Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Testing times for the electricals specialists
- What we’ve seen
- Electricals sector continues to struggle
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- Figure 1: Value growth in white goods specialists sales, January 2009-June 2011
- Figure 2: Value growth in brown goods specialists’ sales, January 2009-June 2011
- Media Markt-Saturn rues late e-commerce embrace
- Dixons renews and transforms
- Comet holds back Kesa
- What it means?
Retail Sales Review
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- Key points
- France
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- Figure 3: France: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: France: Inflation, 2010-11
- Germany
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- Figure 5: Germany: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Germany: Inflation, 2010-11
- Italy
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- Figure 7: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: Italy: Inflation, 2010-11
- Netherlands
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- Figure 9: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2010-11
- Spain
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- Figure 11: Spain: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: Spain: Inflation, 2010-11
- UK
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- Figure 13: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
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- Figure 14: UK: Annual percentage change in Consumer Price Index for selected product groups, 2010-11
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailers
- Department stores
- DIY retailers
- Electricals retailers
- Furniture retailers
- Home shopping
- Health and beauty retailers
- Music and video
- Jewellery retailers
News Analysis
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- Grocers
- Austria: Spar
- …expands private brand into telecommunication sector
- …profit falls in first half
- Belgium: Delhaize sales up
- Bulgaria: CBA Asset Management reports wider loss
- France: Auchan reports rises in emerging markets but difficulty in Europe
- France: Carrefour issues profit warning
- France: Intermarché launches price difference campaign
- Netherlands: Ahold to speed up share buyback after disappointing second quarter
- Norway: Ahold to sell ICA Maxi
- Norway: Norgesgruppen has solid first half results
- Russian Federation: Magnit lowers full year forecast
- Russian Federation: O'Key reports strong half year
- Russian Federation: Seventh Continent sales rise
- Russian Federation: X5 Retail introduces new concept
- Spain: Dia profits rise in first half
- Spain: El Corte Ingles reports weak full year results
- Slovenia: Mercator reports modest growth
- UK: Asda
- …aims to open 250 smaller supermarkets
- …launches mobile groceries site
- …like-for-likes up 0.5% in second quarter
- UK: Asda Income Tracker: Families £11 worse off
- UK: Booths refinances for store expansion
- UK: Co-op profits and sales hit by tough climate
- UK: Morrisons
- …appoints Credit Suisse as it considers Iceland bid
- …leads big four in market share
- …profits rise 8%
- UK: North East Convenience Stores sees 4.7% sales rise
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …to hire 15,000 Christmas staff
- …trials branded price match in Northern Ireland
- UK: Spar UK launches own label range
- UK: Tesco
- …Amazon-style site to launch in January
- …opens virtual store in South Korea
- …revamps Direct to 'Amazon-style'
- …to sell Japan business
- UK: The People's Supermarket plans second store
- UK: Waitrose
- …aims to boost sales with extended hours
- …appoints executive chef
- Food and drink specialists
- UK: Poundbakery aims to take on Greggs
- UK: Bargain Booze up for sale for £100m
- UK: Thorntons pre-tax profit falls after impairment charges
- Clothing retailing
- Croatia: Kik launches in five Croatian cities
- Europe: Club Monaco to open 100 stores in Europe
- Europe: Primark considers 300 store openings in Europe
- Europe: Pull & Bear and Bershka to launch transactional sites
- Europe: Rugby Ralph Lauren opens first European store
- Europe: TJX Europe triples profits in second quarter
- France: Gap to open Banana Republic store in France
- France: LVMH to invest $25m in C&K
- Lithuania: Next store to open in Vilnius
- Sweden: H&M sees sales decline in July
- UK: Alexon Group
- …issues profit warning and sparks takeover talks
- …issues profit warning
- UK: Arcadia makes redundancies in harsh trading conditions
- UK: Aurora
- …to launch Asos-style international Online strategy
- …trials mobile payment in stores
- UK: Austin Reed to open new concept flagship in Regent Street
- UK: Coast trials new concept in revamped concessions
- UK: Cos to open two new stores in London
- UK: Christian Louboutin loses bid to protect signature shoes
- UK: Fat Face seeks international expansion
- UK: French Connection reports as expected first half results
- UK: H&M brand Monki launches in UK
- UK: Isabella Oliver sees record growth
- UK: Jane Norman revamp
- UK: La Senza looks to exit poor stores
- UK: Matalan to create 2,300 Christmas jobs
- UK: New Look
- …reviews property
- …to streamline its store portfolio after review
- UK: Peacock Group takes Bonmarché off the market
- UK: Reiss plans for future with click-and-collect
- UK: Rigby & Peller majority stake sold to Van de Velde
- UK: SuperGroup sales still rising
- UK: Tommy Hilfiger to open largest UK store
- UK: Van de Velde plans Rigby & Peller global growth
- UK: Victoria's Secret expands in UK
- UK: White Stuff pushes 'community' retail
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Clarks sets target of 100 per year overseas store openings
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Argos sales fall
- Ireland: 99p Stores to launch in Ireland with €uro 50
- UK: 99p Stores secure £20m banking facility to double business
- UK: Poundworld's credit insurance pulled despite 500% profit rise
- UK: H&T pawnbroker sees first half profits rise
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: M&S launches second phase of sustainable cotton project
- Switzerland: Dufry reports strong half year growth
- Department stores
- Finland: Stockmann
- …issues profit warning
- …Q2 profits rise
- Germany: Karstadt plans to launch 20 new brands in stores
- Italy: Gruppo Coin remains positive but cautious
- Spain: El Corte Ingles reports weak full year results
- UK: Debenhams
- …claims retail world-first with smartphone innovation
- …major Indian expansion plans
- UK: Harrods to launch online magazine and mobile site
- UK: John Lewis
- …plans to expand own-label menswear
- …sales rise despite rioters
- …to use Waitrose stores to double click-and-collect network
- UK: Laura Ashley like-for-likes up 3.5%
- UK: Lewis Home Retail saves two more TJ Hughes stores
- UK: Selfridges Manchester revamps its beauty hall as it ploughs £20m into store improvements
- UK: TJ Hughes closes another 12 stores
- DIY retailing
- Austria: Obi launches online stores
- Germany: Praktiker to name Fox as chief amid revamp
- Sweden: Clas Ohlson beat profit forecasts in first quarter
- UK: Floors 2 Go collapses into administration
- UK: Homebase launches premium homewares brand
- UK: Robert Dyas boss to 'get back to basics'
- UK: Topps Tiles warns on profits
- UK: Wilkinson profits hit
- Electrical retailing
- France: Lagardere partners with Fnac
- Germany: Media Markt structure battle continues
- UK: Best Buy
- …Enfield opening not delayed by riots
- …UK launches m-commerce site
- UK: Comet sale in doubts
- UK: Dixons like-for-likes fall 7%
- UK: Jessops confident on back of full-year figures
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Crate & Barrel to start brand building for UK opening
- UK: Life & Style bought out of administration
- UK: Lombok
- …bought out of pre-pack administration
- …looking at administration
- UK: Oka profits up 24%
- UK: Walmsley Furnishing goes into administration
- Home shopping
- Germany: Neckermann to axe Austrian staff
- UK: Amazon to launch order collection lockers in UK
- UK: Ebay reports 25% rise in million pound businesses
- UK: Findel reports rising sales
- UK: Flying Brands reports loss
- UK: Funky Pigeon trial store opens
- UK: Ideal world to launch customer rewards programme
- UK: Ocado
- …to open new distribution centre in Oxford
- …urged to halt second fulfilment centre plans
- …launches 'shopping wall'
- UK: Simply Be opens first physical store
- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: Celesio falls into losses in second quarter
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Clintons
- …hires Dixons' marketing man
- …hoping to stagger September rent
- UK: Waterstone's to axe 3 for 2 offer
- UK: WHSmith
- …full year to be in line with expectations
- …launches £50m share buy-back programme
- Music and video games
- UK: Game signs deal with Sony
- UK: HMV sales fall but retailer remains positive
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- France: JD looks to drive expansion in France
- UK: JD Sports closes on deal to rebrand Cecil Gee
- UK: JJB turnaround success to see directors rewarded
- UK: Snow + Rock to open tri-brand superstore
- UK: Sports Direct sees profits fall
- Jewellery and accessories
- Switzerland: Richemont sees strong sales
- UK: Aurum halts sale process until 2012
- UK: Claire's debuts new London concept store
- UK: Goldsmiths to debut new concept store at Westfield Stratford
- UK: Signet UK's second quarter profits fall
- Garden centres
- UK: Countrywide
- …launches own-brand value offer
- …seeking acquisitions as sales rise
- UK: Garden Centre Group acquires Country Homes and Gardens
- Economy
- UK: BRC
- …footfall falls as vacancy is low
- …retail sales steady in August despite riots
- …urges business rate suspension for riot-hit retailers
- UK: Consumers more cash-strapped than ever
- UK: Ecommerce growth slows
- UK: Grocers fined for price fixing on dairy products
- UK: Inflation rises to 4.4% in July
- UK: London and Japan agree luxury retail partnership
- UK: ONS: Flat retail growth in July
- UK: Shop price inflation slows in August
- UK: Westfield Stratford 95% leased
European Retail Handbook
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- Population
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- Figure 15: Europe: Population, by country, 2010
- Figure 16: Europe: Population, by country, 2010
- GDP
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- Figure 17: Europe: GDP, by country and per capita, 2010
- Figure 18: Europe: GDP per capita, 2010
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 19: Europe: Consumer expenditure, by country and per capita, 2010
- Figure 20: Europe: Consumer expenditure per capita, 2010
- Retail sales
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- Figure 21: Europe: Retail sales, by country and per capita, 2010
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