22%
- ScS records like-for-likes fall
- May
- DIY retailing
- US DIY giant set to save Focus?
- Home Retail reports mixed FY results
- Wickes LFLs storm ahead
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright grabs smaller rival
- Furniture retailing
- Land of Leather Q3 LFLs fall
- ScS H1 profits slump
- June
- DIY retailing
- Focus buyer looks to Wickes' saviours
- Home Retail reports “strong start” to year
- Kingfisher Q1 sales boosted by warm weather
- Carpet retailing
- Lord Harris mulls Carpetright bid
- July
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher announces push in Russia
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright FY LFLs slip
- Furniture retailing
- Ikea to axe 300 managerial jobs
- ILVA lost £11.5m prior to UK launch
- Homewares retailing
- Dunelm reports strong FY
- August
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher sales hurt by UK rainfall
- Wickes H1 LFLs surge ahead
- Carpet retailing
- Solid start to the year for Carpetright
- Furniture retailing
- Strong H1 for Dreams
- Land of Leather increases FY LFLs
- ScS LFLs still down
- September
- DIY retailing
- Mixed Q2 results for Home Retail
- Kingfisher
- …posts strong H1
- …as B&Q small stores review signals U-turn
- …before Kingfisher announces B&Q revamp
- Furniture retailing
- Land of Leather increases FY profit
- Steinhoff reveals Harveys, Cargo results
- Ikea reports strong FY sales growth
- Homewares retailing
- Dunelm FY profit up 7.8%
Sector Advertising Review – Household Goods
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 18: Total advertising expenditure by household goods retailers, July 2003-July 2007
- Use of media
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- Figure 19: Use of media by household goods retailers and all retailers (%), July 2003-July 2007
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- Figure 20: Use of media by household goods retailers and all retailers (£), July 2003-July 2007
- Top ten household goods retail advertisers
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- Figure 21: Top ten household goods retailers by adspend, July 2006-July 2007
- Retailer focus
- DFS
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- Figure 22: DFS, media use by adspend and as share of total, July 2006-July 2007
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- Figure 23: DFS, top brands by adspend, July 2007
- MFI
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- Figure 24: MFI, media use by adspend and as share of total, July 2006-July 2007
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- Figure 25: MFI, top brands by adspend, July 2007
- B&Q
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- Figure 26: B&Q, media use by adspend and as share of total, July 2006-July 2007
- Figure 27: B&Q, top brands by adspend, July 2007
- Homebase
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- Figure 28: Homebase, media use by adspend and as share of total, July 2006-July 2007
- Figure 29: Homebase, top brands by adspend, July 2007
- Nielsen Media Research/ Definitions
Report Focus: Photographic Retailing
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- Camera market now dominated by digital
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- Figure 30: UK consumer expenditure on photographic and optical equipment, 2002-07
- Figure 31: UK consumer expenditure on photographic and optical equipment, 2002-07
- Demand driven by new product development
- DSLRs are highly prized
- Single-use becoming redundant
- Camera phones not yet the main camera
- Very challenging conditions for retail
- Distribution patterns swing to generalists
- Film sales nosedive
- Kiosks for the future
- Online also growing
- Home photo printing has grown
- Many choose not to print photos
- Internet sharing of photos increases among youth
- Three main consumer types
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- Figure 32: Main consumer typologies, June 2007
- Main cameras used are digital now
- Spending on photographic and optical equipment
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- Figure 33: UK consumer expenditure on photographic and optical equipment, 2002-07
- Digital now dominates
- Total market volumes begin to slide
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- Figure 34: Annual UK retail sales of cameras, by volume and value, 2002-07
- Whirlwind changes in digital market
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- Figure 35: UK retail sales of digital cameras, 2002-07
- DSLRs at higher prices
- Film cameras become history
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- Figure 36: Annual UK retail sales of film cameras, 2002-07
- Single-use falling away
- …compacts are so much cheaper
- …because mobile phone cameras are handy
- ...but innovative marketing is shoring up volumes
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- Figure 37: The annual UK market for single-use cameras, 2002-07
- Film market also slumps
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- Figure 38: The UK market for film, 2002-07
- Camcorders similar to digital cameras
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- Figure 39: Annual UK market for camcorders and video cameras, 2002-07
- Consumers: who, where and why
- Digital dominates cameras used
- A third snap with their mobiles
- Film is still significant
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- Figure 40: Types of cameras used, June 2007
- Half the population use digital
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- Figure 41: Users of digital and analogue cameras, June 2007
- Film compacts have an older profile
- Digital SLR users catch up with film
- DSLR users are younger
- Digital compacts used by the masses
- Camera phones popular with youth
- Death knell for compacts?
- Disposables used most by 16-24s
- Non-users older and poorer
- Digital videos appeal to family age groups
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- Figure 42: Cameras used, by gender, age and socio-economic group, June 2007
- Age and affluence key factors
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- Figure 43: CHAID analysis of camera users, June 2007
- Where they buy cameras
- Currys shares top slot with Argos
- Larger and wider audience
- Scope for developing niches
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- Figure 44: Outlets used for buying cameras in the last three years, 2003-07
- Currys and Argos for the masses
- Jessops attracts well-heeled shoppers
- Internet shoppers under 45 and affluent
- Youth favour mobile phones
- Non-buyers are older
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- Figure 45: Where consumers buy cameras, by gender, age and socio-economic group, June 2007
- Figure 46: Where consumers buy cameras, by gender, age and socio-economic group, June 2007
- More outlets used for cameras
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- Figure 47: Where consumers buy cameras, by gender, age and socio-economic group, June 2007
- Where photo processing is done
- Home prints are popular
- 9% use digital storage
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- Figure 48: Where film/digital processing/printing is done, 2005 and 2007
- Where film/digital photo processing is done
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- Figure 49: Where film/digital processing/printing is done, June 2007
- 35-44s favour home printing
- Boots attracts better-off 16-34s
- Youngsters opt for supermarkets
- Upscale choose not to print
- Ds use ‘other chemists’
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- Figure 50: Where film/digital processing/printing is done, by gender, age and socio-economic group, June 2007
- Other sources of digital and film processing
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- Figure 51: Where film/digital processing/printing is done, by gender, age and socio-economic group, June 2007
- Where the camera users process photos
- Film users favour Boots, specialists and photo processors
- Film SLR users process digital photos at home
- Digital camera users opt for home prints
- Digital camcorder users favour supermarkets and home
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- Figure 52: Outlets used for processing photos, by type of camera used, June 2007
- Figure 53: Type of camera used, by outlet used for processing photos, June 2007
- Profiles of leading Photographic Retailers
- Specialists
- Jessops
- Financial performance
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- Figure 54: Jessops UK, group financial performance, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 55: Breakdown of Jessops stores, by type of location, November 2006
- Figure 56: Jessops, outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
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- Figure 57: Jessops Plc, breakdown of turnover, 2004-06
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- Other camera specialists
- Industry Insights
- Overview of photo retailing
- The state of independents
- Rise of the general retailers
- Explosion in Internet sales
- Internet as an information source
- Many types of online retailers
- Fashion will be a key driver
- Retailers need to look more modern
- Overview of photo processing
- What will youth demand from photos?
- The future
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- Figure 58: UK consumer expenditure on photographic and optical equipment, 2007-12
- Outlook
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