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Analyst Comment
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- Stores of the future – but the future catches up
- Preparing stores for the future
- Growing online sales impact on stores
- Stores of the future - a growing trend
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- Figure 1: Currys-PC World, Bluewater shopping centre (England), September 2013
- The cost to retailers
- Prompting fewer, better stores?
Sector Focus – DIY, Furniture and Floorcoverings Retail
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- Executive summary
- Mintel’s consumer research: steady demand for home spend
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- Figure 2: The consumer: Trends in activities done and consider to do: Spend money on my home (new kitchen, redecorate, new furniture etc.), July 2012- July 2013
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- Figure 3: The consumer: Trends in activities done and consider to do: Spend money on my home (new kitchen, redecorate, new furniture etc.), by average age and affluence, July 2013
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- Figure 4: The consumer: Trends in what extra money is spent on: furniture, home improvements, décor, November 2009- July 2013
- Specialists’ sector sales: a strong 2013 so far
- DIY
- Furniture/furnishings:
- Floorcoverings:
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- Figure 5: Retail sales (incl. VAT), 2008-13
- Consumer spending: homewares demand is strong
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- Figure 6: Consumer spending: Year-on-year growth, Q1 2013
- Figure 7: Consumer spending (incl. VAT), 2008-13
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Key points
- Retail sales trends
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- Figure 8: Retail sales trends, 2012-13
- BRC data for July
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- Figure 9: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, 2012-13
- John Lewis
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- Figure 10: John Lewis: Year-on-year growth, 2012-13
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 11: RPI vs Average weekly earnings growth, 2008-13
- Inflation
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- Figure 12: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, 2012-13
- Looking forward
Headlines for the Month
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- Co-ops
- Grocers
- Other food specialists
- Off-licences
- Clothing retailing
- Footwear retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department Stores
- Electrical retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Homewares retailing
- Home shopping
- Book and stationery retailing
- Economy
News Analysis
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- Co-ops
- Co-op
- …sees fall in first half profits
- …to launch online grocery website
- Convenience stores
- Waitrose adds 10 convenience stores to London portfolio
- Grocers
- Asda
- …drops Saatchi & Saatchi
- …funds a retail degree for staff
- …hires VCCP for its advertising
- …offers online delivery pass to challenge rivals
- …records slow sales growth
- …store vision to rival Tesco Watford
- Morrisons
- …and Argos sign up to personal marketing service
- …unveils Nutmeg TV ad
- Sainsbury’s outpaces big four rivals
- Tesco
- …and Next hit back at claims made about their labour sources
- …criticised by ASA over advert
- …ditches store as it listens to locals
- …to introduce till cash monitoring system
- … to launch iPad-style tablet
- Waitrose
- …buys The Good Food Guide
- …proposes using GPS tracking for click-and-collect
- …to help young offenders
- Other food specialists
- Harris + Hoole takes former Jessops sites
- Countrywide eyes AIM listing as profits rise
- Off-licences
- Conviviality Retail acquires Wine Rack
- Clothing retailing
- Abercrombie & Fitch sales fall
- Government demands use of plus size mannequins
- Hanro signs for first UK store
- Jane Norman to close Oxford Street store
- Matalan to launch new sports fascia
- McQueen sales high after royal dress success
- New Look sees profits surge as like-for-like sales edge up
- Peacocks to sell kids clothing in garden centres
- Primark
- …owner raises profit expectations
- …to end online trial
- River Island returns to Singapore
- Six retailers to open stores in Canary Wharf’s Jubilee palace
- SuperGroup's positive sales reflect “enduring appeal”
- Taking Shape to enter UK market
- TK Maxx to open new store in Covent Garden
- Topshop to expand U.S. presence
- Uniqlo launches children’s clothing range
- Victoria’s Secret set to open Bluewater store
- Footwear retailing
- LK Bennett owners consider sale
- Mixed goods retailing
- B&M rewards buyers’ faith
- Multi-sector retailing
- Home Retail sees departure of Terry Duddy
- Marks & Spencer
- …hires store environment chief
- …hit by glitches at distribution centre
- …increases its efforts to solve IT glitches
- …loses customer insight boss
- …trials new accessories department
- …launches new ‘leading ladies’ campaign
- Department stores
- Debenhams
- …adds two new designers to roster
- …ups marketing activity with use of augmented reality
- House of Fraser trials virtual queue system
- John Lewis
- …insurance business part of new advertising campaign
- …to pay out £40 million to underpaid staff
- …labels electricity costs
- …sales up by 6.6%
- …to launch upmarket in-store restaurant
- John Lewis
- …views an opening in Westfield London
- DIY retailing
- B&Q makes 180 redundancies
- Homebase launches first co-buying initiative
- Kingfisher hires Marks & Spencer’s Plan A director to lead Net Positive Plan
- Electrical retailing
- Carphone Warehouse and Harvey Norman in partnership
- BrightHouse launches new payment model
- Comet
- …to be re-launched under new name
- …Clive Coombes backtracks on Comet re-launch
- …former owner recoups £54 million
- …new Comet brand investigated by Deloitte
- Dixons to sell off French and Turkish business arms
- Furniture retailing
- Dreams hires new chief executive
- Dwell’s creditors to receive no payout
- Furniture retailers investigated by OFT
- Jysk takes three former Dreams stores
- The Range to open 5 new stores by 2016
- Homewares retailing
- Brissi hires big names to its board
- Cath Kidston sees rise in full year profits of 13%
- Home shopping
- Amazon increases mobile app presence
- Asos
- …hires new sourcing director
- …signs contract for management of distribution centre
- Boohoo.com eyes float
- Damartex aquires Coopers of Stortford
- DRL steps up flotation plans
- Figleaves.com to launch erotic boutique
- Game eyes growth in online video game market
- Girl Meets Dress receives venture capital funding
- Richard Desmond moves into contract publishing with Very magazine
- Health and beauty retailing
- Boots boss Alex Gourlay to move to Walgreens
- Book and stationery retailing
- Card Factory to refinance following attempted sale
- Staples launches back to school advertising campaign
- WHSmith full-year profits “in line with expectations"
- Music retailing
- HMV
- …creditors to lose £250 million
- …hires new director for its Pure loyalty programme
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- JD Sports looking to expand its Pro performance fascia
- Sports Direct to enter FTSE 100
- Jewellers
- Pandora to open largest global store in Oxford Street
- Toys and games retailing
- ModelZone to leave the high street
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- Go Outdoors sees rise in sales
- Economy
- BRC releases retail sales figures
- Retailers could face business rates increases of £300 million
- Scottish sporting successes boost retail sales in July
- Shop prices fall 0.5% due to discounting in stores.
- UK retail sales jump 1.1% in July
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