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Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Key points
- Retail sales trends
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- Figure 2: Retail sales trends, 2013-14
- Figure 3: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, 2013-2014
- John Lewis
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- Figure 4: John Lewis: Year-on-Year Growth, 2014
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 5: The income squeeze: Wages growth vs inflation, 2009-2014
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, 2013-14
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – The Grocery Sector, Christmas 2014
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- Executive summary
- Deflation hits sector sales values
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- Figure 7: Consumer prices, January – October 2014
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- Figure 8: Grocery retailers’ sector value sales: annual % change, January 2012 – October 2014
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- Figure 9: Grocery retailers: sector size and forecast (incl. VAT), 2009-15
- Market shares: three of the Big Four set for 2014 declines
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- Figure 10: Leading grocery retailers: Share of sector sales, 2012-14
- Aldi and Lidl: gaining share of basket more than share of shoppers
- Tesco’s profit warning: the positives
- It will be a weak Christmas, especially for the Big Four
Headlines for the Month
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- Convenience stores
- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Multi-Sector retailing
- Home and DIY retailing
- Home shopping
- Shopping locations
- Economy
News Analysis – Food & Drink
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-operative Food
- …appoints Retail and Logistics Director
- …commits £1.5bn to UK Farmers
- …launches ‘Swipe and Win’
- …reveals survey results
- UK: The Co-operative Group acquires seven stores
- Convenience Stores
- UK: Blakemore & Sons sales up 5%
- UK: McColl’s new stores drive sales
- UK: One Stop to franchise in Scotland
- Grocers
- UK: Aldi
- …Matthew Barnes becomes chief executive
- …to create 35,000 jobs in the UK
- …to launch restaurant pop-ups
- …to open Isle of Sheppey distribution centre
- UK: Asda like-for-likes down 1.6%
- UK: Grocery sales decline
- UK: Morrisons to close six convenience stores
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …app to speed up shopping
- …sales down 0.2%
- …Tesco Price Promise appeal dismissed
- …to cut back on store openings
- UK: Tesco
- …announces Executive Committee changes
- …issues further profit warning
- …suspended directors to be dismissed
- …to take control of its cafés
- UK: Waitrose
- …installs lockers at Southampton Airport Parkway station
- …opens new concept store
- …to stock Anya Hindmarch-designed cereal boxes
- Other food specialists
- UK: Conviviality Retail posts revenues of £183m
- UK: Majestic Wine sales up 2.8%
- Home shopping
- UK: Ocado
- …to fill 1,000 jobs
- …to open West London depot
News Analysis – Non-Food
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- Clothing retailing
- UK: Arcadia profits down 5.9%
- UK: Austin Reed to appoint Deloitte
- UK: Blue Inc raises £4m in funding
- UK: Bonmarché profits up 68.1%
- UK: Boohoo launches sportswear range
- UK: Burberry profits hit by adverse exchange rates
- UK: David Beckham to launch clothing brand
- UK: Edinburgh Woollen Mill profits up 26%
- UK: French Connection like-for-likes down 5.7%
- UK: Jaeger narrows losses as sales rise
- UK: JD Sports sells Bank
- UK: Mothercare UK like-for-likes up 1.5%
- UK: Mulberry hires new fashion director
- UK: New fashion chain to launch in 2015
- UK: New Look first half profits up 10.6%
- UK: Oasis
- …announces Bessie the Bus
- …launches 24/7 online booking for in-store styling service
- UK: Ted Baker revenues grow 15.7%
- UK: White Stuff opens new flagship Emporium
- UK: Yours Clothing to expand into Scotland and Ireland
- Footwear and jewellery retailing
- UK: Kurt Geiger sales up 13%
- UK: Signet revenues up 52.7%
- Multi-Sector retailing
- UK: Argos
- …launches swipe-to-like app
- …releases Christmas list app
- …to open first London Underground store
- UK: B&M
- …in talks to acquire Homebase stores
- …revenues up 29.7%
- UK: BrightHouse sales up 3.5%
- UK: Poundland
- …opens new distribution centre
- …profits up 34.2%
- UK: The Original Factory Shop sees profits fall by £6m
- UK: The Range posts 23% sales growth
- Department stores
- UK: Fortnum & Mason more than doubles its profits
- UK: Harvey Nichols to open in Qatar
- UK: John Lewis
- …appoints acting group finance director
- …finance officer leaves for M&S
- …has biggest ever sales week
- Home and DIY retailing
- UK: AO World revenues up 25.1%
- UK: Cath Kidston steps down as creative director
- UK: Kingfisher retail profits down 6.9%
- UK: Topps Tiles posts sales growth of 9.8%
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: GAME Q1 revenues up 17%
- UK: Phones 4U owes £78m in tax
- UK: Vodafone eyeing Blinkbox acquisition
- UK: WH Smith like-for-like sales fall 1%
- Furniture retailing
- UK: DFS signs up for Team GB
- UK: Harvey Jones to launch first TV campaign
- UK: Ikea invests more in staff loyalty programme
- UK: ScS Upholstery could return to the stock market
- Home shopping
- UK: Amazon
- …predicting a record number of Black Friday shoppers
- …to deliver to post offices
- UK: ASOS sales up 12%
- UK: Farfetch launches click-and-collect from boutiques
- UK: Findel sales edge up in the first half
- UK: Grazia magazine launches e-commerce site
- UK: Hermes distribution centre fire
- UK: House of Fraser launches breakfast delivery
- UK: Jacques Vert replatforms e-commerce site
- UK: Karen Millen launches virtual store
- UK: Net-a-Porter owner considering IPO
- UK: Shop Direct
- …bets big on Black Friday
- …says Black Friday was the biggest day in its trading history
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Evans Cycles could be sold
- UK: Mountain Warehouse profits up 65%
- UK: Sports Direct
- …defends its use of zero-hour contracts
- …to open 200 budget gyms
- Opticians
- UK: Vision Express acquires Conlons Opticians
- Pet goods retailing
- UK: Pets at Home grows revenues by 10.2%
- Card retailing
- UK: Card Factory growth driven by new store openings
- Shopping locations
- UK: Hammerson records 17% footfall increase on Black Friday
- Economy
- UK: Retail sales up 3.4% in October
- UK: Shop prices fall 1.9% in November
- UK: Station retail sales rise 6.2%
- UK: UK retail sales flat in October
- UK: UK retail sales grew 0.9% in November
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