Table of Contents
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Key points
- Retail sales trends
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- Figure 1: Retail sales trends, 2014/15
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- Figure 2: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC versus ONS, 2013-15
- John Lewis
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- Figure 3: John Lewis: year-on-year growth, 2014-15
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 4: The income squeeze: Wages growth versus inflation, 2010-15
- Inflation
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- Figure 5: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, 2014-15
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Clothing and Footwear Retailing
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 6: Retail sales: Annual percentage change in retail sales in the categories clothing and footwear and leather goods, January 2014-May 2015
- Inflation
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- Figure 7: CPI: Annual percentage change in the clothing and footwear categories, May 2014-May 2015
- Tracking clothing purchases
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- Figure 8: Percentage of indivduals that have purchased new clothes, January 2013-March 2015
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- Figure 9: Percentage of individuals who plan to buy new clothes, January 2013-March 2015
- What we think
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Convenience stores
- Clothing retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Home shopping
- Home and DIY retailing
- Economy
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Grocers
- UK: Asda suffers a 3.9% fall in like-for-likes
- UK: Campaigners petition for supermarkets to donate food waste
- UK: Co-op members fail to back reformed pay plans
- UK: Iceland sales fall 0.5% in 2014
- UK: Morrisons
- …announces next round of price cuts
- …the only of the ‘big four’ to increase sales
- …updates its food and wine ranges
- UK: Sainsbury’s like-for-likes fall 2.1%
- UK: Tesco
- …appoints Deloitte as auditors
- …looks to sell mobile division
- …partners with FareShare to cut food waste
- …raising awareness of concept stores with mobile coupons
- …to close remaining HomePlus stores
- UK: Waitrose
- …introduces personalised loyalty scheme
- …launches a delivery scheme for vulnerable customers
- Convenience and forecourt retailers
- UK: Booker Group to purchase Budgens and Londis
- UK: Spar to be trialled at Roadchef motorway service areas
- UK: Welcome Break awaits European consolidation
- Other food specialists
- UK: Conviviality Retail forecasts revenue to increase 2%
- UK: Farmdrop gains investment for growth
- UK: Farmfoods reports record sales
- UK: Thorntons chief executive steps down
News Analysis – Non-food
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- Clothing and accessories retailing
- UK: Austin Reed secures three year loan
- UK: Barbour posts 10% jump in sales
- UK: Burberry grows revenues by 11%
- UK: Cambridge Satchel Company opens first men’s store
- UK: Clarks suffers a ‘challenging’ year
- UK: French store Merci plots Kings Cross opening
- UK: H&M reveals next designer collaboration
- UK: JD Sports reopens former Bank stores
- UK: Missguided opens physical store space in the UK
- UK: New Look
- …chairman leaves following acquisition
- …drives revenues up 3.4%
- UK: Moss Bros sales rise 6.4%
- UK: Mothercare
- …boss plots further store updates
- …profits rise 37%
- UK: Pandora increases revenues by 36.8%
- UK: Pretty Green expands with House of Fraser
- UK: Schuh pays bonus to staff
- UK: Seraphina opens first UK pop-up
- UK: Shoe Zone revenues fall amidst store closures
- UK: Ted Baker unveils new & Moore store concept
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Apple Pay to launch in the UK in July
- UK: B&M profits soar 55.7%
- UK: Findel decides against selling Kitbag
- UK: Marks and Spencer
- …reports first rise in profits for four years
- …to stock branded trainers
- UK: Mike Ashley launches new discount retailer Mega Value
- UK: Poundworld sells majority stake to TPG
- UK: Shop Direct closes Woolworths website
- UK: The Original Factory Shop gains investment for growth
- Department stores
- UK: BHS
- …partners with Claire’s Accessories
- …sales slide 1.1% in 2014
- UK: Harvey Nichols launches app based loyalty scheme
- UK: John Lewis
- …introduces online booking system
- …makes changes to buying structure
- UK: Liberty to go public within three years
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Dixons Carphone like-for-likes climb 13%
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: Gear4Music
- …announces flotation plans
- …eyes flagship store following IPO
- UK: HMV to relaunch online service within weeks
- Home shopping
- UK: Amazon
- …to start paying corporation tax in the UK
- …UK marketplace drives £1bn exports
- UK: AO sales grow 23.8% in 2014
- UK: Boohoo sales grow 35% in Q1
- UK: Farfetch acquires Browns to create the ‘store of the future’
- UK: Google confirms 'buy button' launch
- UK: HMV to relaunch online service within weeks
- UK: Shop Direct announces an end to physical catalogues
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory revenues up 7.5%
- UK: Smiggle plots further expansion
- UK: WH Smith group sales edge up 1%
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: Bestway unveils first Well stores
- UK: Boots
- …reintroduces staff bonus scheme
- …reveals plan to cut 700 jobs
- UK: Holland & Barrett hosts vegan cafe concession
- Home and DIY retailing
- UK: Ikea experiments with small-format store
- UK: Kingfisher UK sales up 2.9%
- UK: Loaf reveals plans for first store
- UK: Mattressman seeks physical store space
- UK: Pets at Home delivers 9.6% revenue growth
- UK: Topps Tiles sales grow 6.4%
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Halfords retail revenues rise 6.8%
- UK: Marka acquires 65% stake in Icons Shop
- UK: Mountain Warehouse sales leap 20%
- UK: Sports Direct
- …announces new CFO
- …raises profit outlook
- Economy
- UK: Retail sales edge up 0.9% in April
- UK: Retail sales flat in May
- UK: Retail sales grow 2.4% in April, says BRC
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