Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- French outlet stores struggling despite the recession
- Touted for success, heading for failure
- Low prices don't buy success
Headlines of the Month
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- Food retailing:
- Clothing:
- Multi-sector:
- Department stores:
- DIY:
- Electricals:
- Furniture:
- Home Shopping:
- Health and beauty:
Retail Sales Review
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- Key points
- 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, 2008-09
- 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, 2008-09
- 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: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: UK: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index for selected product groups, 2008-09
News Analysis
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- Grocers
- Netherlands: Sligro sales rise 4.2% in 2009
- Russian Federation: Magnit sees sales and profit growth slow in November
- UK: Asda
- …raises the stakes in price war
- …reports solid Christmas results
- UK: Co-operative sales soar 66% over Christmas
- UK: Costcutter reveals solid festive trading
- UK: Spar
- …festive sales up 10.3%
- …LFLs up 4.8%
- UK: Ocado Christmas week sales soar 49%
- UK: Sainsbury's boasts record Christmas performance
- UK: Tesco
- …enjoys strong Christmas results
- …to launch mortgage market assault in 2010
- Off-licences
- UK: Majestic enjoys festive 11.7% rise in LFLs
- Clothing retailing
- Sweden: H&M LFLs down 9% in November
- UK: New Look enjoys Christmas sales boost
- UK: Peacocks reports robust Christmas sales
- UK: Superdry-owner reports record Christmas sales
- UK: Ted Baker sales soar 19% ahead of Christmas
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Original Factory Shop reports bumper Christmas
- UK: Poundland festive sales rise by one third
- Multi-sector retailing
- Slovenia: Mercator to buy Getro
- UK: Laura Ashley LFLs up 4.9%
- UK: Marks & Spencer
- …posts sales rise
- UK: Next posts sales increase
- Department stores
- Italy: Gruppo Coin close to Upim acquisition
- UK: Debenhams LFLs up 0.1%
- UK: House of Fraser enjoys record Christmas sales
- UK: John Lewis
- …enjoys record Christmas sales
- …enjoys strong online Christmas Clearance
- UK: Liberty attracts potential buyers
- DIY retailing
- France: Mr Bricolage opens first Serbian store
- Germany: Praktiker sales down 6.2% in 2009
- UK: Topps Tiles closes Dutch operations
- UK: Wickes posts strong sales
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Kesa records profit increase
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright posts 15.8% profit increase
- UK: United Carpets sees H1 sales rise 10%
- Furniture retailing
- Sweden: Ikea appoints new domestic CEO
- UK: Habitat bought by Hilco
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunelm posts strong H1 results
- Home shopping
- Germany: Otto says festive sales held up well
- UK: Ideal Shopping Direct
- …reveals solid FY results
- UK: Shop Direct Christmas sales up 6.3%
- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: Celesio ready for more takeovers
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: HMV
- …boss optimistic despite Waterstone's sales hit
- …makes move into music festivals
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Blacks Leisure sees strong Christmas trading
- UK: JD Sports posts festive LFLs rise
- UK: JJB Sports records 52% sales slump
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Game suffers disappointing Christmas
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Bidders circle Pets at Home
- UK: HobbyCraft to be put up for sale
European Retail Rankings
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- Concentration
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- Figure 13: Europe: Sales of leading retailers, 2004-08
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- Figure 14: Europe: Leading retailers’ share of all European retailers sales, 2004-08
- The recession and its impact
- 2010 and the retailers
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- Figure 15: Europe: Top 25 retailers, 2008/09
Schlecker
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- Figure 16: Schlecker: Estimated share of German health and beauty retailers’ sales, 2004-08
- Figure 17: Schlecker: Share of European health and beauty specialists’ sales, 2004-08
- Strategic evaluation
- Recent history
- Financial data
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- Figure 18: Schlecker: Estimated sales performance, 2004-08
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 19: Schlecker: Estimated outlet data, 2004-08
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Pricing
- Product offer
- Operational issues
- Advertising
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Ihr Platz
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- Figure 20: Ihr Platz: Share of all German health and beauty retailers’ sales, 2004-08
- Strategic evaluation
- Recent history
- Financial data
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- Figure 21: Ihr Platz: Sales performance, 2004-08
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 22: Ihr Platz: Outlet data, 2004-08
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- e-commerce and home shopping
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