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Analyst’s Comment
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- Recession opens up opportunities in kidswear
- A market with high potential
- Expanding to fill the gap?
- Success may lie in being different…
Headlines of the Month
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- Food retailers
- Clothing
- Mixed goods
- Conglomerates
- Department stores
- DIY
- Electricals
- Home shopping
- Health and beauty
- Cultural goods
Retail Sales Review
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- France
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- Figure 1: France: Retail sales trends, Mar 2008-Feb 2009
- Inflation
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- Figure 2: France: Inflation, 2008-09
- Germany
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- Figure 3: Germany: Retail sales trends, Mar 2008-Mar 2009
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Germany: Inflation, 2008-09
- Italy
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- Figure 5: Italy: Retail sales trends, Feb 2008-Feb 2009
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Italy: Inflation, 2008-09
- 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, 2008/9
- Spain
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- Figure 9: Spain: Retail sales trends, Mar 2008-Mar 2009
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Spain: Inflation, 2008
- UK
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- Figure 11: UK: Retail sales trends, Feb 2008-Mar 2009
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: UK: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index, 2008/09
Sector Focus: European Home Shopping Retailers
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- Market size and performance
- E-commerce driving market growth
- Leading retailers
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- Figure 13: Europe: Leading home shopping companies, share of home shopping market, 2008
- The future
News Analysis
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- Bakers (retail)
- UK: Thorntons flourishes in Spring
- Co-ops (retail)
- UK: Co-operative Group boasts record FY results
- Grocers
- Belgium: Delhaize Q1 profits soar 24.4%
- Bulgaria: Rewe to invest €100m in Bulgarian expansion
- Denmark: Dansk Supermarked sales rise in 2008
- France: Carrefour
- … cites Russia as key development area
- … reports robust Q1 results
- … signs tentative deal with Seventh Continent
- … to overhaul French hypermarkets
- France: Casino's Q1 profits dip 3%
- Germany: Edeka Group announces 5% rise in FY sales
- Germany: Rewe launches new fascia
- Netherlands: Ahold
- … sales jump 15% in Q1
- … to open maiden convenience store in US
- Netherlands: Albeit Heijn to widen non-food range
- Netherlands: Schuitema FY profits rises five-fold
- Poland: Biedronka eyes Netto stores for expansion
- Portugal: Jeronimo Martins Q1 profit up
- Russian Federation: Magnit
- … Q1 sales soar 36%
- … sees Q1 profit surge
- Russian Federation: Seventh Continent sees sales increase in Q1
- Russian Federation: X5
- … profits soar 46% in Q1
- … reports $26.7m net loss in Q4
- … EBITDA soars 47% in 2008
- Slovenia: Mercator Q1 profit dips 30.8%
- Sweden: Axfood
- … sales up in Q1
- … sales up 3.3% in April
- Sweden: ICA enjoys fruitful Q1
- UK: Henderson Group posts profit increase
- UK: Tesco
- … to double in-store telecoms shops
- … posts record FY profits
- … to launch pharmacies in smaller superstores
- … reveals £150m Clubcard overhaul
- …Fresh & Easy posts £142m loss
- UK: Waitrose and Ocado step up online grocery battle
- Clothing retailing
- Germany: Hugo Boss Q1 profit falls 8%
- Italy: Benetton records 38% profit drop
- Spain: Zara Kids unveils first UK store
- UK: Alexon
- …reports profit drop
- … Bay Trading put in administration
- UK: Burberry confident to meet market expectations
- UK: Jane Norman in strategic review
- UK: Original Factory Shop boasts 12% rise in LFLs
- UK: Primark outperforms market with 18% jump in LFLs
- UK: Viyella to launch first-ever menswear collection
- US: Gap sales continue to slide in March
- Mixed goods retailing
- Germany: Woolworth Germany files for insolvency
- UK: Home Retail Group suffers profit drop
- Multi-sector retailing
- Finland: Kesko's Q1 sales drop 11%
- France: PPR reports robust Q1 results
- Germany: Arcandor
- … mulls state aid
- … to invest €900m in restructuring plan
- … to apply for state aid
- Germany: Metro
- … trials new store format in Germany
- … sees Q1 profits halve
- Netherlands: Blokker reveals sales increase
- UK: Next Q1 results boosted by Easter sales
- Department stores
- Finland: Stockmann
- … sees Q1 sales fall 15%
- … to scrap Hobby Hall division in Baltic countries
- France: Galeries Lafayette posts 4% drop in FY profit
- Germany: Hertie eyed by investor group
- UK: Debenhams
- … battles over Principles stock
- … posts 10.7% profit increase
- … parts ways with Shoe Studios
- UK: Harrods plots Malaysian move
- UK: John Lewis to launch standalone home and electricals stores
- UK: Liberty's losses widen in 2008
- DIY retailing
- Germany: Praktiker sales down 8% in Q1
- UK: Robert Dyas in MBO
- UK: Wickes owner in £300m rights issue
- Electrical retailing
- Russian Federation: M. Video enjoys 21% jump in Q1 sales
- UK: DSGi posts LFLs drop, unveils rights issue
- US: Best Buy scales down UK plans
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright LFLs fall
- Furniture retailing
- Sweden: Ikea appoints Ohlsson as new chief
- UK: Dreams opens 200th store
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunelm LFLs climb 2.3%
- Home shopping
- UK: Asos posts 104% sales boost
- UK: Flying Brands chief to buy 12.48% stake
- UK: Ideal Shopping Direct records FY loss
- UK: N Brown defies gloom with 11% jump in FY profits
- US: Amazon reports profit boost
- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: Chemist Rossmann bucks crisis with record profits
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Waterstones to slash up to 650 jobs
- UK: WH Smith
- … posts 5% fall in H1 profits
- … eyes more Woolworths stores
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: JD Sports Fashion
- … reports 9% jump in FY profits
- … ponders JJB takeover
- UK: JJB Sports
- … on brink of administration
- … secures vital rescue deal
- Jewellers
- UK: Signet sees sales drop in Q1
- UK: Theo Fennell re-appoints former chief
- Video games retailing
- UK: Game FY profits surge
- Garden centres
- UK: Dobbies enjoys sales rise
- Music and video retailing
- UK: HMV
- … to open cinema
- … enjoys sales boost
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Halfords reports sales slide
- UK: Pets at Home sees FY profit soar 29%
- Economic news
- Germany: German retail sales dip in March
- Russian Federation: Retail sales dip in Q1
- Spain: Retail sales slump in March
- UK
- BRC: Retail LFLs down 1.2% in March
- London outperforms UK with 5% jump in LFLs
- Scottish retail sales rise in March
- ONS: Retail sales improve in March
- UK retail sales climb in April, says CBI
- BRC: April retail sales boosted by sunny Easter
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