Table of Contents
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 3: Retail sales trends, 2015/16
- Figure 4: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS March 2014-March 2016
- John Lewis
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- Figure 5: John Lewis: Year-on-Year Growth, 2015-16
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 6: Real wages growth: Wages growth vs inflation, 2012-16
- Inflation
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- Figure 7: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, 2015-16
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Automotive Fuel Retailing
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- Fuel prices crash
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- Figure 8: Annual % change in the price of fuels and lubricants for the operation of personal transport equipment, 2010-March 2016
- Fuel price crash affecting value sales…
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- Figure 9: Retail sales (including VAT/ duties), 2010-16
- …though low prices are encouraging demand
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- Figure 10: Annual % change in the volume of sales in predominantly automotive fuel outlets, seasonally adjusted, May 2013-March 2016
- Automotive sales recovering strongly
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- Figure 11: Annual % change in the volume of car sales, by new and used car sales, 2011-15
- Major oil companies pull back from forecourt ownership
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- Figure 12: Ownership of UK forecourts by operation, 2015
- Forecourts up their convenience game
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Homewares retailing
- Home shopping
- Economy
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Convenience stores
- UK: Budgens and Londis deliver growth for Booker
- UK: Simply Fresh partners with NHS Scotland with new health-focused c-store
- Grocers
- UK: Lidl launches My Lidl members club
- UK: Morrisons
- …profits tumble 30%
- UK: Ocado gross retail sales up in Q1
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …announces restructuring of store training teams
- …considers upping bid for Argos
- …highlights personalised offers in new campaign
- …like-for-like sales edge up 0.1%
- …makes £1.4bn bid for Home Retail
- …puts an end to Brand Match
- UK: Tesco
- …calls time on Nutricentre business
- …eyes remaining stake of Tesco Mobile
- …introduces value-led Farm ranges
- …launches wonky veg box
- …mulls sale of Giraffe business
- …to launch own mobile payment service
- UK: The Co-operative Food
- …sales grow 1.6%
- …mulls sales of Somerfield stores
- …partners with ParcelShop
- …pledges £11m investment in Wales
- …reveals ambitious UK expansion plans
- UK: Waitrose
- …launches first ever gardening magazine
- …reveals new premium own-label brand
- …set to open UK’s first cashless store
- …trials self-scanning in store
- Other food and drink specialists
- UK: Naked Wines hits record £100m sales
News Analysis – Non-food
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- Clothing, footwear and accessories retailing
- UK: Bonmarché
- …appoints Asda buying director as CEO
- …lowers profit expectations
- UK: Clarks Village attracts seven new retailers
- UK: Ernest Jones sales rise 8.7%
- UK: French Connection’s losses widen as sales fall
- UK: Jack Wills eyes UK and Asian expansion
- UK: Jimmy Choo boosted by new store openings and strong growth in Asia
- UK: Mamas & Papas unveils new concept
- UK: Mango introduces discount line to attract young shoppers
- UK: Michael Kors unveils wearable tech range
- UK: Next full-year group sales rise 3.0%
- UK: Oliver Bonas launches catalogue to drive online sales
- UK: Ted Baker’s profits surge 20.3%
- UK: Timberland opens new London store with in-house cobbler
- UK: Whistles acquired by Phase Eight owner
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Home Retail Group
- …board recommends Sainsbury's offer
- …reports mixed results for “eventful” 2015
- UK: Marks & Spencer UK like-for-like sales slip 1.1%
- Department stores
- UK: Bhs
- …confident CVA will go ahead despite landlord resistance
- …creditors approve rent cuts
- …sells Oxford Street flagship lease
- …..pension deficit bill may be given to Sir Philip Green
- UK: Harrods managing director to stand down
- UK: John Lewis
- …JLAB launches with a focus on health and convenience
- …opens Birmingham tech hub
- …sales grow 2.5%
- …unveils smart home department
- DIY retailing
- UK: Clas Ohlson to close seven stores
- UK: Kingfisher profits fall 20.5%
- UK: Screwfix trialling two-hour delivery service
- UK: Topps Tiles first half sales rise 4.7%
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Bang & Olufsen reveal UK expansion plans
- UK: Dixons Carphone acquires TV and telecoms switching platform
- UK: Maplin invests £3m reducing prices
- UK: Steinhoff shuns Argos for Darty
- Furniture retailing
- UK: DFS reports 12.3% rise in profits
- UK: IKEA launches virtual reality kitchen
- UK: Lombok
- …plans £15m sale
- …reports strong like-for-like growth
- UK: VictoriaPlum relaunches MFI brand with new collection
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunelm enjoys growth on the back of its Winter Sale
- UK: Hillarys launches first carpet range and new campaign
- UK: Laura Ashley to launch as a department store concession as sales fall 4.6%
- UK: Steamer Trading acquires Divertimenti
- Home shopping
- UK: AO World trades ahead of expectations in Q4
- UK: Boohoo launches standalone menswear site
- UK: Notonthehighstreet in talks to raise £25m
- UK: Shop Direct rolls out size comparison tool
- UK: Wiggle trials cycle service and repair offer
- Health and beauty retailing
- UK: Boots UK reveals rise in second quarter sales
- Book, greeting card and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory delivers another record year
- UK: Foyles delivers 4.3% sales growth
- UK: WH Smith introduces digital displays into their store windows
- Game and video retailing
- UK: Game revenues tumble in "challenging" UK market
- Sports goods retailing
- UK: Go Outdoors takes advantage of surging bicycle demand
- Shopping locations
- UK: Bank holiday footfall declines as storms hit
- UK: Clarks Village attracts seven new retailers
- Economy
- UK: February retail sales rise 3.8%
- UK: MP's vote against changes to Sunday trading laws
- UK: Retail footfall declines 1.1% in February
- UK: The Budget: Changes in business rates designed to help retailers
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