Table of Contents
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 4: Retail sales trends, 2015/16
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- Figure 5: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, 2014-16
- John Lewis
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- Figure 6: John Lewis: Year-on-year Growth, 2015-16
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 7: Real wages growth: Wages growth vs inflation, 2010-16
- Inflation
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- Figure 8: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, 2015-16
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Online Retailing
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- Growing market share
- Market size
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- Figure 9: Online share of all retail sales, monthly data, 2007-15
- Evidence from Mintel’s consumer research
- Growth in online
- Store-based vs pureplayers
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- Figure 10: Store-based retailers vs Internet pureplayers: Share of online sales, 2009-15
- Why have pureplayers lost share?
- Misleading comparison
- And what about price?
- Pureplayer share
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- Figure 11: Pureplayer share of all retail sales, 2009-15
- A glass ceiling?
- Where next?
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical retailing
- Homewares retailing
- Home shopping
- Health and beauty retailing
- Economy
News Analysis – Food & Drink
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- Convenience Stores
- UK: Booker sales rise 10.5% following acquisitions
- UK: McColl’s like-for-like sales fall 0.7%
- UK: Nisa returns to profit during Christmas trading
- UK: The Co-op expands presence with Budgens acquisitions
- Grocers
- UK: Aldi's online wine offering launches in the UK
- UK: Asda
- …announces ‘hundreds’ of job cuts
- …announces further investment in price
- …to sell 'wonky' vegetable boxes
- UK: easyFoodstore opens its doors
- UK: Grocery market contracts by 0.2%
- UK: Grocery market grows 0.2% in January
- UK: Morrisons
- …launches ‘Price Crunch’ campaign
- …returns to like-for-like growth
- …reveals 7 stores planned for closure
- UK: Ocado full-year sales rise 14.7%
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …bids £1.1bn for Home Retail
- …expected to gain Qatari support for second bid
- …sales rise 0.8% in Q3
- …to increase Netto store count
- UK: Tesco
- …sees sales grow 2.1% over the Christmas period
- …to close its two food-to-go only stores
- …to end 24-hour opening in select stores
- …found to have “seriously” breached industry code
- UK: Waitrose pledges to reduce sugar levels
- Other food and drink specialists
- UK: Conviviality retail sales edge up 0.8%
- UK: Greggs reports ‘good finish to an excellent year’
- UK: Hotel Chocolat eyes international expansion with new site launch
- UK: Virgin Wines' like-for-like sales grow 12%
- UK: Westmorland grows turnover following Gloucestershire investment
News Analysis – Non-food
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- Clothing retailing
- UK: Blue Inc shuts 74 stores
- UK: Bonmarché like-for-like sales fall 2.7% in December
- UK: Fat Face benefits from full-price strategy
- UK: Joules sales jump 11.3%
- UK: LPP to lease BHS’s Oxford Street flagship
- UK: Matalan sales slip in ‘challenging’ market
- UK: Moss Bros sales rise 4.8%
- UK: Mothercare performs in line with expectations
- UK: New Look revenues rise 5.6%
- UK: Pretty Green delivers strong online growth
- UK: Primark sales rise 7% as global expansion continues
- UK: Reiss eyed by Dr Martens owner
- UK: SuperGroup like-for-like growth slows to 1.2%
- UK: Ted Baker sales increase 10.1%
- UK: The White Company doubles profits
- UK: White Stuff pleased with ‘robust’ Christmas performance
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Brantano falls into administration
- UK: Clarks cuts head office roles
- UK: Dr Martens posts a 13% increase in sales
- UK: Jimmy Choo net revenues rise 6%
- UK: Shoe Zone reports decline in full-year revenue
- Jewellery and optical goods retailing
- UK: Monica Vinader seeks investment for growth
- Luxury retailing
- UK: Burberry
- …announces 1% growth in ‘challenging environment’
- …shifts to “seasonless” runway shows
- UK: Paul Smith profits tumble 94.1%
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Home Retail Group
- …in ‘advanced discussions’ to sell Homebase
- …reaches agreement for sale of Homebase
- …major shareholder wants £1.4bn bid from Sainsbury’s
- UK: Marks and Spencer
- …launches first non-European websites
- …ups style credentials with Alexa Chung collaboration
- UK: Poundland launches Charlie Dimmock DIY range
- UK: The Range reveals plans for new distribution centre
- Department stores
- UK: Bhs
- …hires KPMG to offload stores
- …leases Oxford Street flagship to Polish retailer LPP
- UK: Debenhams
- …confirms Sir Ian Cheshire appointment
- …like-for-like sales up 3.5%
- UK: House of Fraser
- …employs new technology for online merchandising
- …'customer-centric' approach delivers growth
- UK: John Lewis
- …announces entry into the Middle East
- …introduces new image recognition technology
- …weekly sales rise 0.6%
- Electrical retailing
- UK: BrightHouse revenues climb 6.7%
- UK: Dixons Carphone sales grow 5% over the Christmas period
- UK: Game sees sales fall 0.4% over the Christmas period
- UK: Maplin sees Christmas sales grow 2.3%
- UK: O2 unveils new store concept
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright sales ’soften’ over Christmas
- Furniture retailing
- UK: B&Q the latest to change pay rates
- UK: DFS investments deliver 7% growth
- UK: Furniture Village invests in digital marketing
- UK: ScS raises profit expectations following strong trading
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunelm
- …announces 8.8% year-on-year growth
- …grows sales by 10.3% in the first half
- Home shopping
- UK: Amazon considers Ocado buyout
- UK: AO sees sales grow 35% in Q3
- UK: Asos delivers 23% growth
- UK: Boohoo sales surge 45%
- UK: CollectPlus hails ‘most successful peak to date’
- UK: Missguided prepares for store-rollout
- UK: N Brown sales grow 4.1% in Q3
- UK: Ocado appoints Dixons’ deputy CEO to board
- UK: Shop Direct’s Very delivers 17% growth
- Health & beauty retailing
- UK: Boots cuts store roles but increases No.7 expertise
- UK: LloydsPharmacy retail sales grow 4.4%
- UK: Lush like-for-like sales surge 36.9%
- UK: Superdrug
- …like-for-like sales up 6.8%
- …joins Boots in reviewing ‘sexist’ pricing
- UK: The Body Shop unveils new ethical pledges
- Book, greetings card and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory sales grow 8.1%
- UK: Paperchase delivers 11.2% rise in sales
- UK: Waterstones sales grow 1%
- UK: WH Smith sales grow 4%
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Findel sells Kitbag to US-based Fanatics
- UK: Halfords retail like-for-likes remain flat over Christmas
- UK: JD Sports delivers double-digit growth against 'strong comparatives'
- UK: Mountain Warehouse gears up for £200m IPO
- UK: Sports Direct to miss profit target
- Pet goods retailing
- UK: Pets at Home’s like-for-like sales grow 2.2%
- Economy
- UK: Food prices edge up 0.1%
- UK: Footfall figures confirm the migration online over Christmas
- UK: January retail sales driven by big-ticket items
- UK: Retail sales edge up 1.0% in December
- UK: Retail sales slip by 0.3% in December
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