Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Assessing consumer confidence
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- Figure 1: Europe: Consumer confidence, leading countries, Aug-Sep 2012
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- Figure 2: Europe: Consumer confidence, lagging countries, Aug-Sep 2012
- Retail sales growth
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- Figure 3: Year-on-year retail sales growth, leading countries, Jul-Aug 2012
- Figure 4: Year-on-year retail sales growth, lagging countries, Jul-Aug 2012
- Confidence versus retail sales growth
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- Figure 5: Europe: Consumer confidence versus year-on-year retail sales growth, three month average, Jun/Jul-Aug/Sep 2012
- Growth by sector
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- Figure 6: Europe: Year-on-year retail sales growth rates in selected retail sectors, Jan 2011-Jul/Aug 2012
Retail Sales Review
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- Key points
- France
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- Figure 7: France: Retail sales, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: France: Inflation, 2011-12
- Germany
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- Figure 9: Germany: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Germany: Inflation, 2011-12
- Italy
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- Figure 11: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: Italy: Inflation, 2011-12
- Netherlands
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- Figure 13: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 14: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2011-12
- Spain
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- Figure 15: Spain: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 16: Spain: Inflation 2011-12
- UK
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- Figure 17: UK: Retail sales trends, 2011-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 18: UK: Inflation, 2011-12
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Footwear retailing
- Department stores
- Multi-sector retailing
- DIY retailing
- Home shopping
- Health and beauty retailing
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Toys and games retailing
News Analysis
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- Convenience stores
- UK: Asda a possible candidate for Costcutter alliance
- Co-op invests £7 million in David Sands store conversion plan
- Waitrose to revamp convenience stores
- Grocers
- Europe: Tesco launches online grocery shopping in Slovakia
- France: Carrefour
- … testing self-scan via smartphones
- …to swap stores with Intermarché
- France: Casino to launch contactless payments
- Germany: Ahold opens first store in Germany
- Germany: Metro
- … issues profit warning
- … taken off the DAX
- Netherlands: Albert Heijn tells suppliers to cut prices to help fund its expansion
- UK: Aldi reports 450% boost in operating profit
- UK: Asda
- … faces system error with Price Guarantee Scheme
- …reports 6% rise in profits for 2011
- …to launch click-and-collect service
- UK: Booths eyes expansion
- UK: Morrisons
- … appoints new managing director for M Local format
- …prepares for online launch
- …to launch clothing range
- UK: Sainsbury's
- … Q2 like-for-likes boosted by Paralympic sponsorship
- …to introduce minimum basket spend online
- UK: Tesco
- … appoints new group technical director
- …has a long way to go, but overhaul is underway
- …launches first all-LED store
- …reports 11.6% fall in profits
- …secures planning consent for Norfolk store
- …to lead digital revolution
- UK: Waitrose grabs highest grocery market share in its history
- Off-licences
- UK: Bargain Booze reports 7.7% decline in pre-tax profits
- Other food specialists
- UK: Holland and Barrett expands omnichannel outlets
- UK: Thorntons
- … reports 1.7% decline in like-for-like sales
- …reports fall in sales and pre-tax profit
- Clothing retailing
- Europe: Aurora launches andotherbrands.com in Sweden and the Netherlands
- Europe: H&M reports 4% fall in like-for-likes
- Europe: Profits soar at Prada
- Europe: Sixty Group
- … fighting for survival
- …in midst of crisis talks
- Europe: Versace launches e-commerce site
- Europe: Warnaco plans multimillion pound expansion in Europe
- France: Karl Lagerfeld store to open
- France: Lancel appoints D&G director as new CEO
- Spain: Inditex reports 32% increase in H1 earnings
- Sweden: H&M Q3 results fall short of predictions
- UK: All Saints
- … appoints Burberry vice president as new Chief Executive
- …chairman exits business
- UK: Armani Group take control of UK operations
- UK: Burberry reports sales slowdown
- UK: Coast opens new flagship store in Manchester
- UK: East reports dramatic fall in pre-tax profits
- UK: French Connection reports pre-tax loss of £6.3 million
- UK: G-Star in line for Regent Street store
- UK: Jack Wills sees sales figures rise
- UK: Jacques Vert appoints former John Lewis director as group trading director
- UK: Jane Norman to open new store
- UK: Karen Millen appoints two new retail directors
- UK: Matalan to create 5,000 Christmas jobs
- UK: Mini Velvet opens 12th standalone store
- UK: Moss Bros profits stabilise
- UK: New Look reports 30% rise in profits
- UK: Next reports first half results
- UK: Primark
- … opens new store on London’s Tottenham Court Road
- …reports 17% boost in sales
- UK: Reiss introduces WiFi and iPads to its store
- UK: River Island
- … reports 25% fall in pre-tax profits
- …set to launch accessories range designed by bloggers
- UK: Stella McCartney sees profits soar
- UK: SuperGroup
- … reports 1.7% increase in Q1 like-for-likes
- …shareholders rebel
- UK: Ted Baker reports 10.4% profit boost
- UK: Thomas Pink introduces one-touch technology
- UK: Zara’s UK profits soar
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Brantano reports £3.7 million pre-tax loss
- UK: Hotter Shoes ramps up store opening schedule
- UK: Jones Group appoints president of global footwear and accessories
- UK: Kurt Geiger sees earnings edge up
- UK: LK Bennett appoints new Chief Executive
- UK: Schuh to launch kids' brand
- Department stores
- Germany: Karstadt opens second K TOWN store in Cologne
- Ireland: Gordon Brothers buys Clerys
- UK: Allders to close
- UK: John Lewis Partnership
- … reports 60% rise in profits
- …and M&S to open at new development in York
- UK: Debenhams
- … opens new store in Chesterfield
- …appoints Google’s head of retail as non-executive director
- …reports profit growth
- …to increase floor space at Westfield Bradford store
- UK: Harvey Nichols to open Christmas pop-up at Merry Hill
- UK: House of Fraser reports 1.7% rise in H1 like-for-likes
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Argos reports rise in sales
- UK: B&M
- … goes up for sale
- …seeks European expansion
- UK: Poundland
- … opens new distribution centre
- …to create 2,000 jobs over the Christmas period
- Multi-sector retailing
- Germany: Douglas reports 1.7% rise in sales
- UK: Laura Ashley reports sales growth
- UK: M&S
- … to create 1,000 jobs with new distribution centre
- …to create 20,000 temporary Christmas jobs
- …to open 12 more bank branches by the end of 2012
- Music and video retailing
- UK: HMV sales continue to fall
- DIY retailing
- Europe: Kingfisher opens 1,000 international stores
- Germany: Hornbach grows its share in German market
- Germany: Praktiker avoids insolvency
- UK: B&Q to make 15% of head office staff redundant
- UK: Kingfisher announces interim results
- UK: Topps Tiles expected to meet profit target
- Electrical retailing
- Europe: Dixons appoints managing director for Northern Europe operations
- Europe: Darty's CEO to step down
- UK: Dixons to close Dixons.co.uk business
- UK: Maplin appoints new commercial director
- Carpet retailing
- UK: United Carpets bought in pre-pack administration deal
- Furniture retailing
- Sweden: Ikea appoints new CEO
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Lakeland reports fall in profit but rise in turnover
- Home shopping
- Europe: PPR nears sale of Redcats catalogue arm
- Germany: Neckermann to close
- UK: Amazon to hire 10,000 Christmas staff at UK packing centres
- UK: ASOS
- … appoints new chairman
- …hires former M&S retail chief
- …sales increase 15%
- UK: Boden hit by cotton price increase
- UK: eBay partners with Nectar for customer loyalty programme
- UK: Findel reports 7.9% boost in group sales in H1
- UK: Ocado
- … launches DIY and car care lines
- …increases focus on price
- …reports 10% rise in Q3 sales
- UK: Profits climb at Abel & Cole as sale speculation mounts
- UK: The Hut reports 54% increase in sales in H1
- Health and beauty retailing
- Europe: Dia acquires German firm Schlecker's Iberian drugstores
- UK: Alliance Boots to acquire 12% stake in Chinese pharmaceutical company
- UK: The Body Shop in takeover talks
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Clintons’ owner receives bid to take company private
- UK: Paperchase opens first airport store
- UK: WH Smith offers free WiFi
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Germany: Adidas lowers 2015 sales forecast for Reebok
- UK: Decathlon rules out bid for JJB Sports
- UK: JD Sports reports 85% fall in H1 profit
- UK: JJB Sports
- … acquires new bidder
- …calls in administrators
- …expected to be acquired by Sports Direct
- UK: Jon Moulton pulls out of the race to buy JJB
- UK: Sports Direct
- … deal for JJB stores now imminent
- …closes in on JJB Sports
- … acquires 20 JJB Sports stores
- …undercuts stockists’ prices
- Jewellers
- UK: Claire's Accessories suffers as demand decreases
- Charity shops
- UK: Oxfam trials new store design concept
- Opticians
- UK: Optical Express subsidiary falls into administration
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Game to lose Gamestation fascia
- UK: Hamleys
- … acquired by Groupe Ludendo
- …to open first store in Wales
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Go Outdoors’ Chief Executive takes up product-focused role
- UK: Countrywide invests £2 million in lowering prices
- UK: Halfords
- … appoints new Chief Executive
- …reports boost in Q2 revenue
- UK: Kiddicare unveils £200m sales vision
- UK: Mothercare appoints new director of retail operations
- Shopping centres
- UK: Bluewater reports 6.6% rise in sales in September
- UK: Westfield Stratford City attracts 47 million visitors in first year
- UK: Westfield submits plans for £1 billion redevelopment of Croydon
- UK: Whitely Shopping Centre attracts new tenants
- Economy
- UK: BRC: September like-for-like retail sales up 1.5%
- UK: Consumer spending increases by 3%
- UK: Inflation rate slows to 2.5%
- UK: London’s Luxury sector grows
- UK: ONS: Olympic Games cause 0.2% decline in retail sales
- UK: Retail sales growth halved after Lehman Brothers collapse
- UK: Retail sales growth set to remain stagnant for 2012
- UK: Sunday trading reform losing momentum
- UK: UK consumers slow to adopt apps for purchases
- UK: Retailers launch pop-up shops
European Retail Handbook 2011/12: Greece
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- The Greek retail scene
- Greece in figures
- Population
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- Figure 19: Greece: Estimated population, 2007-11
- Figure 20: Greece: Estimated population, by age group, 2007-11
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- Figure 21: Greece: Population by region, 2011
- Economy
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- Figure 22: Greece: Gross domestic product, 2002-11
- Figure 23: Greece: Consumer prices index, 2007-11
- Figure 24: Greece: Households consumption expenditure, 2002-11
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- Figure 25: Greece: Breakdown of households consumption expenditure, 2007-10
- Greek retailing in figures
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- Figure 26: Greece: Retail sales, 2007-12
- Figure 27: Greece: Breakdown of retail sales (excl VAT), 2007-11
- Food retailing in Greece
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- Figure 28: Greece: Food retailers’ sales (excl VAT), 2007-11
- Figure 29: Greece: Major food retailers, 2011
- Non-food retailing in Greece
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- Figure 30: Greece: Mixed goods retailers’/department stores' sales (excl VAT), 2007-11
- Figure 31: Greece: Identified leading department store retailers, 2011
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- Figure 32: Clothing, footwear, and textiles specialists’ sales (excl VAT), 2007-11
- Figure 33: Greece: Identified leading clothing, textiles and footwear retailers, 2011
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- Figure 34: Greece: Household goods specialists’ sales (excl VAT), 2007-11
- Figure 35: Greece: Identified leading household goods retailers, 2011
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- Figure 36: Other specialists’ retail sales (excl VAT), 2007-11
- Figure 37: Greece: Major miscellaneous non-food retailers, 2011
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- Figure 38: Greece: Non-store retailers' sales (excl VAT), 2007-11
- Figure 39: Greece: Selected major non-store retailers, 2011
- Major retailers in Greece
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- Figure 40: Greece: Identified leading retailers, 2011
- Major shopping malls
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- Figure 41: Greece: Leading shopping centres, 2012
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