Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Darty quits Spain
- Weak Southern European market
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- Figure 1: Year-on-year growth in consumer spending on all electrical goods, 2012
- Low share of all spending
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- Figure 2: Spending on electrical goods as percentage of all consumer spending, selected countries, 2008-12
- Losing out to online pureplays?
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- Figure 3: Percentage of all individuals having purchased electronic equipment online in the past 12 months, selected countries, 2008-12
- What were Darty and Fnac’s market shares?
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- Figure 4: Fnac Italy and Darty Italy/Spain market shares, 2012
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 5: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales value growth, 2012-13
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- Figure 6: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales volume growth, 2012-13
- Inflation
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- Figure 7: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2012-13
- Figure 8: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2012-13
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Footwear retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Home shopping
News Analysis
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-operative Food
- …invests £6.5 million in fast payment initiative
- …offers customers healthier options
- …sees profits decline across food business
- Convenience stores
- UK: Aldi opens first UK convenience store
- UK: Costcutter collaborates with Palmer & Harvey
- UK: Hermes and One Stop collaborate for parcel collection service
- UK: John Lewis to trial 'Little Waitrose at John Lewis'
- UK: McColl’s refinances debt early as it looks to expand
- UK: Morrisons adds 200,000 sq. ft. of retail space
- UK: One Stop trials franchise model
- UK: Sainsbury’s expands London convenience stores
- UK: Superquinn reports growth ahead of market expectations
- UK: Waitrose expands London convenience arm
- Grocers
- Belgium: Delhaize launches electronic shelf labels
- Europe: Auchan sees rising sales but falling profits in 2012
- France: Carrefour
- …dismisses possible sale of Italian business
- …undergoes major reorganisation
- …opens first organic store
- …plots growth strategy for Brazil and China
- Spain: Mercadona
- …focuses on domestic business
- …posts 7% growth
- Switzerland: Migros Switzerland and Migros Ticaret report sales rise
- UK: Asda
- …in talks to buy HMV
- …launches new clothing brand
- …to launch grocery range aimed at children
- UK: Morrisons
- …announces Invesco as largest shareholder
- …launch Nutmeg children’s clothing range
- …puts 700 jobs at risk with cash-handling technology
- … confirms it will launch online food store
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …online director role expanded to spur digital growth
- …share schemes earns staff a net of £23 million
- …full-year sales rise 1.8%
- UK: SuperValu hit €2.1 billion in sales in 2012
- UK: Tesco
- …acquires Giraffe restaurant chain for £48.6 million
- …faces £1 billion bill to leave US
- …halts Soil & Seed vegetable box scheme
- …launches Price Promise
- …looks to sell Fresh & Easy chain in US
- …market share remains below 30%
- …partners with BBC Worldwide
- …considers online expansion in China
- UK: Waitrose
- …hires senior Ocado executive
- …to unveil gardening and floristry online and in-store
- Other food specialists
- UK: Thorntons adjusts pre-tax profits expectations
- Off-licences
- UK: Majestic Wine to make website more personal
- Clothing retailing
- Europe: H&M posts weak first quarter results
- Spain: Inditex posts year-end results
- Switzerland: Longchamp opens first Geneva store
- UK: Ann Summers seeks prime locations
- UK: Arcadia Group
- …to launch series of apps
- …hires former Amex digital boss
- UK: Bank appoints new head of womenswear
- UK: Bench looks at possible sale
- UK: Cambridge Satchel Company drives expansion with new appointments
- UK: Crew Clothing posts increase in revenue
- UK: French Connection falls into the red
- UK: H&M sales fall 3% in February
- UK: Jacques Vert
- …axes jobs
- …hires ex-Disney MD
- UK: Jaeger
- …launches space for emerging talent
- …chairman Stewart Binnie leaves
- UK: Monsoon Accessorize reports £4 million loss
- UK: Moss Bros posts full-year results
- UK: Mulberry issues profit warning
- UK: Next sees full-year profits rise 9%
- UK: Phase Eight opens new concept store
- UK: River Island launches menswear brands online
- UK: Ted Baker reveals strong full-year performance
- UK: Turnbull & Asser appoints managing director
- UK: Urban Outfitters sales increased by 13% in 2012
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Dr Martens pushes retail business
- UK: Jones Bootmaker plans to open Brussels store
- UK: Kurt Geiger to sell through Nordstrom
- UK: Mascotte to open first UK store
- UK: Shoon to acquire Jane Shilton's footwear brand
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: B&M Bargains sees profits soar 42%
- UK: The Original Factory Shop relaunches womenswear
- UK: Wilkinson multichannel boss to exit
- Multi-sector retailing
- Germany: Metro AG Cash & Carry
- …CEO steps down prior to publication of financial results
- …cuts more jobs at Cash & Carry operations
- …overhauls Cash & Carry Germany
- Germany: REWE sees group turnover increase by 2.7% in 2012
- UK: Home Retail Group sees sales rise on back of tablet sales
- UK: Laura Ashley
- …demands 10% back from suppliers
- …profits rise by 9.2%
- UK: M&S
- …reportedly expecting further decline in clothing sales
- …to unveil poor fourth quarter results
- …shares on 28-month high after Qatar takeover rumours
- …introduces ‘click & collect’
- …targeted by Qatari takeover
- Department stores
- Europe: Illum in Denmark bought by La Rinascente
- France: Galeries Lafayette to rejuvenate department store format
- France: Printemps to be taken over by Qataris for €1.6bn
- Germany: Karstadt
- …adjusts revenue forecast for 2013
- … hires former Yahoo Germany boss for e-commerce
- UK: Beale reports lower sales, improved gross margin
- UK: Debenhams
- …delays payments to suppliers
- …poaches Argos multichannel boss
- …aims to boost market share in menswear with Patrick Grant
- …strengthens ‘Designers at Debenhams’ portfolio
- UK: Fortnum & Mason: new CEO lets go of two directors
- UK: House of Fraser
- …to open more Click & Collect stores
- …like-for-like sales up 4.5%
- UK: John Lewis demands rebate from suppliers
- DIY retailing
- Germany: OBI remains leading German DIY retailer
- Germany: Praktiker faces continued decline in turnover
- UK: Homebase launches customer insight strategy
- UK: Kingfisher’s profits plunge by 11%
- UK: Screwfix appoints new CEO
- UK: Topps Tiles forecasts lower profits
- Electrical retailing
- Europe: Dixons Retail opens outlets in Greek Carrefour outlets
- France: Darty Exits Spain
- Switzerland: Media-Saturn-Holding withdraws Saturn from Switzerland
- UK: BrightHouse creates new exec roles
- UK: Jessops
- …collapsed under £81m debt
- …reopens six stores
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: Blockbuster
- …bought by restructuring firm Gordon Brothers
- …to expand into music retail
- UK: HMV
- …and Blockbuster owed £490 million in debts
- …set to be rescued
- Furniture retailing
- UK: DFS
- …refinances after strong first half
- …shows confidence in Irish retail market
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Cath Kidston opens concessions in Spanish department stores
- UK: Dunelm posts third quarter results
- Home shopping
- Germany: Escada launches first transactional website in German market
- Germany: Food.de expands across Germany
- Germany: New service allows German consumers to buy online and pay offline
- Germany: Zalando launches new high-end online store
- UK: Asos
- …hires in Birmingham for global growth
- …sales increase by 37% in second quarter
- UK: eBay rebrands price comparison site Shopping.com
- UK: Findel to report 8.3% sales growth
- UK: Ocado
- …announces new bonus scheme
- …posts 14.4% sales increase in first quarter
- …shares boosted from talks with Morrisons
- UK: Occa Furniture appoints former Bestbuy exec to board
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: Boots launches Shapers ready meals
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Staples hires Portugal boss for UK multichannel strategy
- UK: Waterstones to offer bonus material in books
- UK: WH Smith brings back DVDs after HMV failure
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: JD Sports
- …offers Cloggs staff voluntary redundancy
- … Republic buying director heads to JD Sports
- UK: Sweaty Betty plots expansion
- Charity shops
- UK: Nectar offers points for giving to Oxfam
- Shopping centres
- UK: One Direction pop-up shop to open
- UK: Trinity Leeds shopping centre brings new offering to city
- Opticians
- UK: Vision Express
- …focus on value sees profits rise
- …launches Heston Blumenthal range
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Go Outdoors will create 150 jobs as it opens three new stores.
- UK: Halfords
- …appoints new retail director
- …group commercial director steps down
- …sales helped by cold weather
- UK: Mamas & Papas unveils rebrand
- UK: Pets at Home acquires veterinary practice chain
- UK: Timpson plans 100 more stores at supermarkets
- Jewellery
- UK: Swarovski to launch new fascia Cadenza at Westfield Stratford
- Economy
- UK: 4G to up retail spend by £1.8 billion a year
- UK: BDO: like-for-like sales declined in March
- UK: BRC:
- …fashion sales stall due to cold weather
- …footfall up in February
- …shop price inflation rise on the rise again
- UK: Retail sales bounce back in February
- UK: Scottish retail sales continue to see growth
Airport Retailing – Europe
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- Autogrill
- What we think
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 9: Autogrill, financial performance, 2008-12
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- Figure 10: Autogrill, revenue breakdown, 2008-12
- Store portfolio
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