Table of Contents
Analyst’s Comment
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- Russia – Still full of opportunities?
- Interest in Russia remains strong
- Recent worries
- Strong track record
- Not for the faint-hearted
Headlines of the Month
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- Grocers
- Multi-sector retailing
- Clothing retailing
- Mixed goods retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical stores
Retail Sales Review
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- France
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- Figure 1: France: Retail sales trends, Nov 2007-Oct 2008
- Inflation
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- Figure 2: France: Inflation, 2008
- Germany
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- Figure 3: Germany: Retail sales trends, Nov 2007-Nov 2008
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Germany: Inflation, 2007-08
- Italy
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- Figure 5: Italy: Retail sales trends, Oct 2007-Oct 2008
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Italy: Inflation, 2008
- Netherlands
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- Figure 7: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, Nov 2007-Nov 2008
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2008
- Spain
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- Figure 9: Spain: Retail sales trends, Nov 2007-Nov 2008
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Spain: Inflation, 2008
- UK
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- Figure 11: Retail sales trends, Nov 2007-Nov 2008
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: UK: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index for selected product groups, Nov 2007-Dec 2008
Sector Focus – European Department Stores
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- Tough retail conditions
- Sector underperforms
- Leading retailers
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- Figure 13: Europe: Top 15 leading department store retailers, 2007
The Month in Retailing
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- Co-ops (retail)
- Ireland: Musgrave in talks over Somerfield stores
- UK: Somerfield posts strong FY results
- Grocers
- France: Auchan invests €20m in Romanian venture
- France: Carrefour
- …set for Bulgaria assault
- …issues profit warning
- …opens first Market store in Milan
- France: Casino
- …launches Cdiscount in the UK
- …and Galeries Lafayette embark on partnership in Monoprix
- Germany: Edeka to create 8,000 jobs
- Germany: Rewe launches first Selgros in Russia
- Netherlands: Schuitema FY sales drop 3.5%
- Russian Federation: Kopeika receives government loan
- Russian Federation: X5
- …signs pharmacy deal
- …buys regional rival for £9m
- Slovenia: Mercator
- …up for sale
- …predicts 2008 profit drop
- Spain: Eroski opens 19 new stores
- UK: Asda
- …initiates supermarket price war
- …enjoys Christmas sales boost
- UK: Lidl to open 50 new stores
- UK: Sainsbury's boasts "best ever Christmas performance"
- UK: Tesco
- …earns £308m from sale and leaseback deal
- …to launch 200 new Discounter range products
- Clothing retailing
- France: Morgan falls into administration
- Sweden: H&M suffers drop in LFLs
- UK: Adams goes into administration
- UK: Alexon reveals LFL drop
- UK: Laura Ashley suffers LFL sales slump
- UK: Mosaic
- …to enter talks to secure funding
- …issues profit warning
- UK: New Look experiences festive sales joy
- UK: Officers Club saved by chief executive
- UK: Peacocks LFLs soar 22% in two weeks
- UK: Viyella slips into administration
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Argos reins in expansion plans
- UK: Poundland
- …to open 35 more stores
- …reports strong Christmas sales
- Multi-sector retailing
- Germany: METRO Group to retain Polish Real chain
- UK: Marks & Spencer
- …lays off 1,000 people
- …LFLs plummet 7.1%
- UK: Next suffers sales drop
- Department stores
- Finland: Stockmann sees sales rise 36%
- Germany: Arcandor
- …reveals €745.7m FY loss
- …postpones new German, Russian store openings
- …jettisons insurance arm stake
- UK: Debenhams reports robust Christmas trading
- UK: House of Fraser sales up 4.5% over Christmas period
- UK: John Lewis
- …sees weekly sales increase
- …boasts sales boost in Christmas spending
- …sees sales surge
- DIY retailing
- Germany: Hornbach reports nine-month sales boost
- Germany: Praktiker misses 2008 sales target
- UK: Kingfisher calls for new rent payment structure
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Kesa sees profits plummet 71.2%
- US: Best Buy
- …suffers drop in LFLs
- …struggles in Q3
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: Zavvi closes 22 stores and cuts 178 jobs
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Allied Carpets put up for sale
- UK: Carpetright
- …profit slumps 67.6%
- …eyes rivals
- UK: United Carpets reports H1 results
- Furniture retailing
- France: Conforama announces store closures, job cuts
- UK: Habitat to venture into Russia and the Middle East
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Strategic Retail places subsidiaries in administration
- Home shopping
- UK: M and M Direct sees festive sales surge 31%
- UK: Ocado reports strong Christmas results
- UK: Shop Direct Group posts 9% sales increase
- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: Rossmann sales jump 21.5%
- US: Walgreens reports Q1 profit drop
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Blacks Leisure sees sales decline
- UK: JJB Sports
- …closes five Qube stores
- …appoints Jones as executive chairman
- UK: JD Sports enjoys fruitful Christmas
- UK: Sports Direct
- …posts H1 profit boost
- …owner to halt strategic stakebuilding
- Garden centres
- UK: Hunter to lose Wyevale stake to HBOS
- Mass merchandisers
- US: Wal-Mart
- …registers Russian subsidiary
- …launches D&S takeover bid
- Toy retailing
- US: Toys 'R' Us records Q3 loss
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