Table of Contents
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 6: Retail sales trends, 2015/16
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- Figure 7: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, March 2014-March 2016
- John Lewis
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- Figure 8: John Lewis: Year-on-year growth, 2015-16
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 9: Real wages growth: Wages growth vs inflation, 2010-16
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, 2015-16
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Food Retailing
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- Recent performance
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- Figure 11: Food retailers: Year-on-year sales growth in value and volume, 2014-16
- Prices
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- Figure 12: Food and drink inflation, May 2014-April 2016
- Specialists turning the corner
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- Figure 13: All food retailers, specialist food retailers, Year-on-year sales growth 2014-16
- Online
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- Figure 14: All online and food retailers online sales, three month moving average sales growth, 2014-16
- Recent performance
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- Figure 15: Leading food retailers, Latest figures, May 2016
- Where next?
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Other food and drink specialists
- Clothing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Furniture and homeware retailing
- Home shopping
- Garden centres
- Shopping locations
- Economy
New Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Convenience stores
- UK: Nisa Retail reports 4.9% growth
- UK: One Stop launches biggest ever marketing campaign
- UK: Spar trials Holland & Barrett offer
- Grocers
- UK: Asda
- …announces Umbro tie-up
- …partners with celebrity chef in new marketing push
- …store introduces ‘quiet hour’ for autistic shoppers
- …to review price promotions following CMA probe
- UK: Grocery sales edge up 0.1% in April
- UK: Iceland expands Food Warehouse format
- UK: Morrisons
- …to begin selling food on Amazon 'imminently'
- …Q1 like-for-like sales rise 0.7%
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …hires 150 digital experts
- …like-for-like sales slip 0.9%
- UK: Tesco
- …scraps double Clubcard points event
- …trials automated shopping app
- …progress is reflected in a return to growth
- …to accept Sainsbury’s Brand Match coupons
- UK: The Co-operative Food
- …completes Somerfield store sale
- …to streamline store portfolio
- UK: The Southern Co-operative
- …reports 4.7% growth
- …ups sustainability with 100% LED lighting
- UK: Waitrose
- …ends premium pay rates for new employees
- …uses live farm footage in campaign
- Other food and drink specialists
- UK: Conviviality to acquire wholesaler Bibendum
- UK: Greggs sales rise 5.7%
- UK: Hotel Chocolat sets share price at upper end of guidance
News Analysis – Non-food
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- Clothing retailing
- UK: Associated British Foods profits rise 4%
- UK: Austin Reed
- …files intention to appoint administrator
- …bought out by Alteri Investors
- UK: Burberry retail sales flat against 'challenging' backdrop
- UK: Hackett unveils relaunched website
- UK: Joules and The Range reveal flotation plans
- UK: LK Bennett reports 1.8% decline in turnover
- UK: Mothercare
- …implements early supplier payment options
- …makes further improvement in the UK
- UK: Moss Bros and Joules among those eyeing Austin Reed stores
- UK: Next full-price sales fall 0.9% amid cold spring weather
- UK: Oasis relaunches mobile app
- UK: Pep & Co eyes 15 store expansion
- UK: Reiss owner sells majority stake to fund expansion
- UK: River Island launches its own activewear range
- UK: Topshop searches for the latest in wearable technology
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Jones Bootmaker to downsize store portfolio
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Home Retail Group reports £807.8m loss
- UK: Marks and Spencer
- …eyes new talent with Graduate Fashion Week sponsorship
- …to restructure womenswear teams
- UK: Poundland
- …like-for-like sales slip 3.9%
- …opens first ‘& More’ store
- UK: The Range considers German entry
- UK: Wilko implements new online strategy
- Department stores
- UK: Bhs
- …expected to file for administration today
- …receives interest from potential bidders
- …receives interest in certain stores from B&M
- UK: Debenhams GTV rises 1.6%
- UK: House of Fraser
- …owner considers selling stake
- …reports first pre-tax profit in 10 years
- DIY retailing
- UK: Travis Perkins consumer sales grow in Q1
- UK: Wesfarmers cuts 20% of Homebase jobs
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Game
- …invests in augmented reality business
- …secures £100m loan facility
- UK: Jessops unveil plans for 15 new stores
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright like-for-like growth slows in Q4
- Furniture and homeware retailing
- UK: Bathstore opens first international shop
- UK: IKEA
- …announces location of first city centre store
- …to open in Westfield Stratford
- UK: ScS orders increase 9.1% like-for-like
- UK: Sofology recovers in 2015
- UK: Steinhoff profits jump 32%
- UK: Tiger heads underground for Tube station store
- Home shopping
- UK: Amazon
- …Prime Now launches in Surrey
- …ties up with Barclays
- UK: ASOS reveals 21% rise in revenue
- UK: Boohoo revenues surge 40%
- UK: CitySprint expands ‘on the dot’ service
- UK: Farfetch raises fresh round of funding
- UK: Gear4Music full year revenues surge 46%
- UK: Missguided
- …expands with affordable bridal range
- …poised for first high street store
- UK: Morrisons to begin selling food on Amazon 'imminently'
- UK: N Brown
- …revenues rise but profits fall
- …set to invest in an innovation incubator programme
- UK: Very Exclusive to enter premium menswear market
- Health & beauty retailing
- UK: LloydsPharmacy may have to sell stores to push through Sainsbury’s deal
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: WH Smith total group sales up 4%
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Go Outdoors explores potential sale
- UK: Halfords retail sales rise 3.3%
- UK: JD Sports Fashion profits surge 45%
- UK: Sports Direct
- …tables bid for Austin Reed
- …to open Flannels flagship on Oxford Street
- …Mike Ashley considers Bhs offer
- Garden centres and pet products retailing
- UK: Wyevale tables £175m bid for Dobbies
- UK: Pets at Home revenues rise 2.1%
- Shopping locations
- UK: Birmingham Bullring launches new pop-up space
- UK: Centre:MK to benefit from £10m investment
- UK: Footfall declines 2.7% in March
- UK: Westfield trials personal shopping through interactive mirrors
- Economy
- UK: Retail sales fall 0.5% in March
- UK: Retail sales fall 0.9% as clothing demand weakens
- UK: Retail sales flat in March
- UK: Shop prices fall following slump in clothing
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