Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Convenience store innovation in Germany
- New fascia
- Structure of the market
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- Figure 1: Leading discounters’ aggregate share of grocery sector sales, 2008-10
- Demographic trends and consumer attitudes
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- Figure 2: Germany: Total population, 2007-11
- Figure 3: Germany: One-person households as percentage of all households, 2007-11
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- Figure 4: Germany: Cooking style, May 2012
- And yet…
- What we think
Headlines for the Month
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- Convenience stores
- Grocers
- Other food specialists
- Clothing retailing
- Footwear retailing
- Mixed goods retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Music and video goods retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Home shopping
- Health and beauty retailing
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Garden centres
- Economy
Retail Sales Review
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- Key points
- France
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- Figure 5: France: Retail Sales, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: France: Inflation, 2011-12
- Germany
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- Figure 7: Germany: Retail Sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: Germany: Inflation, 2011-12
- Italy
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- Figure 9: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Italy: Inflation, 2011-12
- Netherlands
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- Figure 11: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2011-12
- Spain
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- Figure 13: Spain: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 14: Spain: Inflation 2011-12
- UK
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- Figure 15: UK: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 16: UK: Inflation, 2011-12
News Analysis
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- Convenience stores
- UK: Costcutter
- …reports 4% rise in sales in H1
- …appoints former head of Clintons as new CEO
- Spar to roll out second phase of S Budget range
- Grocers
- Belgium: Delhaize releases second quarter results
- France: Auchan Groupe reports growth
- France: Carrefour
- …reports 8.2% decline in profit in H1
- …faces tough decisions
- …to make redundancies as part of turnaround plan
- Germany: Metro looks to sell Real grocery stores
- UK: Asda
- …announces small like-for-like sales rise
- …launches baby site
- …Asda and Sainsbury's see market growth
- UK: Booths begins roll-out of new store format
- UK: Iceland appoints new international business director
- UK: Morrisons
- …launches new voucher scheme
- …sales figures expected to be down
- …reports 0.9% fall in like-for-likes
- …urges consistency in food labelling
- UK: Tesco
- …acquires eBook platform provider
- …announces new food delivery offer
- …sale and leaseback deal
- …green light for new store and homes development
- …launches in-store Disc-on-Demand service
- …reveals improved food labelling
- …secures planning consent for Norfolk store
- UK: Waitrose set for growth
- UK: Co-op profits tumble 16%
- Other food specialists
- France: Success for Warburtons in France
- UK: Julian Graves disappears from the high street
- UK: Hotel Chocolat to open more stores
- Clothing retailing
- Europe: Van de Velde reports 8% fall in net profit
- France: Lancel appoints D&G director as new CEO
- UK: Jane Norman to close its London headquarters
- UK: Ann Summers launches interactive lingerie app
- UK: Aquascutum hunts for new London flagship
- UK: Arcadia to change sourcing strategy
- UK: Armani Exchange to open in Wales
- UK: Barnardo’s introduces high fashion charity store
- UK: Bestseller to open four new Jack & Jones stores in the UK
- UK: Blue Inc set for international expansion
- UK: Burberry opens new Regent Street store
- UK: Eileen Fisher plans to increase presence in UK
- UK: Fat Face reports 7% increase in sales and steadying profits
- UK: Fred Perry receives damages from Arcadia
- UK: H&M reports 2% rise in like-for-like sales
- UK: Hackett to re-launch ecommerce platform
- UK: J Crew in process of securing first UK store
- UK: Jack Wills appoints former marketing boss of Vodafone for new role
- UK: Jacques Vert to merge Irisa HQ with London head office
- UK: Jaeger sales rise thanks to Better Capital
- UK: New Look restarts hunt for chief executive
- UK: Primark reports 17% boost in sales
- UK: Rampant Sporting goes up for sale
- UK: Reiss launches revamped website
- UK: Republic attracts premium menswear brands in upmarket repositioning move
- UK: River Island set to launch accessories range designed by bloggers
- UK: Select to launch new label targeting mid-market
- UK: SuperGroup co-founder exits
- UK: The Original Factory Shop to add fashion and footwear to its online range
- UK: Topman in search for new managing director
- UK: Whistles buys back shares from Icelandic government
- UK: White Stuff
- …pre-tax profits fall 81%
- …to launch new smart range
- UK: Longchamp to open new store
- Footwear retailing
- Switzerland: MBT parent rescued from administration
- UK: Clarks to launch collection in Debenhams
- UK: Kurt Geiger to close stores
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Poundstretcher’s chief executive steps down after three months
- UK: Poundworld takes store count to 200
- UK: Wilkinson
- …reports 62.6% fall in pre-tax profit
- …reveals new store format
- …asks staff to take voluntary drop in hours
- Multi-sector retailing
- Europe: Boxpark to open in Amsterdam
- UK: Matalan to invest in multichannel and ecommerce operations
- UK: Westfield’s H1 net profit boosted to £534.4 million
- UK: M&S
- …poaches senior House of Fraser executive
- …to sell wine and clothing with iPads
- …focuses on digital
- …introduces contactless payment in London stores
- Department stores
- Europe: El Corte Inglés and AMS Sourcing unite
- Ireland: Clerys may be acquired by Gordon Brothers
- Russian Federation: Debenhams set to open new store in Russia
- UK: Allders to close
- UK: Debenhams
- …expands footwear range
- …reports boost in homeware and furniture sales
- UK: John Lewis
- …and M&S to open at new development in York
- …announces further details for pop-up shop
- …given the go ahead for new Essex store
- …to open first flexible department store
- UK: M&Co welcomed by House of Fraser
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: HMV
- …to become "portable entertainment" specialist through partnerships with digital firms
- …to launch web-based in-store service, myhmv
- …to open new format store with café and wi-fi
- Electrical retailing
- France: Darty chairman to leave earlier than expected
- UK: Carphone Warehouse
- …introduces mobile payments app
- …appoints new retail director
- UK: Dixons
- …increases Pixmania stake
- …reports positive first quarter results
- UK: Everything Everywhere strikes deal with Mastercard for mobile payments
- UK: Jessops appoints new Chief Operating Officer
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Bathstore to be transformed into omnichannel business
- UK: Dwell focuses on multichannel offer with appointment of new director
- UK: Jysk to expand in the UK
- Home shopping
- UK: Amazon
- …2000+ jobs at new fulfilment centres
- …launches Amazon Local daily deals site
- …launches Appstore in Europe
- …to deliver parcels to corner shops and newsagents
- UK: EBay reports 28.2% boost in sales volume
- UK: Farfetch.com signs two new stores as part of strategic growth plans
- UK: Ocado
- …announces plan to stimulate growth through price war
- …defends itself after analysts raise banking concerns
- UK: Play.com
- …generates £2 million sales through Facebook
- …to encourage consumer interaction with social media loyalty scheme
- UK: Social shopping expected to rise 44% by 2014
- UK: Wiggle reports record week following British cycling success
- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: Celesio improves H1 results following revaluation of units
- UK: Boots partners with Musgrave to launch new food offer
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Discount bookseller reports sales growth
- UK: WHSmith’s full-year results expected to be at top end of market expectations
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: JD Sports to acquire OneTrueSaxon and dispose of Canterbury
- UK: JJB
- …given two weeks to submit survival plan
- …shareholder Dick's writes off investment
- …up for sale
- …is eyed by Jon Moulton's Better Capital
- …second largest shareholder reduces stake in the business
- …founder eyes 40 stores
- …founder raises concerns over retailer’s future
- …Jon Moulton pulls out of the race to buy JJB
- …more than ten companies in the running for JJB
- UK: Sports Direct sales reports strong sales
- Garden centres
- UK: Next begins garden centre roll out
- UK: Tesco’s Dobbies Garden Centres reports 22% sales boost
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: The Entertainer reports 12.3% like-for-like sales boost
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Mothercare
- …unveils new revamped store
- …welcomes Jools Oliver’s Little Bird range
- Economy
- Europe: EU Labelling rules could put the brakes on UK exports
- Germany: German retail sales fall 0.9%
- UK: BRC
- …urges business rates freeze for 2013
- …e-crime is largest emerging threat to retail
- …Q2 footfall figures show further decline
- …Sunday trading reform losing momentum
- …retail sales suffer during Olympics
- UK: Government to invest £5.5 million in high street revival
- UK: ONS
- …inflation rises to 2.6% in July
- …July retail sales up 0.5%
- …weak sales forecast despite encouraging June
- UK: July sees highest online growth of 2012
- UK: Small stores call for supermarket tax
- UK: Store total falls for first time in over a decade
- UK: Government called on to change current pricing laws
- UK: Vacancy rates rise to 14.6%
- UK: Use of Contactless Payment technology is gaining momentum
Luxury Goods Retailing
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- Richemont
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- Figure 17: Richemont: Share of global luxury goods market, 2007-11
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 18: Richemont: Group financial performance, 2007/08-2011/12
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- Figure 19: Richemont: Percentage of group revenues from retail operations, 2007/08-2011/12
- Figure 20: Richemont: Contribution to group revenues, by region, 2007/08-2011/12
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- Figure 21: Richemont: Revenues, by region, 2007/08-2011/12
- Figure 22: Richemont: Year-on-year growth in revenues for hard-luxury and soft-luxury goods, 2009/10-2011/12
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- Figure 23: Richemont: Revenues, by product category, 2007/08-2011/12
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- Figure 24: Richemont: Financial performance, by operating segment, 2007/08-2011/12
- Figure 25: Richemont: Outlet numbers, 2007/08-2011/12
- Brands
- E-commerce and social networks
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