Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Steinhoff – What has been happening?
- What about the assets?
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- Figure 1: Steinhoff sales by product and by region, 2015/16
- Household goods – Furniture retailing
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- Figure 2: Steinhoff: furniture sales in Europe 2016/17
- General merchandise
- Synergies
- Where next?
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 3: Major European economies: year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2016-17
- Figure 4: Major European economies: year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2016-17
- Inflation
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- Figure 5: Major European economies: all items CPI, 2016-17
- Figure 6: Major European economies: food price inflation, 2016-17
Innovation and Launch Activity
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- International: Amazon launches own-brand furniture
- France: Carrefour launches optician chain
- Belgium: Ahold Delhaize announces plans to reduce food waste
- Germany: Zalando adds Adidas shoe personalisation tool
- Ireland: Tesco launches ‘Ugly’ vegetable range
- France: Franprix to sell Waitrose products
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Mixed goods retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- DIY retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Home shopping
- Health & beauty retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op
- …and Iceland back bottle deposit return scheme
- …strikes deal with Costcutter
- …East of England Co-op sells food after ‘best before’ date
- …Nisa members approve takeover by Co-op
- Convenience stores
- UK: McColl’s achieves revenues of £1bn
- UK: Nisa to supply McColls after P&H collapse
- UK: Palmer & Harvey goes into administration
- Grocers
- Austria: Spar Austria launches charcoal-covered toothbrushes
- Belgium: Ahold Delhaize announces plans to reduce food waste
- Belgium: Carrefour Belgium launches campaign to avoid plastic
- France: Carrefour
- …transformation plan announcement delayed
- …and Fnac Darty discuss purchasing alliance
- France: Franprix to sell Waitrose products
- Germany: Aldi Süd trials electric and gas powered trucks
- Germany: Edeka brings same-day delivery to Munich
- Ireland: Aldi launches Christmas jumpers for dogs
- Ireland: Tesco Ireland
- …to donate surplus food on Christmas Eve
- Netherlands: Ahold Delhaize creates US subsidiary
- Netherlands: Jumbo to enter Belgium
- Spain: DIA to introduce Amazon Lockers instore
- Sweden: Coop Sweden launches voice-controlled shopping list
- Sweden: ICA reports 2.6% sales increase
- Switzerland: Coop Switzerland
- …introduces organic coffee capsules
- …releases energy bars made from insects
- UK: Asda
- …800 staff face pay cut or redundancy
- …reports 1.1% rise in sales for third quarter
- …rolls out vegan mince pies
- UK: Booths to be sold following ‘tough trading’
- UK: Morrisons store in Leeds opens bar for shoppers
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …trials Pizza delivery service
- …enters partnership with Zizzi
- …launches instore coffee bar
- UK: Tesco
- …£3.7 billion Booker takeover deal given provisional approval
- …expands vegetarian and vegan Christmas offers
- …launches pet-friendly ‘Pawsecco’
- UK: Waitrose
- …expands click-and-collect service
- …launches brussels sprouts wreath
- Off-licences
- UK: Majestic Wine H1 revenue up 5.7%
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Denmark: Bestseller Group turnover rises 3%
- UK: Aquascutum reports decline in sales and profits
- UK: Bonmarche posts rise in revenue and profit
- UK: Canada Goose opens London flagship store
- UK: Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group profits fall 5.9%
- UK: Foschini reportedly eyeing Jigsaw takeover
- UK: Mulberry retail sales up 2% for H1
- UK: Next
- …participates in Black Friday for first time
- …to open shops in Tesco stores
- UK: Quiz posts strong growth in H1 results
- UK: Sales up at Ted Baker, despite ‘challenging conditions’ on the high street
- UK: Vivienne Westwood annual profits plummet
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Shoon goes into administration
- Shopping centres
- UK: Westfield Croydon shopping centre given go-ahead
- UK: Designer outlet centre confirmed for West Midlands
- UK: Hammerson and Intu to merge in a £3.4 billion deal
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- Ireland: Dealz to introduce Pep&Co clothing outlets instore
- UK: Argos starts Black Friday three hours early
- UK: B&M revenues up 21.7%
- UK: Mountain Warehouse founder launches new retail concept
- UK: Poundland to start selling mattresses
- UK: Poundstretcher turnover falls 7.5%
News Analysis – Multi-sector
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- Finland: Kesko and Oriola-KD to launch health, beauty, and wellness store
- Germany: Hema reveals German expansion plans
- UK: Mothercare losses increases despite rise in sales
- Department stores
- UK: Fortnum & Mason sales grow 14%
- UK: Harrods
- …CFO resigns
- …to undergo major revamp
- UK: John Lewis experiences strong Black Friday
News Analysis – Home and Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- Romania: Kingfisher acquires Praktiker Romania
- UK: Homebase to phase out bee-harming pesticides
- UK: Kingfisher like-for-like sales down 0.5%
- UK: Topps Tiles profits fall 15.0%
- Electrical retailing
- France: Carrefour and Fnac Darty discuss purchasing alliance
- UK: BrightHouse reaches £220 million restructuring deal
- UK: Dixons Carphone starts longest Black Friday sale yet
- UK: GAME
- …to trial THREE instore concessions
- …digital sales fall 2.4%
- …to sell Multiplay Digital for £19 million
- UK: Maplin
- …partners with tech repair specialist iSmash
- …sales up 0.5%
- Furniture retailing
- Netherlands: IKEA opens ‘Gift Shop’
- UK: DFS and Sofology merger given go-ahead by CMA
- UK: Feather & Black goes into administration
- UK: Furniture Village profits fall 31%
- UK: IKEA sales increase by 5.8%
- UK: Multiyork goes into administration
- UK: SCS has positive first quarter
News Analysis – Online Retailing
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- France: Ocado secures deal with Groupe Casino
- Germany: Zalando opens curated shopping service pop-up
- UK: Amazon
- …introduces Amazon Prime Villages
- …meal kits to hit UK shelves
- UK: AO revenues rise 13.3% in H1
- UK: ASOS expands same-day delivery
- UK: eve Sleep revenues rise 130%
- UK: Farfetch revenues grow but losses increase
- UK: Mamas & Papas introduces new online store
- UK: MMUK to open first men’s makeup store in UK
- UK: Moonpig appoints Peter Donlon as CTO
- UK: Plans for buses to be used to make deliveries
- UK: UPS to use power-assisted bike trailer for last-mile deliveries
News Analysis – Other Retail Sectors
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- Health & beauty retailing
- Italy: DM-Drogerie Markt reopens in Italy after 10 years
- Spain: DIA to introduce Amazon Lockers instore
- Spain: Douglas becomes largest beauty retailer in Spanish market
- UK: Hotel Chocolat to create beauty line
- UK: JML launches cosmetics range
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory sales up 6.7%
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Ellesse opens first store in the UK
- UK: Go Outdoors sales rise 5.8%
- UK: Mountain Warehouse profits up by 18%
- UK: Patagonia to re-enter the UK high street
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: The Entertainer launches joint entry into Malta
- UK: Toys R Us prepares to close 25 stores
- Pets and pet products retailing
- UK: Pets at Home profits decline by 11.3%
News Analysis – Economy
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- Poland: Sunday shopping to be banned
- UK: Black Friday analyst comment
- UK: BRC
- …footfall down to lowest level since 2013
- …retail sales up 1.5% in November
- …shop price deflation at four year low
- UK: Retail sales suffer volume decline, but rise in value according to ONS
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