Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- The Hypermarket: Evolving, Fifty Years On
- The death of the hypermarket?
- Carrefour: continuing to overhaul stores
- Tesco: flexing the mix
- J. Sainsbury: investing in non-foods
- What’s next?
- What we think
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 1: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales value growth, 2012-13
- Figure 2: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales volume growth, 2012-13
- Inflation
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- Figure 3: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2012-13
- Figure 4: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2012-13
Kingfisher Group
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- What we think
- Solid 2012/13 results in declining markets
- Growth in Trade Point hits gross margins
- Latest strategy underpins performance
- Making it easier for customers
- Offloading UK space
- International growth by expansion
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 5: Kingfisher Group: Group financial performance, 2007/08-2012/13
- Figure 6: UK trade sales, excl. VAT, 2008/09-2011/12
Headlines for the Month
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- Convenience stores
- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- DIY retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Music & video goods retailing
- Home shopping
- Sports & leisure goods retailing
News Analysis
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- Co-ops
- UK: The Co-op appoints new group finance director
- Convenience stores
- Netherlands: SPAR’s revenue up 2.8%
- UK: Nisa Retail appoints newly created role of marketing director
- Grocers
- Belgium: Delhaize Group
- …CEO exits
- …agrees on sale of Sweetbay, Harveys and Reid’s
- Europe: Rewe Group to expand in Romania
- Germany: Edeka introduces mobile technology
- Netherlands: Ahold
- …creates new senior role
- …launches pick-up points for Bol.com
- …Ahold Q1 sales grow 4.4%
- Russian Federation: Dixy sees revenue growth of 22.7% for Q1 2013
- UK: Aldi
- …grows market share
- …outpaces grocery market
- UK: Asda
- …appoints international director for George brand
- …Q1 sales up 1.3%
- …to donate surplus stock to FareShare
- UK: Booths appoints Paul Minett as retail director
- UK: Fortnum & Mason to open standalone store
- UK: Iceland posts profit rise
- UK: Morrisons
- …appoints interim chief information officer
- …questions Tesco’s Price Promise claims
- …to launch adult clothing
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …staff share record £90 million bonus pot
- …Justin King sees 23% rise in pay package
- …to help food start-ups enter market
- …ups digital with video-on-demand
- UK: Tesco
- …F&F announces international expansion plans
- …posts fall in Q1 sales
- …trials “super convenience” store
- …Fresh & Easy boss receives payout
- UK: Waitrose
- …boss threatens Ocado and Morrisons deal
- …signs cricket sponsorship deal
- …to supply Chile with British products
- …unveils store revamp programme
- Other food specialists
- UK: Holland & Barrett owner acquires Essenza chain
- UK: Hotel Chocolat looks to sell minority stake
- Wholesalers
- UK: Booker profits rise 13%
- Clothing retailing
- Europe: Primark to open first French stores in Marseille and Dijon
- Italy: Armani reports profits rise for 2012
- Italy: Versace eyed by Qatar Investment Authority
- UK: All Saints launches film production Company
- UK: Barbour
- …appoints two new senior team members
- …awarded £549,000 government investment
- UK: Basic Thinking opens new factory in Leicester
- UK: Bhs sales down in 2011/12
- UK: Burberry posts profits rise
- UK: Cambridge Satchel Company in talks with Wahaha
- UK: Cocosa hires new general manager
- UK: Coggles falls into administration
- UK: French Connection like-for-like sales flat
- UK: Hackett takes Ferrari store on Regent Street
- UK: Hobbs’ profits up 1.3%
- UK: Hunter Boots appoints new ecommerce director
- UK: Issa founder and creative director to exit business
- UK: Jaeger finance director steps down
- UK: Joules targeted by LVMH’s private equity arm L Capital
- UK: Lee Cooper expands into Baltic markets
- UK: Monsoon Accessorize hires Jacques Vert director as digital boss
- UK: Moss Bros’ online sales increase by 138%
- UK: New Look returns to profit
- UK: Next plc announces board changes
- UK: Oki Ni bought by ecommerce group
- UK: Reiss
- …‘back on track’ with new structure
- …ecommerce and brand directors to exit
- UK: River Island set to expand in Australia
- UK: SuperGroup
- …appoints new international director
- …plans German expansion
- UK: TM Lewin eyes Nigeria, India and Philippines for international expansion
- UK: Topshop unveils festival collection
- Footwear retailing
- Germany: PUMA adjusts revenue expectations for 2013
- UK: Clarks pre-tax profits rise
- UK: LK Bennett
- …appoints former Burberry director
- …plans expansion in China
- UK: Schuh opens first out-of-town store
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Poundland cuts prices
- UK: The Original Factory Shop hires Tony Page as chief executive
- Multi-sector retailing
- Europe: Rewe Group to expand in Romania
- Germany: Douglas Holding’s 1.8% sales growth driven by perfumeries
- Germany: Metro AG
- …considers withdrawal from foreign operations
- …shares surge after Morgan Stanley recommendation
- Germany: Rewe Group to expand Temma format in Germany
- Netherlands: Marks & Spencer opens interactive store in Amsterdam
- UK: Laura Ashley pays shareholders special dividend
- UK: Home Retail Group boss reward package rises
- UK: M&S
- …marketing and store environment directors to leave
- …boosts womenswear with two appointments
- …boss Marc Bolland pay drops by a third
- …hits lowest annual profit since 2009 as clothing sales drop
- …previews crucial autumn/winter collection
- Department stores
- UK: Harvey Nichols to expand Birmingham branch
- UK: House of Fraser
- …strong performance boosted by soaring online sales
- …to boost premium credentials
- UK: John Lewis to open Oxford store
- UK: Louboutin to open standalone store in Harrods
- UK: Selfridges
- …opens world’s largest denim store
- …sees exit of online and finance bosses
- DIY retailing
- Germany: Praktiker reshuffles management
- UK: B&Q
- …and Morrisons confirm joint shopping space
- …trials tool upcycling scheme in Bristol
- UK: Home Retail Group boss reward package rises
- UK: Kingfisher posts Q1 results
- UK: Topps Tiles posts H1 results
- UK: Travis Perkins posts Q1 results
- Shopping centres
- UK: Trinity Leeds: 2.7 million visitors in first month
- UK: Whiteley shopping centre opens in Hampshire
- Electrical retailing
- France: Darty reports decline in revenues
- Germany: Media-Saturn and Expert interested in Rewe's ProMarkt
- UK: Dixons reports growth in the UK, Ireland and Northern Europe
- UK: Maplin’s operating profit declines by 33.6%
- Music and video goods retailing
- Ireland: HMV to re-open stores in Ireland
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Barker & Stonehouse opens first London store
- UK: Dreams chief executive Nick Worthington steps down
- UK: Dwell looks at sale
- UK: Steinhoff Europe increases funding facilities
- UK: Sun European pays £23 million to clear debt owed after Dreams collapse
- Home shopping
- Germany: Metro Group
- …to divest online wine business
- …to launch online store in Russia
- UK: Amazon
- …to open London office
- …under fire over dodged tax bill
- UK: Asos withdraws radioactive belts
- UK: Boden plots international expansion
- UK: Brand Alley seeks overseas expansion
- UK: eBay to launch click-and-collect service
- UK: Findel sees pre-tax profits rise 50%
- UK: Iceland to launch online offering
- UK: Morrisons signs deal with Ocado to launch online store
- UK: N Brown boss awarded £4 million ‘golden hello’
- UK: Ocado
- …eyes transformation from supermarket to hypermarket
- …reconfirms that it will not be acquired by Morrisons
- UK: PayPoint relaunches Collect+
- UK: Royal Mail to enter Click and Collect initiative
- UK: Primark makes first move into online retail
- UK: Retailers to invest £5bn in omnichannel over next five years
- UK: Shop Direct reviews womenswear brand portfolio
- UK: Very launches new collection
- UK: WorldStores received £10 million investment
- Off-licences
- UK: Bargain Booze hires wine consultant
- Health & beauty retailing
- UK: Boots posts year-end results
- UK: Lloyds pharmacy to roll out new store layout
- UK: The Fragrance Shop posts record year-end results
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory
- …considers public offering
- …plots 1,200 store expansion
- UK: WH Smith voted worst store on high street
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Europe: Sports Direct makes acquisitions in Austria and the Baltics
- Netherlands: JD Sports to expand into the Netherlands
- UK: Snow+Rock reports flat full-year profits
- UK: Sports Direct
- …closes 20 Republic stores
- …launches news website
- Jewellers
- UK: Aurum’s profits increase by 7%
- UK: Signet posts sales fall at H Samuel
- UK: Theo Fennell extends bid deadline
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Halfords posts fall in pre-tax profits
- UK: Mamas & Papas launches kidswear range
- UK: Mothercare posts full year results
- Economy
- UK: BRC:
- …cash payments falling in the UK
- …retail sales up 1.8% on a like-for-like
- …shop vacancy levels rise to record high
- UK: ONS: Retail sales down 1.3% in April
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- Figure 7: Kingfisher Group: Outlet data, 2007/08-2012/13
- Retail offering
- B&Q UK
- Other fascia
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