Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Kingfisher launches Screwfix in Germany
- Understanding the specialists sector in Germany
- How Screwfix will sit in this market
- Online in the German DIY market
- 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, 2013-14
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- Figure 2: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales volume growth, 2013-14
- Inflation
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- Figure 3: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2013-14
- Figure 4: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2013-14
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Home shopping
- Toys and games retailing
News Analysis – Food
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op
- …members overwhelmingly back governance reforms
- …sales fall 3.8% in first half
- Convenience Stores
- UK: McColl’s sales grow 4.3% in Q3
- UK: Nisa CEO leaves business
- UK: One Stop installs beacon technology in stores
- Grocers
- Denmark: World's first free supermarket opens in Copenhagen
- France: Auchan sales rise 16.1% in first half
- Germany: Lidl launches health and beauty items online
- Germany: Metro to divest from Booker
- Netherlands: Ahold sales fall 4.1% in Q2
- Netherlands: Jumbo sales grow 26% in first half
- Netherlands: Lidl to open new store concept in the Netherlands
- Netherlands: Makro to suffer staff layoffs
- UK: Aldi removes confectionery from checkout areas
- UK: Asda
- …like-for-like sales grow 0.5% in Q2
- …invests in click-and-collect pods
- …George to launch first plus-size range
- UK: Iceland Foods completes refinancing deal
- UK: Lidl
- …launches first UK brand campaign
- …to launch cut-price fashion range
- UK: Morrisons
- …extends store opening hours
- …opens first commuter store
- UK: Ocado to trial click-and-collect
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …launches Tu online
- …launches 10th anniversary Tu collection
- UK: Tesco
- …cancels plans for smartphone
- …issues profit warning
- …Harris + Hoole to close six stores
- …to launch sandwich shop
- …launches click and collect lockers
- …major investor reduces stake
- …to host Virgin Holidays concessions
- UK: Waitrose opens railway station outlet
- Other food specialists
- UK: Thorntons profits grow 60.4%
- Economy
- France: French MPs draft compulsory charitable food donation bill
- UK: Asda and Waitrose gain market share
- UK: Retail sales grow 2.7% in August
- UK: Retail sales fall 0.3% in July
- UK: Retail sales grow 2.6% in July
- UK: Shop prices continue to fall in August
News Analysis – Non Food
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- Clothing retailing
- Belgium: Macintosh to offload Scapino
- Europe: Van de Velde sales rise 10.3%
- France: Etam profits grow 26.1% in the first half of the year
- France: New Look confirms the sale of Mim
- Spain: Desigual profits grow 48% first half of 2014.
- Spain: Inditex to launch Lefties online
- UK: Abercrombie & Fitch to open first kidswear store
- UK: Barbour appoints new global e-commerce chief
- UK: Element to open its first UK standalone store
- UK: French Connection opens pop-up convenience store
- UK: H&M's mega fashion 2014 Xmas campaign
- UK: Lands’ End debuts House of Fraser
- UK: All La Senza stores to close
- UK: Lindex to open its first UK store
- UK: Lipsy launches sports line
- UK: New Look sales grow 8.1% in Q1
- UK: Stradivarius opens its doors in the UK
- UK: SuperGroup like-for-like sales fall 3.7% in Q1
- UK: Vivienne Westwood sales drop 2%
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Dr Martens appoints new CEO
- Department stores
- Germany: Karstadt
- …acquired by Signa
- …interim CEO leaves company
- Spain: El Corte Inglés sales fall 1.8%
- UK: House of Fraser
- …trials mannequin beacons
- …£480m acquisition formally completed
- UK: John Lewis
- …makes CollectPlus deliveries available nationwide
- …trials in-store opticians
- UK: Menarys enters CVA with creditors
- UK: Selfridges
- …to expand own-label selection
- …opens in-store cinema
- DIY retailing
- Europe: Kingfisher sales grow 0.9% in the first half of the year
- Ireland: Woodie's performance boosts Grafton's sales
- Netherlands: DGN Retail close to being taken over
- UK: Homebase shareholder vetoes sell off
- UK: Lords of Notting Hill adds cookshop to its portfolio
- UK: Screwfix to open 50 new stores in 2015
- UK: Wickes hires Fit Flop ecommerce boss
- Garden products retailing
- UK: Terra Firma considering Wyevale sale
- Books and stationary retailing
- UK: WH Smith announce result ‘in-line with market expectations’
- UK: The Works owners consider sale
- Electrical retailing
- Europe: Newegg expands European operations
- UK: Brighthouse
- …explores IPO
- …revenue grows 3.7% in Q1
- UK: Dixons Carphone announce results of a ‘good start’
- UK: Maplin
- …sales rise but profits slump
- …brings in Poundland chairman
- UK: Phone 4u
- …seeks 100 new stores
- …future in doubt
- …loses Vodafone contract
- Music, film and video games retailing
- UK: Game Digital posts solid sales
- Furniture retailing
- Croatia: Ikea opens its first Croatian store
- France: Ikea announces 10 new stores
- Germany: Ikea launches lifetime returns
- UK: Furniture Village secures £6m investment
- UK: Ikea scales back new store plans
- Home shopping
- France: 3 Suisses outlines turnaround plan
- UK: Achica attracts hedgefund investor
- UK: Amazon
- …CFO to retire
- …to launch the Amazon Fire TV in the UK
- UK: Asos warehouse fire continues to cause disruptions
- UK: Boden sales rise 5%
- UK: JD Williams to launch TV campaign
- UK: Kiddicare losses widen
- UK: My-Wardrobe future in doubt
- UK: Net-a-Porter sales grow 23%
- UK: Shop Direct to launch transactional apps
- UK: Zalando
- …confirms IPO
- …launches flash sales site in the UK
- …sales grow 24.9% in Q2
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: Marc Jacobs to open ‘tweet shop’
- UK: Savers sales grow 15%
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Sports Direct sales grow 12.2% in Q1
- Toys and games retailing
- Russian Federation: Hamleys reveals plans for Europe’s largest toy store
- UK: Toys R Us sales fall 7%
- Multi-sector retailing
- Belgium: CDiscount expands to Belgium
- Netherlands: Hema to open in-store travel agents
- UK: Laura Ashley sales and profits rise in the first half of the year
- UK: Marks and Spencer
- …launches unified marketing campaign
- …opens first standalone back to school store
- …to launch first range of frozen ready meals
- UK: Poundland
- …chairman drafted in by Maplin
- …scraps Poundshop.com partnership
- UK: TK Maxx plans 18 store expansion
- UK: Wilko sales dip 4.4%
- UK: 99p Stores
- …launches 99p a week broadband internet service
- …to offer hot drinks and bakery goods
- Shopping destinations
- UK: Europe’s first Asian shopping centre to open in London
- UK: Heathrow launches first airport based personal shopping lounge
- UK: Land Securities announces two new click-and-collect hubs
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- UK: Mamas & Papas hire former Aurora Fashions chairman
- UK: Groupon launches new website
- Miscellaneous
- UK: The Elliot Review ‘concerned’ over retailers procurement policies
- UK: Royal Mail to trial Sunday deliveries this weekend
- Economy
- France: French MPs draft compulsory charitable food donation bill
- UK: Asda and Waitrose gain market share
- UK: Retail sales grow 2.7% in August
- UK: Retail sales fall 0.3% in July
- UK: Retail sales grow 2.6% in July
- UK: Shop prices continue to fall in August
European Retail Handbook 2014/15: Retailing in Sweden
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- The Swedish retail scene
- Sweden in figures
- Population
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- Figure 5: Sweden: Population trends, 2009-13
- Figure 6: Sweden: Population, by age group and gender, 2013
- Figure 7: Sweden: Households, by size, 2012-13
- Figure 8: Sweden: Population, by county, 2009-13
- Economy
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- Figure 9: Sweden: Gross domestic product, 2003-13
- Figure 10: Sweden: Consumer prices inflation, % change on previous year, 2009-13
- Figure 11: Sweden: Consumer expenditure (incl. VAT), 2003-13
- Figure 12: Sweden: Breakdown of consumer spending, by detailed category (incl. VAT), 2009-13
- Swedish retailing in figures
- Retail sales
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- Figure 13: Sweden: Retail sales (excl. VAT), 2009-14
- Figure 14: Sweden: Breakdown of retail sales (excl. VAT), 2009-14
- Enterprises, outlets and employment
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- Figure 15: Sweden: Retail businesses, by sector, 2008-12
- Figure 16: Sweden: Retail employment, by sector, 2008-12
- E-commerce in Sweden
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- Figure 17: Sweden: Household internet access, 2005 and 2009-13
- Figure 18: Sweden: Online purchases – Percentage of all individuals, 2009-13
- Food retailing in Sweden
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- Figure 19: Sweden: Leading food retailers, 2013
- Non-food retailing in Sweden
- Mixed goods and department stores
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- Figure 20: Sweden: Leading department stores and mixed-goods retailers, 2013
- Clothing and footwear specialists
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- Figure 21: Sweden: Leading clothing and footwear specialists, 2013
- DIY specialists
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- Figure 22: Sweden: Leading DIY specialists, 2013
- Furniture specialists
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- Figure 23: Sweden: Leading furniture retailers, 2013
- Electricals specialists
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- Figure 24: Sweden: Leading electrical goods specialists, 2013
- Health and beauty specialists
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- Figure 25: Sweden: Leading health and beauty specialists, 2013
- Miscellaneous specialists
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- Figure 26: Sweden: Major cultural, leisure and other specialists, 2013
- Online and other home-shopping retailers
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- Figure 27: Sweden: Leading home-shopping retailers, 2013
- Contacts and sources
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