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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, 2014-15
- Figure 2: Major European economies – Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2014-15
- Inflation
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- Figure 3: Major European economies – All items CPI, 2014-15
- Figure 4: Major European economies – Food price inflation, 2014-15
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical retailing
- Home shopping
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Convenience Stores
- UK: Graze to launch food-to-go range
- UK: McColl's revenues rise 3.4%
- UK: Musgrave GB appoints new managing director
- UK: Spar kicks off summer campaign
- Grocers
- Belgium: Carrefour introduces pharmacy concessions
- Belgium: Delhaize revenues grow 18.1%
- France: Auchan’s A2PAS chain expands with store acquisitions
- France: Carrefour
- …sales accelerate in Spain
- …growth decelerates
- France: Casino
- …price cuts impact profits
- …performance in France improves
- France: Système U plans to double convenience estate
- Germany: Edeka’s acquisition of Kaiser’s Tengelmann blocked
- Germany: Metro Group returns to profit
- Germany: Migros considers bid for Kaiser’s Tengelmann
- Germany: Tengelmann sales grow 5.8%
- Netherlands: Albert Heijn to open first organic store
- Netherlands: Jumbo launches BBQ help via WhatsApp
- Netherlands: Plus and Spar reduce emissions through logistics partnership
- Spain: DIA sales grow 15.3%
- Spain: Eroski expands through franchising
- UK: Aldi plots 130 new UK stores
- UK: Asda poised to win back customers at Christmas
- UK: Booths ‘Fair Milk’ sales outperform the market
- UK: CMA finds supermarkets’ misleading prices are not widespread
- UK: Farming unions to meet following growing protests
- UK: Increasing number of food suppliers struggling financially
- UK: Lidl’s sales reach record high
- UK: Morrisons
- …announces an end to ‘unexpected item in the bagging area’
- …facing probe by supermarket watchdog
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …introduces ready-meals for children
- …Entertainment on Demand launches digital magazines
- …forms pharmacy partnership
- …plans to reinvent its supermarkets
- UK: Tesco
- …announces a friendlier self-service machine
- …abandoning more developments than any other
- …increases minimum online spend
- UK: The Co-operative…
- …boasts of ‘attracting the best talent in Britain’
- …grows ahead of grocery market
- UK: Waitrose signs for South Bank store
- Other food and drink specialists
- UK: Conviviality Retail
- …in talks to buy drinks supplier
- …revenues rise following acquisitions
- UK: Greggs like-for-like sales increase 5.9%
- UK: Majestic Wine
- …to offer free click-and-collect to Naked Wines' customers
- …names new CFO
News Analysis – Non-food
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- Clothing retailing
- Ireland: Best Menswear Group enters examinership
- UK: Ben Sherman sold to Marquee Brands
- UK: Bonmarché suffers like-for-like decline
- UK: Burberry posts 8% sales growth
- UK: Crew Clothing makes a full year loss
- UK: H&M launches National Fashion Recycling Week
- UK: Hobbs sales stall as losses widen
- UK: Mothercare suffers slowdown in sales
- UK: Reiss founder explores minority stake sale
- UK: River Island
- …looks to grow menswear share with updated range
- …launches Swedish website
- UK: Supertrash fashion brand to open second UK store
- UK: White Stuff growth driven by online
- UK: Wolf & Badger acquires online marketplace Boticca
- Multi-sector retailing
- France: Monoprix to continue French expansion
- Netherlands: Hema opens third discount format
- UK: Argos
- …backs Governmental plans to reinvigorate the high street
- …launches electrical trade-in service
- …mobile sales hit £1bn mark
- UK: B&M reports slowing like-for-like growth
- UK: Findel sales grow 1.9% in Q1
- UK: Matalan
- …enters the bathroom market
- …hires second Tesco director
- …scraps Sporting Pro fascia
- UK: M&S director of general merchandise exits
- UK: Next raises profit guidance after stronger first half
- UK: Poundworld eyes expansion
- Department stores
- Spain: El Corte Inglés sells stake to Qatari investor
- UK: Brown Thomas flagship undergoes €1.5m revamp
- UK: Harrods hosts A Pea in the Pod concession
- UK: John Lewis
- …announces in-store spa concept
- …launches FOUND womenswear concept
- …Liverpool store to receive updated fashion and beauty offer
- …overhauls homeware division
- UK: Selfridges first to launch 2015 Christmas shop
- Electrical retailing
- France: Fnac’s sales fall in promotionally-driven market
- Germany: Media-Saturn opens 1,000th European store
- Portugal: Dixons Carphone sell The Phone House Portugal
- UK: Carphone Warehouse suffers a cyber-attack
- UK: Dixons Carphone hails 'excellent' year
- UK: HMV eyes Middle Eastern expansion
- Furniture and DIY retailing
- UK: Bensons for Beds rolls out mattress-testing technology
- UK: Carpetright begins new concept roll-out
- UK: DFS in a strong position to deliver growth
- UK: Dreams ramps up the marketing
- UK: Ikea becomes first retailer to pay the living wage
- UK: Kingfisher performs well against soft comparatives
- UK: Primrose launches social network for gardeners
- UK: Travis Perkins sales grow 7.8% in first half
- UK: Victoria Plumb rebrands ready for bedroom launch
- Home shopping
- Germany: Zalando triples revenues
- Germany: HelloFresh prepares for IPO
- UK: AmazonFresh rumoured for September launch
- UK: Amazon Prime Now arrives in Birmingham
- UK: AO World’s sales growth is dented in Q1
- UK: Asos unveils weekly podcast
- UK: Boohoo extends its plus-size range
- UK: Doddle
- …‘runners’ will help with customer returns
- …halves the number of planned new outlets
- UK: Net-a-Porter and Yoox merger to be investigated
- UK: Royal Mail invests in tinder-style shopping app
- UK: Secretsales.com sales jump 37%
- UK: Very launches entirely shoppable new advert
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: LloydsPharmacy owner drives 25% increase in profits
- UK: Well appoints new commercial director
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Kikki.K gears up for UK launch
- UK: Paperchase not for sale after turning down offers
- Sports and Leisure Goods Retailing
- UK: Halfords
- …opens online marketplace
- …premium bikes sales drive up revenues
- UK: JD Sports raises profit guidance following sales surge
- UK: Sports Direct revenues rise 4.7%
- Pet retailing
- UK: Pets at Home revenues rise 6.4%
- Shopping locations
- Italy: Pop-up initiative for Etsy sellers launches in Italy
- UK: App connects retailers in London’s West End
- UK: Government launches consultation on Sunday trading
- UK: Intu rental income rises 10%
- UK: Leeds shopping centre's innovative customer loyalty programme
- UK: Regent Street hosts new drop-off shopping bag service
- Economy
- UK: Retail sales grow 2.9% in June
- UK: Retail sales rise 1.9% in June
- UK: Shop prices fall 1.4% in July
Luxury Goods Retailing – International – Tiffany
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- What we think
- New couture jewellery collection aimed at the ultra-wealthy
- Re-establishing itself in the luxury watch market
- Targeting the self-gifting financially independent female consumer
- Same-sex campaign broadens appeal of its engagement rings
- European store expansion on back of sales growth in the region
- Authentic shopping experience
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 5: Tiffany & Co. – Group financial performance, 2010/11-2014/15
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- Figure 6: Tiffany & Co: Sales growth, by region, 2014/15
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- Figure 7: Tiffany & Co.: Outlet data, 2010/11-2014/15
- E-commerce
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