Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Carrefour bows to the pressure
- The property assets
- Dia
- Not all bad news
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Luxury goods
- Footwear retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Health and beauty retailing
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
Retail Sales Review
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- Key points
- France
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- Figure 1: France: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 2: France: Inflation, 2010-11
- Germany
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- Figure 3: Germany: Retail sales trends, 2009-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Germany: Inflation, 2010-11
- Italy
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- Figure 5: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Italy: Inflation, 2009-11
- Netherlands
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- Figure 7: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2010-11
- Spain
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- Figure 9: Spain: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Spain: Inflation, 2010-11
- UK
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- Figure 11: Retail sales trends, 2009-10
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: UK: Annual percentage change in Consumer Price Index for selected product groups, 2009-11
- Department store retailing in Europe
- Usage of department stores
- The European competitive landscape
- Outlook for department store retailing
El Corte Inglés
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- Figure 13: El Corte Inglés (Department Stores): Sales as share of mixed goods retailers’ sales in Spain, 2005-09
- Strategic evaluation
- Recent history
- Financial performance
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- Figure 14: El Corte Inglés (Department Stores): Group financial performance, 2005/6-2009/10
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 15: El Corte Inglés (Department Stores): Outlet data, 2005/06-09/10
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
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News Analysis
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- Grocers
- Belgium: Ahold aiming for Albert Heijn local expansion
- Croatia: Konzum reports strong full year growth
- Denmark: Dansk Supermarked reports modest full year growth
- France: Auchan enjoys solid FY growth
- France: Carrefour to spin off Dia discount chain and streamline operations
- France: Casino
- …phases out Géant Discount banner
- …profits down 7%, sales up 8.7%
- …sales down due to domestic weakness
- …wins new decision against Baud family
- France: Système U reports modest sales growth
- Germany: Aldi Nord results 2009
- Germany: Rewe Group maintains growth course
- Lithuania: Maxima sale talks begin
- Netherlands: Ahold fourth quarter profits fall
- Norway: Coop streamlines operation with closure of Fakta HQ
- Poland: Makro to expand C-store format
- Poland: Tesco close to buying Polish chain
- Portugal: Jeronimo Martins reports strong profit
- Romania: Carrefour's Romanian sales fall
- Sweden: Axfood reports strong full-year results
- Switzerland: Coop reports solid profits
- UK: Asda
- …'outperforms' as sales and profits rise
- …receives the all-clear for Netto takeover
- …slammed for breaching alcohol industry's packaging rules
- …staff receive £26.9m bonus pot
- UK: Asda Income Tracker: family spending power fell by £9 a week in January
- UK: Co-op
- …disposals spark convenience space race
- …has store in every postcode with Strand opening
- …launches multi-channel campaign to convey green credentials
- …to create 1,700 store management jobs
- UK: Iceland to pay £200m dividend
- UK: Morrisons
- …annual profit up
- …buys Kiddicare for £70m
- …to develop 'store of the future'
- …to return £1bn to shareholders
- UK: Penta sells Poland's largest convenience-store chain to UK-based private equity firm
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …aims to double Fairtrade business over next 5 years
- …and Morrisons outperform, while Tesco and Asda lag
- …chief exec sells mass of shares
- …to source all Fairtrade cotton from supplier in India
- UK: Tesco
- …completes sale and leaseback of 21 shops
- …social media yields £1.5m in sales
- …ups its stakes in the Asda price war
- …F&F sponsors LFW designer Mark Fast
- UK: Total UK re-launches customer loyalty programme
- UK: Waitrose
- …invests £10m in online operations
- …to continue stocking Innocent Vitamins range
- Off-licences
- UK: Bargain Booze owner considers sale
- UK: Oddbins to shut 39 outlets
- Clothing retailing
- Estonia: Baltika Group announces annual results with net losses down 40%
- Europe: Zara expands online presence to a further five countries
- Italy: OVS Industry to launch in France at the La Millenaire shopping centre
- Lithuania: Apranga aims for 10.7% rise in turnover for 2011
- Russian Federation: Jaeger to expand into Russia
- Sweden: H&M January sales grow 9%
- UK: All Saints up for sale
- UK: Arcadia joins return to UK sourcing
- UK: Crew targets 50% online sales rise
- UK: Fenchurch in administration due to cotton prices
- UK: Jack Wills to expand further overseas
- UK: Karen Millen targets £500m sales as it splits from Aurora
- UK: La Senza to roll out new ad campaign in run up to National Cleavage Day
- UK: New Look
- …gains former Primark boss to revamp product offer
- …valuation halved by private equity owner
- UK: Primark reports increasingly tough trading
- UK: TJX slows European growth plans as profits fall
- UK: TK Maxx to open Haymarket store despite faltering performance
- UK: Victoria's Secret in talks to buy La Senza
- Footwear retailing
- Germany: Deichmann Group reports sales rise
- UK: Schuh launches an iPhone app
- Luxury goods retailing
- Italy: LVMH to take control of Bulgari
- Italy: Prada reports strong 2010 sales
- Multi-sector retailing
- France: PPR reports group revenue up
- UK: Home Retail Group lowers profit forecast
- UK: Marks & Spencer
- …hires Inditex man to lead international expansion
- …to open largest ever Outlet store
- …to open most sustainable store to date
- Miscellaneous specialists
- UK: Cash Converters reports record profits as retail sales rise
- UK: Halfords appoints ex-House of Fraser director
- UK: Thorntons plans store portfolio reshape after falling profits
- Department stores
- Finland: Stockmann group sales rise 7.3% in 2010
- Italy: La Rinascente in sale talks
- UK: Debenhams opens first pop-up store
- UK: House of Fraser considers Biba roll out
- UK: John Lewis
- …chief warns against interest rate rises
- …first foray into Australia and the US
- …Pension Trust sells Ocado stake
- …sees 6.5% rise in gross sales and 20.5% rise in group operating profit
- …to expand into Europe
- …to open new store in Birmingham
- …to roll out new security system
- UK: Selfridges to revamp womenswear floor
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Alworths' future is unclear
- DIY retailing
- Austria: bauMax plans to open 7-8 new stores as turnover rises
- UK: B&Q announces plans to invest £35m in multichannel operations
- UK: Focus sells six stores to Asda
- UK: Homebase's Unipart deal to create 200 jobs
- UK: Kingfisher expects profits to be at top end of expectations
- UK: Wickes
- …online sales up 70% with upgraded sites
- …sees flat like-for-likes but gains market share
- Electrical retailing
- Czech Republic: Okay expands from electronics into grocery retailing
- Germany: Media Saturn Holding considers Redcoon acquisition
- UK: Best Buy international operations cut but expects UK growth
- UK: Dixons plans to open second Black store in central London
- UK: Everything Everywhere
- …reports revenues up
- …to test stores under own name
- UK: Phones 4U sale process resumes
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: HMV
- …expected to consider emergency rights issue
- …sales rise after Brits
- …to close Brent Cross store
- …warns on profits
- UK: Spotify reaches one million listeners
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Carpetright shuts Irish branches as sales drop over 50%
- UK: Dunelm chief plans multichannel push as profits rise
- UK: Land of Leather up for sale
- UK: Tile Depot planning another 15 stores
- Home shopping
- France: Alittlemarket.com goes pop (up)
- UK: Asos launches Fashion Finder site
- UK: Confetti to expand with party products
- UK: Findel
- …reports £80.5m fundraising
- …to restructure in bid to lift performance
- UK: Net-a-Porter
- …launches digital TV station
- …menswear site launches
- UK: Ocado
- …acquires new plot for DC in Wimbledon
- …expands to meet increased demand and better compete with Waitrose
- …sees continued growth in 2011
- …shares fall as John Lewis sells stake
- UK: Woolworths site debuts art supplies offer
- Health and beauty retailing
- France: Alliance Boots signs deal with Carrefour
- Germany: Ceslesio prepared to spend €1bn on deals
- Germany: Schlecker begins store remodelling
- UK: Shanghai Pharmaceuticals considering buying stake in Celesio
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Clinton Cards to place Birthdays Ireland into liquidation
- UK: Foyles plans new Charing Cross flagship
- UK: WH Smith chief sells 27% of shares
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- France: Sportsdirect.com expected at Herblay, near Franconville
- UK: Blacks Leisure
- …chief executive Gillis resigns
- …outgoing chief exec faces disqualification over Farepak collapse
- UK: JJB Sports
- …set for fight with landlords over second CVA
- …confirms plans for CVA
- …gets backing for £31.5m fundraising
- UK: Sports Direct
- …no longer under investigation – and completes re-financing project
- …retail sales up 13.8%
- Jewellers
- UK: Albermarle & Bond retail sales drop
- UK: Ollie & Nic rescued from administration by former Principles boss
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Game
- …new strategy aims to triple digital revenue
- …signs deal with Microsoft to sell downloads in store
- …to invest £15m in three year multi-channel strategy
- Property
- UK: Touchwood shopping centre sees sales rise
- UK: Westfield shopping centre sees sales rise
- Economy
- UK: BRC:
- …UK retail sales values down 0.4%
- …penalising successful retailers will damage Northern Ireland's reputation for retail
- UK: CBI reports slow retail growth as prices rise to 1991 levels
- UK: Govt to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes and ban on retail displays
- UK: Network Rail posts promising Q4 retail sales results
- UK: ONS reports strong January sales figures
- UK: Shop vacancy rates rise in 2010
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