Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Report Scope
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- Technical notes
- Definitions
- Store definitions
- Financial definitions
- Currencies
- Country codes
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- Figure 1: Country codes
- VAT
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- Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2010/11
- Other abbreviations
The Market: Economic Background
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- Population forecast
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- Figure 3: France: Over 65s as % total French population, 1950-2030
- The economy
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- Figure 4: France: Quarterly GDP growth, 1991-2011 (Q2)
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- Figure 5: France: Indicator of consumer confidence, January 2007-September 2011
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: France - Inflation in food and other major categories, 2006-11 (Sept)
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- Figure 7: France - Percentage change in Consumer Price Index vs average wages, 2006-11
The Market: Consumer Spending on Groceries
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- Food spending in context
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- Figure 8: France: Consumer spending on food and selected other goods, 2006-10
- Food vs all consumer spend
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- Figure 9: France - Spending on food and drink as % all household consumer spending, 2005-10
- Food vs eating out
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- Figure 10: France - Spending on food relative to spending on eating out, 2005-10
The Market: The Food Retailers
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- Retail sales and forecast
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- Figure 11: France: Food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 12: France: Food retailers’ sales, 2011-16
The Retailers: Online
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- Figure 13: France: Top transactional food and drink websites, by number of visits, July 2011
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The Retailers: Leading Retailers
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- Carrefour’s prolonged malaise
- Consumers remain cautious
- Hard discounting
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- Figure 14: France: Leading food retailers, 2010/11
The Retailers: Market Shares
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- Figure 15: France: Food retailers’ market shares, 2010
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The Consumer: What They Look For
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- Figure 16: Deciding factors in shopping for food, drink and household products, France, 2010
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The Consumer: Where They Shop
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- Figure 17: Shops used regularly/occasionally, France, 2008-10
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Auchan
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- Strategic evaluation
- Further margin loss in tough climate
- Beefs up supermarkets and enters neighbourhood
- E-commerce is growing rapidly
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 19: Auchan: Group financial performance, 2006-10
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- Figure 20: Auchan: Estimated European sales, by country, 2006-10
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- Figure 21: Auchan: Outlet data, 2006-10
- Figure 22: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in France, 2006-10
- Figure 23: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Hungary, 2006-10
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- Figure 24: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Italy, 2006-10
- Figure 25: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Poland, 2006-10
- Figure 26: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Portugal, 2006-10
- Figure 27: Auchan: Sales as share of all food retailers’ sales in Spain, 2006-10
- Store formats
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
Aldi (Europe)
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- Strategic evaluation
- Challenges at home
- Mature markets provide robust growth
- Still much scope for growth
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- Figure 29: Aldi: Stores per million capita in selected European countries, 2010
- Downturn favours discounters in the UK?
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 30: Aldi (Europe): Group sales performance, 2006-10
- Figure 31: Aldi (Europe): Outlet data, 2006-10
- Figure 32: Aldi (Austria): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Austria, 2006-10
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- Figure 33: Aldi (Belgium): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Belgium, 2006-10
- Figure 34: Aldi (Denmark): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Denmark, 2006-10
- Figure 35: Aldi (France): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in France, 2006-10
- Figure 36: Aldi (Germany): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Germany, 2006-10
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- Figure 37: Aldi (Ireland): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Ireland, 2006-10
- Figure 38: Aldi (Netherlands): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in The Netherlands, 2006-10
- Figure 39: Aldi (Portugal): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Portugal, 2006-10
- Figure 40: Aldi (Spain): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Spain, 2006-10
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- Figure 41: Aldi (Switzerland): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in Switzerland, 2006-10
- Figure 42: Aldi (UK): Sales as share of all food retailers' sales in the UK, 2006-10
- Store format
- Retail offering
- E-commerce and home shopping
Carrefour
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- Strategic evaluation
- Losing market share
- Reviving mature markets
- 1. Price
- 2. Formats
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- Figure 44: Beauty section, Carrefour Planet, Milan
- 3. Products
- Dia spun off
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 45: Carrefour (Europe): Group financial performance, 2006-10
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- Figure 46: Carrefour (Europe): Sales contribution by territory, 2009 and 2010
- Figure 47: Carrefour (Europe): Directly-operated outlet data, 2006-10
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- Figure 48: Carrefour (Europe): Company-operated sales area distribution 2009 and 2010
- Figure 49: Carrefour (Europe): Total European outlet numbers by territory (incl. franchise/partner stores), 2006-10
- France
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- Figure 50: France: Sales as % all food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Belgium
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- Figure 51: Belgium: Sales as % all food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Greece
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- Figure 52: Greece: Sales as % all food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Italy
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- Figure 53: Italy: Sales as % all food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Poland
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- Figure 54: Poland: Sales as % all food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Portugal
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- Figure 55: Portugal: Sales as % all food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Spain
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- Figure 56: Spain: Sales as % all food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Romania
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- Figure 57: Romania: Sales as % all food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Store formats
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- Figure 58: Carrefour (Europe): Total European outlet numbers by format (incl. franchise/partner stores), 2006-10
- Figure 59: Carrefour (Europe): Total European outlet numbers by format (incl. franchise stores), 2009-10
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- Figure 60: Carrefour (Europe): Outlet numbers by ownership, format and territory (incl. franchise/partner stores), 2010
- Retail offering
- E-commerce and home shopping
Casino
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- Strategic evaluation
- May be cutting margins too much
- Online developing rapidly
- Strength of foreign operations is sustaining profits and investment
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 62: Casino: Group financial performance, 2006-10
- France
- Current trading
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- Figure 63: Casino: Outlet data (excluding franchises), 2006-10
- Store formats
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- Figure 64: Casino: France: Banners, 2010
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
Groupement des Mousquetaires (Intermarché)
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- Strategic evaluation
- Return to growth
- Standing out from the crowd
- Can Les Mousquetaires catch Leclerc?
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 66: Groupement des Mousquetaires: Group sales, 2006-10
- Figure 67: Groupement des Mousquetaires: Food outlet data, 2006-10
- Store formats
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- Figure 68: Groupement des Mousquetaires: Food outlets by type, 2010
- Figure 69: Groupement des Mousquetaires: Non-food outlet data, 2006-10
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
E. Leclerc
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- Strategic evaluation
- Strong value proposition
- Non-food and new outlets spur growth
- Increasing overseas focus
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 71: E. Leclerc: Group financial performance, 2006-10
- Figure 72: E Leclerc: Estimated sales performance in international markets, 2010
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- Figure 73: E. Leclerc: Outlet data, 2006-10
- Figure 74: E. Leclerc: International food outlets, 2006-10
- Non-food fascia
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- Figure 75: E Leclerc: Non-food outlets, 2010
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
Schwarz Group (Europe)
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- Strategic evaluation
- Good progress in 2010
- Avoiding risk
- Opportunities closer to home
- Investing in product…
- …and vertical integration
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 77: Schwarz Group: Estimated group sales performance, 2006/07-2010/11
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- Figure 78: Schwarz Group: Estimated outlet numbers, 2006/07-2010/11
- Store formats
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- Figure 79: Schwarz Group: Store formats, 2011
- Retail offering
- e-commerce
SPAR International
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- Strategic evaluation
- Rationalisation and the recovery
- Background
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- Figure 81: SPAR International: Year of entry, by country
- Company performance
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- Figure 82: SPAR International: Retail sales by country, 2006-10
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- Figure 83: SPAR International: Estimated European sales exclusive of sales tax, 2010
- Figure 84: SPAR International: Outlet data, 2006-10
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- Figure 85: SPAR International: Sales per m², by country (Europe), 2010
- Figure 86: SPAR (Austria): Sales as share of Austrian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 87: SPAR (Belgium): Sales as share of all Belgian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 88: SPAR (Croatia): Sales as share of all Croatian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 89: SPAR (Czech Republic): Sales as share of all Czech food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 90: SPAR (Denmark): Sales as share of all Danish food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 91: SPAR (France): Sales as share of all French food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 92: SPAR (Germany): Sales as share of all German food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 93: SPAR (Greece): Sales as share of all Greek food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 94: SPAR (Hungary): Sales as share of all Hungarian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 95: SPAR (Ireland): Sales as share of all Irish food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 96: SPAR (Italy): Sales as share of all Italian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 97: SPAR (Netherlands): Sales as share of all Dutch food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 98: SPAR (Norway): Sales as share of all Norwegian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 99: SPAR (Poland): Sales as share of all Polish food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 100: SPAR (Romania): Sales as share of all Romanian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 101: SPAR (Russia): Sales as share of all Russian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 102: SPAR (Slovenia): Sales as share of all Slovenian food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 103: SPAR (Spain): Sales as share of all Spanish food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
- Figure 104: SPAR (Switzerland): Sales as share of all Swiss food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 105: SPAR (UK): Sales as share of all UK food retailers’ sales, 2006-10
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- Figure 106: SPAR International: Sales and outlets, by country outside Europe, 2007-10
- Store formats
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- Figure 107: SPAR International: Store formats, 2010
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
Appendix – Broader Market Environment
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- Population
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- Figure 108: Europe: Population, by age group, 2005
- Figure 109: Europe: Population, by age group, 2010
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- Figure 110: Europe: Population, by age group, 2015
- Figure 111: Europe: Population, by age group, 2020
- GDP
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- Figure 112: Europe: GDP (current prices), 2010
- Figure 113: Europe: GDP growth rates (current prices), 2001-Q3 2011
- Figure 114: Europe: GDP growth rates (constant prices), 2001 – Q3 2011
- Consumer spending
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- Figure 115: Europe: Households’ consumer spending (current prices), 2010
- Figure 116: Europe: Households’ consumer spending growth rates (current prices), 2001- Q3 2011
- Figure 117: Europe: Households’ consumer spending growth rates (constant prices), 2001-Q3 2011
- Consumer prices
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- Figure 118: Europe: Harmonised index of consumer prices, 2001-10
- Unemployment
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- Figure 119: Europe: Average rate of unemployment, 2001-10
- Interest rates
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- Figure 120: Europe: Interest rates, 2005 -Q3 2011
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 121: Europe: Consumer confidence, Sep 2010 -Aug 2011
Appendix – TGI Europe
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- Figure 122: Deciding factors in shopping for food, drink and household products, France, 2010
- Figure 123: Shops used regularly/occasionally, France, 2010
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