Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Let’s look further out
- Developing consumers
- Food retailing
- Fashion retailing
- The Internet
- Ageing population
- What does it mean?
- In five years time
- The consumer of 2013
- Cautious optimism
The Month in UK Retailing
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- Grocers
- Asda's 2p sausage offer prompts Morrisons' price-slashing spree
- Morrisons
- …considers acquiring Co-op’s Somerfield stores
- …reports Q1 sales up 8.6%, LFLs up 7%
- Sainsbury's CEO calls for better government anti-obesity regulations
- Tesco's group sales rise 13.7% in Q1
- Clothing retailing
- New Alexon chief to start in June
- Ann Summers takes it down a notch
- Burberry posts 23% FY profit rise
- Fat Face signs for eight new stores
- French Connection 's Q1 LFLs "broadly flat"
- Laura Ashley posts 7.6% drop in 17-week LFLs
- MK One:
- …goes into administration
- …bought by Brafman
- Moss Bros:
- …has £40m offer withdrawn by Baugur
- …subject of stake increase by Laura Ashley
- …in talks with Berwin&Berwin
- Primark prepares to take on Europe
- Ted Baker reports 8.4% rise in sales
- TJX opens 5 HomeSense stores in UK
- Footwear retailing
- Stylo reports £7.8m FY pre-tax loss
- JJB Sports buys Qube Footwear for £1
- Mixed goods retailing
- Mothercare posts strong FY sales and profit growth
- Woolworths to grab slice of Indian toy market
- Multi-sector retailing
- Boots
- …opts to re-invest options
- …HQ moves from UK to Switzerland
- …FY profits up 20.1%
- …to receive investment from Pessina and KKR
- M&S
- …FY profits reach £1bn
- …chief: Government "in denial" about downturn
- …lowers target for Rose to secure bonus
- …to open Olympian store in East London
- Department stores
- Debenhams to expand in Russia and India
- House of Fraser implements data synchronisation service
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher reports LFL drop but profit rise in Q1
- Focus to downsize 40 outlets in turnaround plan
- Topps Tiles sees H1 profits decline 16%
- Carpet retailing
- Bill Gates invests in Carpetright
- Furniture retailing
- Land of Leather asks KPMG to renegotiate banking facilities
- ScS Upholstery's credit insurer withdraws supplier coverage
- Book and stationery retailing
- WH Smith posts 2% drop in Q1 LFLs
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- OFT scolds Sports Direct over purported store closures
- JJB posts 5.3% drop in Q1 LFLs
- JD Sports posts LFL rise
- Jewellers
- Signet posts 24% fall in Q1 profits
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- Halfords reports 8% rise in FY profit
Executive Appointments
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- New Alexon chief to start in June
- New DSGi COO to join only part-time
- Focus finance director resigns
- FrostFrench MD and design head resign
- Habitat CEO resigns
- Hugo Boss names new chief
- Moss Bros close to appointing new chairman
- Net-a-Porter appoints new CEO
- Otto UK's CEO steps down following strategic review
- Sainsbury's Tu poaches George at Asda's buying director
Product Development – Desserts
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- Asda
- Product description
- Product description
- Iceland
- Product description
- Product description
- Marks & Spencer
- Product description
- Product description
- Morrisons
- Product description
- Sainsbury’s
- Product description
- Tesco
- Product description
- Waitrose
- Product description
Advertising News
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- New campaigns
- Ann Summers to launch viral push
- Asda launches viral push for recycling campaign
- Boots to sponsor NatMag's beauty event
- Sainsbury's promotes seasonal food
- Spar to launch its biggest ad campaign
- Waitrose to roll out "perfect picnic" campaign
- Account gains/losses
- Redwood wins Homebase's in-store magazine
- House of Fraser puts review on hold
- Peacocks appoints Equator to raise brand profile
- Thorntons seeks new agency for £3.3m account
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), Mar 2004-Mar 2008
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), Mar 2004-Mar 2008
- Use of media
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- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), Mar 2007-Mar 2008
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), Mar 2007-Mar 2008
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), Feb 2008-Mar 2008
- Food
- Furniture
- DIY
- Optical retailers
- 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, Apr 2007-Apr 2008
- Figure 7: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, Apr 2007-Apr 2008
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- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, Apr 2007-Apr 2008
- Significant features of April’s ONS statistics
- Confederation of British Industry
- British retail consortium
- Retail price inflation trends
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- Figure 9: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups, Apr 2007-Apr 2008
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups, Apr 2007-Apr 2008
- 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, 1998-2008 Q1
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- Figure 12: Electrical retailers as % of all retail sales, 1999-2008
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 13: Indices of retail prices for product categories, 2000-08
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 14: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 1998-2007
- Electrical retailers: latest trends
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- Figure 15: UK: Leading electical retailers, 2007
Sector News Review: Electrical Retailing
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- January
- Carphone Warehouse LFLs up 1.0% in Q3
- DSGi
- …issues profit warning
- …then ditches analogue TVs
- Jessops LFLs inch ahead
- Kesa LFLs up 1.7% over Christmas
- February
- DSGi
- …to conduct strategic review
- …as UK offices raided in Intel inquiry
- Kesa sells BUT for £410m
- March
- Fnac to arrive in the UK?
- April
- Kesa predicts tough trading after FY results
- DSGi issues second profit warning
- May
- DSGi could close 200 outlets, cuts dividend
- June
- DSGi to close stores in strategic move
Sector Advertising Review – Electricals
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 16: Total advertising expenditure by electrical retailers, Mar 2004-Mar 2008
- Use of media
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- Figure 17: Use of media by electrical retailers and all retailers (£), Mar 2007-Mar 2008
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- Figure 18: Use of media by electrical retailer and all retailers (%), Mar 2007-Mar 2008
- Top 10 electrical retail advertisers
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- Figure 19: Top ten electrical retailers by adspend, Mar 2007 and Mar 2008
- Retailer focus
- PC World
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- Figure 20: PC World, media use by adspend and as share of total, Mar 2007-Mar 2008
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- Figure 21: PC World, top brands by adspend, Mar 2008
- Currys
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- Figure 22: Currys, media use by adspend and as share of total, Mar 2007-Mar 2008
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- Figure 23: Currys, top brands by adspend, Mar 2008
- Comet
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- Figure 24: Comet, media use by adspend and as share of total, Mar 2007-Mar 2008
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- Figure 25: Comet, top brands by adspend, Mar 2008
- Richer
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- Figure 26: Richer, media use by adspend and as share of total, Mar 2007-Mar 2008
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- Figure 27: Richer, top brands by adspend, Mar 2008
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
Report Focus: Sports Goods Retailing
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- Market worth £5.6 billion
- Where consumers shop
- What they think and do
- Tough times for Sports Direct
- Profits drop at JJB Sports and Blacks Leisure
- Fashionable John David Group
- Market prospects good after consumer slowdown
- Consumers: where, how much, what they think
- Trends in sports goods retailing
- Internet gains ground
- JJB Sports maintains a huge lead
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- Figure 28: Outlets used for buying clothing, footwear or equipment for sports or outdoor activities in the last 12 months, March 2008
- Demographic findings
- JJB has a wide age spread
- JD Sports is JJB's biggest high street rival
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- Figure 29: Outlets used for buying clothing, footwear or equipment for sports or outdoor activities in the last 12 months, by most popular other outlets used, March 2008
- Figure 30: Outlets used for buying clothing, footwear or equipment for sports or outdoor activities in the last 12 months, by next most popular other outlets used, March 2008
- JJB in strong position
- JD suffers from disloyalty
- Clothing stores need differentiation
- How much?
- Men under 45 are the big spenders
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- Figure 31: Spending on sports clothing, footwear or equipment in the past 12 months, March 2008
- Internet capitalising on high spenders
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- Figure 32: Outlets used for buying clothing, footwear or equipment for sports or outdoor activities in the last 12 months, by spending on sports clothing, footwear or equipment in the past 12 months, March 2008
- What they think?
- Key points
- Attitudes towards shopping
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- Figure 33: Attitudes towards shopping for sports clothing, footwear and equipment, March 2008
- Profiles of leading retailers
- JJB Sports
- Strategic evaluation
- Shopper research profile
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 34: JJB Sports, financial performance, 2003-08
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 35: JJB Sports, store numbers and retail space, 2003-08
- Retail offering
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- E-commerce and home shopping
- John David Group
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Shopper research profile
- Financial performance
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- Figure 36: John David Group, financial performance, 2003-08
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 37: John David Group, store numbers and retail space, 2002-08
- Retail offering
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- E-commerce and home shopping
- Sports Direct International
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Shopper research profile
- Financial performance
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- Figure 38: Sports Direct International, financial performance, 2003-08
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 39: Sports World International, store numbers and retail space, 2003-08
- Retail offering
- Operational issues
- Advertising and Marketing
- E-commerce and home shopping
- Industry Insights
- The state of the market and current trading
- What do you expect for the rest of 2008 and 2009?
- Top performing brands
- The Internet: increasingly powerful in sports goods
- The future
- The sports clothing market
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- Figure 40: UK consumer expenditure on sports clothing, at current and constant 2003 prices, excluding VAT
- Sports footwear
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- Figure 41: UK consumer expenditure on sports footwear, at current and constant 2003 prices, excluding VAT
- Squeeze on spending
- Ageing population
- Technological Innovation
- Participation in sport and healthy living
- Sports and fashion
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