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Analyst’s Comment
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- Stealth shopping
- Hiding your wealth, no longer offshore
- Flashing the cash no longer fashionable?
- Removing the guilt factor
Headlines of the Month
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- Food retailers
- Clothing
- Multi-sector retailers
- Department stores
- DIY
- Electricals
- Home shopping
Retail Sales Review
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- France
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- Figure 1: France: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 2: France: Inflation, 2008-09
- Germany
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- Figure 3: Germany: Retail sales trends, Feb 2008-Feb 2009
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Germany: Inflation, 2008-09
- Italy
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- Figure 5: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Italy: Inflation, 2008-09
- Netherlands
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- Figure 7: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, Jan 2008-Feb 2009
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2008/09
- Spain
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- Figure 9: Spain: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Spain: Inflation, 2008-09
- UK
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- Figure 11: UK: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: UK: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index for selected product groups, Dec 2007-Feb 2009
Sector Focus: European Telecoms Retailing
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- The European telecommunications market size and forecast
- Germany the largest market but not per capita
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- Figure 13: Per-capita spending on communications by country, 2007
- Retail Competitor Analysis
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- Figure 14: Retailer competitor analysis, 2007/08
The Month in Retailing
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- Convenience stores
- Slovenia: Spar sales rise 10% in Slovenia
- Grocers
- Belgium: Delhaize
- …expresses interest in Carrefour stores
- …ends Unilever boycott
- …sees Q4 profit rise 30%
- France: Auchan
- …outlines Russian expansion plans
- …sees full-year EBITDA rise 10%
- France: Carrefour
- …launches in Bulgaria
- …launches Value line
- …suffers profit drop amid downturn
- …to appoint new CFO
- Lithuania: Maxima outlines 2009 expansion plans
- Netherlands: Super de Boer reports flat Q1 results
- Poland: Zabka outlines expansion plans
- Portugal: Sonae records 20% FY profit drop
- Russian Federation: Magnit's FY profit soars 93%
- Russian Federation: Seventh Continent reports February sales rise
- Russian Federation: X5 eyes more franchises
- Slovenia: Mercator shareholders to relinquish 25% stake
- Turkey: BIM's FY profit up despite slow Q4
- UK: Aldi posts sales increase
- UK: Morrisons
- …sees rise in FY profits
- UK: Sainsbury's reports robust Q4 results
- UK: Tesco
- …to open in-store banks
- UK: Waitrose to launch in motorway service stations
- Off-licences
- UK: Majestic Wine acquires Lay & Wheeler
- Other food specialists
- UK: Holland & Barrett/Julian Graves merger goes to Competition Commission
- Clothing retailing
- Greece: Sprider reports 45% profit drop
- Hong Kong: Esprit appoints Van der Vis as new chief
- Spain: Inditex LFLs rise 12%
- Sweden: H&M enjoys 18% Q1 sales boost
- Sweden: RNB sales slide in February
- UK: French Connection posts FY loss
- UK: Hobbs sees FY profits fall
- UK: Laura Ashley posts FY profit drop
- UK: Moss Bros
- …posts £5m FY loss
- UK: Mulberry stake sold to Kaupthing
- UK: Peacocks reports soaring sales
- UK: Ted Baker FY profits plunge 11.4%
- Mass merchandisers
- US: Wal-Mart
- …re-enters Lenta discussions
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Mothercare posts impressive FY results
- Multi-sector retailing
- Germany: Arcandor chief refuses to rule out break-up
- Germany: Metro
- …starts search for new chief
- …posts 4.8% Q4 profit boost
- …sees FY profit plunge 51%
- Switzerland: Migros posts strong FY results
- UK: Home Retail Group posts Argos, Homebase results
- UK: Marks & Spencer
- …sees sales fall
- UK: Next posts 11% decline in FY operating profit
- Department stores
- UK: Debenhams
- …H1 results hit by "extremely difficult" conditions
- …ponders Russian re-entry
- UK: Harvey Nichols sees profits fall 40%
- UK: John Lewis suffers 26.4% drop in profit
- DIY retailing
- Germany: Hornbach posts 5% rise in FY sales
- Germany: Praktiker slows expansion plans
- Sweden: Clas Ohlson boasts better-than-expected Q3 profit
- UK: Kingfisher
- …posts FY sales, profit increase
- …chairman announces retirement
- UK: Travis Perkins plans £300m rights issue
- Electrical retailing
- Finland: DSG subsidiary considers store closures
- Russian Federation: Eldorado sold to mobile operator MTS
- Russian Federation: Technosila reports 26% sales increase
- Sweden: DSGi closes Swedish PC City chain
- UK: DSGi mulls rights issue
- UK: Jessops receives restructuring officer
- US: Best Buy reports robust results
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Allied Carpets saved by investment fund
- Home shopping
- Germany: Neckermann poaches new chief executive from Quelle
- Germany: Otto posts robust FY results despite crisis
- UK: Ideal Shopping takes £9.2m hit
- UK: Ocado offers "Instant Order" choosing service
- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: Celesio braces for earnings decline in Q4
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Blacks Leisure warns of losses
- UK: JJB Sports
- …outlines refinancing plans
- …health clubs to be bought by Whelan
- UK: Ashley buys Ronnie's 23% JJB stake
- Jewellers
- UK: Aurum chairman confident of future
- UK: Signet
- …renegotiates debt
- …suffers loss in 2008
- Economic news
- Finland: Retail sales climb 10% in January
- Ireland: Retail sales fall 20.4% in January
- Lithuania: Retail sales plunge in February
- Scotland: Retail sales suffer "worst decline for eight years"
- Sweden: Retail sales fall in February
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