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Analyst Comment
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- French online footwear specialist Spartoo to acquire footwear chain André
- What we’ve seen
- Who is Spartoo ?
- An omni-channel marriage
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- Figure 1: France: where they shop for footwear, in-store or online, February 2017
- What it means
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 2: Major European economies: year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2016-17
- Figure 3: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2016-17
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Major European economies: all items CPI, 2016-17
- Figure 5: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2016-17
Launch Activity and Innovation
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- France: Leroy Merlin to fit all stores with geolocation to help customers find products
- Finland: Kesko opens Hehku health and wellness stores
- Germany: Aldi Süd to build student flats on top of stores
- Italy: Woolrich shoppers invited to test outdoor clothes in ice room
- Spain: Zara introduces self-service kiosks
- Sweden: IKEA invites customers to use ad to check for pregnancy
Headlines for the Month
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- Food and drink
- Clothing and footwear
- Home and household goods
- Online
- Other retail
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Belgium: Smiley Foods launches inside Carrefour
- Denmark: Coop Danmark expands food to-go range
- France: Carrefour announces 2022 transformation plan
- France: Carrefour sales slows in 2017
- France: Casino Group
- …adds mobile payment feature to app
- …sales up 5% in 2017
- Germany: Aldi Süd
- …opens instore self-select bakery
- …promotes reusable coffee cups
- …to build student flats on top of stores
- Germany: Bringmeister to deliver groceries to customer’s fridges
- Germany: Lidl Germany CEO steps down
- Germany: METRO Group delivers sales increase in Q1
- Netherlands: Ahold Delhaize sales up 1.6% in Q4
- Poland: Tesco to close 18 stores
- Portugal: Continente launches voice-command shopping app
- Russia: X5 Retail Group sales rise over 25% in 2017
- Sweden: ICA December sales increase 4.3%
- Switzerland: Aldi Suisse trials parcel delivery service
- UK: Asda
- …Christmas sales increase revealed in leaked memo
- …introduces heart-shaped crumpets for Valentine’s Day
- UK: Booker Group
- …sales rise 5.9% in Q3
- …stakeholder attacks merger with Tesco
- UK: Conviviality revenue up nearly 10% in H1 2018
- UK: Co-op
- …cuts prices on 600 everyday products
- …signs advertising placement deal with Coronation Street
- …to make own-brand tea bags plastic-free in sustainability fight
- UK: Hotel Chocolat reports Christmas sales surge
- UK: Iceland to abolish plastic packaging by 2023
- UK: Lidl
- …launches wine assistant chatbot
- …narrowly beats out Aldi in Christmas sales jump
- UK: Morrisons
- …the last of ‘Big Four’ to scrap single-use plastic bags
- …to cut 1,500 store management jobs
- UK: Ocado launches in Canada through partnership with Sobeys
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …buys Nectar
- …says it ‘outperformed the market’ over Christmas
- …stops petrol station trial with EuroGarages
- …thousands of Sainsbury’s jobs at risk amid cost-cutting drive
- UK: Tesco
- …sales up 2.3% over Christmas period
- …could face costs up to £4 billion in equal pay claim
- …cuts 1,700 shopfloor jobs
- …delays Clubcard changes after public outcry
- …to appoint Booker CEO Charles Wilson to head up merged business
- …to give away surplus food to staff
- UK: Waitrose
- …and John Lewis experience promising Christmas and Black Friday
- …launches instore evening yoga classes
- …to ban black plastic packaging by 2019
- …to end ‘pick your own’ offers
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Germany: Hugo Boss retail sales up 7%
- Sweden: H&M lays out turnaround plan to combat falling profit
- UK: Ann Summers profits soar 180%
- UK: Arcadia demands discount from suppliers
- UK: Asos sales grow 30% thanks to delivery innovations
- UK: Blaiz moves from online to offline with first physical store
- UK: Bonmarché sales down as store performance declines
- UK: boohoo revenues up over 100% in UK and Europe
- UK: Burberry UK retail sales fall in Q3
- UK: East enters administration for second time in three years
- UK: Joules edges closer to £100 million in sales in H1
- UK: Matalan Christmas revenue up 7.3%
- UK: Moss Bros issues profit warning as Christmas sales plummet
- UK: N Brown revenue up 3.2% in Q3 as US sales soar
- UK: New Look
- …bondholders appoint Rothschild to protect financial interests
- …managing directors leave the business
- …reportedly considering CVA
- …sales fall in Q3
- UK: Pep&Co to roll out 150 more stores
- UK: Primark reports positive Christmas sales
- UK: Quiz revenues jump by nearly a third over Christmas
- UK: River Island opens first childrenswear shop
- UK: Seasalt Christmas sales up 52%
- UK: Shoe Zone sales fall in 2017
- UK: Superdry revenues grow nearly 14% in Christmas
- UK: Ted Baker festive sales soar 9%
- UK: Zara opens first click-and-collect store
News Analysis – Multi-sector Retailing
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- UK: B&M sales rise 22.7% in Q3
- UK: Marks & Spencer
- …appoints interim womenswear and lingerie directors
- …partners with data science company amid turnaround strategy
- …to close 14 stores
- …group sales fall in run up to Christmas
- …to cut 1,500 store management jobs
- Department stores
- UK: John Lewis
- …launches personal loans
- …rolls out more concierge desks
- …to expand personal stylist service for men
- UK: Debenhams to cut 320 store management jobs
- UK: Fortnum and Mason sales rise thanks to British shoppers
- UK: House of Fraser
- …has credit insurance cut
- …sales fall 2.9% over the festive period
- UK: Selfridges Christmas figures up 10%
News Analysis – Home and Household Goods
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- Carpets and floorcoverings
- UK: Carpetright suffers as post-Christmas sales fail to deliver
- UK: ScS sales rise in H1
- DIY
- France: Les Mousquetaires acquisition of Bricorama approved
- UK: B&Q to cut 200 jobs
- UK: Bunnings UK merchandise boss leaves for Australia
- UK: Homebase to close up to 40 stores as Wesfarmers deliberates UK exit
- Electrical retailing
- UK: AO World revenue grows 11.4% in Q3
- UK: Dixons Carphone sales up 4% over Christmas as Alex Baldock becomes new CEO
- UK: Game Christmas sales up 5.2%
- UK: Maplin
- …launches ‘order now, pay later’ platform
- …looks for investment and rent reductions as Christmas sales fall
- Furniture retailing
- Sweden: IKEA
- …founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, dies at 91
- UK: Sofology acquisition boosts DFS sales
- UK: Warren Evans falls into administration
- Homewares
- UK: Founder of The Range looks for £2 billion in listing
- UK: Dunelm sales up 13.6% over Q2
News Analysis – Online
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- France: Amazon Alexa to launch in France
- Germany: Zalando revenue up 23% for 2017
- UK: BHS.com sales up 43%
- UK: Ocado
- …launches in Canada through partnership with Sobeys
- …sales up but profit flatlines thanks to investment
- UK: Very takes the crown as Shop Direct celebrates record-breaking Christmas
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Beauty
- Finland: K Group removes microbeads from cosmetic products
- Finland: Kesko opens Hehku health and wellness stores
- France: Bourjois launches store on JD.com
- UK: The Fragrance Shop festive sales up 5.6%
- UK: Superdrug Christmas sales boosted by online growth
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory revenues up 5.9%
- UK: Waterstones in takeover talks with Elliot Advisors
- UK: WH Smith sales fall thanks to poor high street performance
- UK: The Works experiences best Christmas yet
- Luxury
- Europe: Richemont makes €2.8 billion bid for Yoox Net-A-Porter
- France: Kering offloads shares in Puma
- France: LVMH retail sales rise 13% in 2017
- Italy: YNAP reaches €2.1 billion in revenue
- Petfood and petcare
- UK: Pets at Home services boom helps sales grow 7.2%
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Bradley Wiggins teams up with Le Col to launch cycling apparel
- UK: Halfords sales rise thanks to performance of bikes
- UK: JD Sports up profit forecast after positive Christmas trading
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Toys R Us seeks offer for UK business
- Travel
- UK: Network Rail station Christmas sales grow 9%
News Analysis – Economy
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- Europe: EU to propose plastic bag tax
- UK: Footfall saw sharpest decline for four years in December
- UK: January retail sales edge up
- UK: retail sales rise in December
- UK: shop prices continue to deflate
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