Table of Contents
Analyst’s Comment
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- Old brands reborn
- The residual value
- Woolworths
- High street and internet
Headlines for March
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- Food retailers
- Clothing and footwear
- DIY
- Electricals
- Household goods
- Miscellaneous
- Home shopping
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Retail sales trends
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- Figure 1: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Early indications for February
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- Figure 2: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, 2007/09
- Figure 3: John Lewis: Year on year growth, H2 2008/09
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 4: RPI vs Wage rate growth, 2007-09
- Inflation has begun to fall back
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- Figure 5: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index for selected product groups, Nov 2007-Jan 2009
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Furniture, Carpets and DIY
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- Sales trends
- Attitudes
- Housing
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- Figure 6: UK house prices, 2001-09
- Figure 7: Housing transactions, 2005-08
- Furniture
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- Figure 8: Furniture retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
- Figure 9: Furniture retailers relative to all retail sales, 1999-2008
- Carpets
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- Figure 10: Carpet retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
- Figure 11: Carpet retailers relative to all retail sales, 1999-2008
- DIY
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- Figure 12: DIY retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
- Figure 13: DIY retailers relative to all retail sales, 1999-2008
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 14: Indices of retail prices for product categories (household goods), Jan 2004-Jan 2009
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 15: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories, 2003-08 (Q3)
- Leading retailers
- Furniture retailers
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- Figure 16: Furniture retailers’ sales relative to spending on furniture, 2003-08
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- Figure 17: Furniture retailers – Leading specialists, 2007/08
- Carpets
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- Figure 18: Carpet retailers’ sales relative to spending on carpets, 2003-28
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- Figure 19: Carpet retailers – Leading specialists, 2007/08
- DIY
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- Figure 20: DIY retailers – Leading specialists, 2007/08
Executive Appointments
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- Asda appoints new COO
- BRC appoints new chairman
- Flying Brands chief executive leaves
- La Senza chief leaves
- New Look appoints Gemas as new COO
- Somerfield CEO steps down
Advertising News
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- New campaigns
- Co-op to launch campaign to extol brand virtues
- M&S £2 meal drive
- Waitrose in social network push
- Account gains and losses
- Jaeger hires Red
Advertising Expenditure
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- Figure 21: Total advertising expenditure, by all advertisers (£m), Dec 2004-Dec 2008
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- Figure 22: Total advertising expenditure, by all retail advertisers (£m), Dec 2004-Dec 2008
- Use of media
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- Figure 23: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), Dec 2007-Dec 2008
- Figure 24: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), Dec 2007-Dec 2008
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 25: Top 25 retail advertisers, Nov-Dec 2008
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The Month in UK Retailing
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- Bakers (retail)
- Thorntons H1 profits plummet 39%
- Grocers
- Asda
- …posts impressive FY results
- …removes underperforming brands from stores
- …reports February sales boost
- Morrisons wades into supermarket price war
- Sainsbury's purchases Co-op stores
- Tesco
- …launches new format
- …wins appeal over ruling to curb expansion
- …and Asda ramp up pressure in price war
- Waitrose wades into supermarket price war
- Off-licences
- Majestic Wine acquires Lay & Wheeler
- Clothing retailing
- Adams saved by former owner
- Arcadia and Bhs to merge
- Bhs plans outlined by Green
- Blooming Marvellous saved by investors
- Elvi put into administration
- Laura Ashley reports results, issues profit warning
- UK: Mosaic
- … poised for pre-pack administration
- … fashion chain Principles is shutting its gates
- … in brands deal with Aurora Fashions
- Aurora seeks rent reduction
- Mulberry reveals stronger-than-expected Holiday sales
- Primark reports LFLs increase
- TJX posts better-than-expected Q4 profit
- Topshop US plans outlined by Green
- Footwear retailing
- Dune poised to acquire Shoe Studio
- Stylo
- …warns that 5,400 jobs are at risk
- …to slip into administration
- …chairman plans to buy back stores
- Mixed goods retailing
- WH Smith signs deal with BAA
- Multi-sector retailing
- M&S
- …chairman reiterates Chinese expansion despite errors
- …puts pressure on suppliers
- Department stores
- House of Fraser mulls Beatties disposal
- John Lewis pledges to create 1,000 jobs in 2009
- DIY retailing
- Travis Perkins sees FY profits plunge
- Electrical retailing
- Carphone Warehouse to slash 400 jobs
- Best Buy delays UK launch until 2010
- DSGi announces new store plan
- Music and video goods retailing
- Zavvi
- …to become Head following purchase
- …to live on online
- Furniture retailing
- Habitat reveals £13m FY loss
- Smallbone launches strategic review, suspends shares
- Homewares retailing
- Dunelm reports flat half-year profits
- Home shopping
- Asos launches kidswear business
- Findel reports 3% sales drop
- Shop Direct flourishes on rivals' demise
- Health and beauty retailing
- Body Shop FY profits dive
- Books and stationery retailing
- Clinton Cards in talks to renegotiate debt
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Blacks Leisure receives approaches
- JJB
- …confirms health club offers
- …looks to place lifestyle division in administration
- Sports Direct posts 12% sales boost
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