Table of Contents
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Key points
- Retail sales trends
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- Figure 3: Retail sales trends, 2013-14
- Figure 4: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, 2013-14
- John Lewis
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- Figure 5: John Lewis: Year-on-Year Growth, 2014
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 6: The income squeeze: Wages growth vs inflation, 2009-14
- Inflation
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- Figure 7: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, 2014
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Clothing Retailing
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- Executive summary
- Warm autumn hits sales
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- Figure 8: Consumer spending on clothing and accessories (including VAT), 2009-15
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- Figure 9: Clothing specialists’ retail sales: year-on-year growth, January – November 2014
- Figure 10: Consumer prices index: year-on-year inflation in clothing prices (including accessories), January – December 2014
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- Figure 11: Global cotton prices: year-on-year % change, January – December 2014
- Marks & Spencer’s Christmas slump
- Prospects for 2015
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Other food specialists
- Clothing retailers
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical retailing
- Home Shopping
- Book and toy retailers
- Economy
News Analysis - Food and Drink
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- Convenience stores
- UK: Nisa
- …appoints new chief executive
- …rolls out ‘Store of the Future 2’ format
- UK: Tesco-owned One Stop trials discount format
- Grocers
- UK: Aldi’s price comparison campaign banned in the UK
- UK: Asda pledges £300m on price cuts
- UK: Booths like-for-likes dip over the festive period
- UK: Sainsbury’s like-for-like sales drop 1.7% in Q3
- UK: Social supermarket opens in South London
- UK: Tesco
- …facing investigation from the FRC
- …instructs auditor to scrutinise stock levels
- …like-for-like sales down 2.9%
- …staffs up in preparation for Christmas rush
- …suppliers to be interviewed as part of fraud investigation
- UK: Waitrose enjoys pre-Christmas boost
- Other food specialists
- UK: Greggs like-for-likes rise 5.2% in the second half
- UK: Majestic Wine reports positive Christmas trading
- UK: Thorntons issues pre-Christmas profit warning
- Home shopping
- UK: Ocado posts sales growth of 18.6%
- Economy
- UK: Grocery market sees marginal growth of 0.1%
- UK: Retail sales up 5.5% in November
- UK: Retailers are optimistic for 2015
- UK: Shop prices fell 1.7% in December
News Analysis - Non-food
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- Clothing retailing
- UK: Bank falls into administration
- UK: Barbour deliveries could be affected by strikes
- UK: Boux Avenue like-for-likes up 31.7%
- UK: Burberry offers Christmas gift advice on Twitter
- UK: Jaeger
- …bid approach
- …celebrates successful Christmas
- UK: Jigsaw
- …like-for-like sales up 9.5%
- …achieves ‘record’ Christmas trading
- UK: Joules grows sales by 8.2%
- UK: Karen Millen boss steps down from Aurora Fashions board
- UK: McArthurGlen outlet sales climb 20%
- UK: Monsoon introduces eReceipts
- UK: Moss Bros like-for-like sales up 7.8%
- UK: Mothercare appoints new chief finance officer
- UK: New Look and Matalan launch activewear
- UK: Reiss doubles full year profits
- UK: Sports Direct
- …given £40m loan from owner Mike Ashley
- …sales grow 6.5% in first half
- …to close USC stores
- UK: Ted Baker posts strong Christmas sales
- UK: The White Company appoints clothing director
- UK: Wolford announces new chief executive
- Footwear and accessories retailing
- UK: Office unveils new social media game
- UK: Radley like-for-likes jump 11% over the Christmas period
- UK: Russell & Bromley sales rose 9.5% in 2013
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Marks and Spencer reports mixed Christmas period
- UK: Next posts 2.9% sales increase in run-up to Christmas 2014
- UK: Poundstretcher festive sales up 14.8%
- Department stores
- UK: Fortnum & Mason reports Christmas sales surge
- UK: House of Fraser
- …like-for-like sales up 5.5%
- …Christmas like-for-likes up 8%
- UK: John Lewis
- …reports pre-Christmas sales decline
- …sales up 5.8%
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Dixons Carphone like-for-like revenues up 5%
- UK: Maplin reports strong Christmas trading
- Furniture retailing
- Denmark: JYSK turnover grows 10%
- UK: DFS sales grow 15.3% in first quarter
- UK: Oak Furniture Land posts growth in sales period
- UK: Oak Furniture Land to launch SofaStore showrooms
- Homeware and DIY retailing
- UK: Carpetright UK sales increase 5%
- UK: Dunelm like-for-like sales jump 6.2% in first half
- UK: Tiger sales up 6.5%
- UK: Topps Tiles like-for-likes up 6%
- UK: United Carpets revenues down 11.7%
- Home shopping
- UK: Boohoo posts profit warning
- UK: Ebuyer launches first major TV campaign
- UK: Major supermarkets hit by online glitches
- UK: N Brown
- …chief financial officer steps down
- …Q3 sales down 2.3%
- UK: N Brown to discontinue Gray & Osbourn
- UK: Net-a-Porter buys My-Wardrobe.com
- Sports goods retailers
- UK: Decathlon ramps up UK expansion
- Book and toy retailers
- UK: Foyles and Waterstones report strong book sales
- UK: The Entertainer sales up 5.5%
- UK: The Works Christmas sales up 6%
- UK: Waterstones launches campaign to promote click-and-collect
- Jewellers
- UK: Signet UK sales up 9.7%
- Economy
- UK: Mintel's Christmas message
- UK: Oxford Street West rents to soar
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