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Analyst Comment – Leclerc to open 200 strong organic supermarket chain
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- What we’ve seen
- Organics market grew 16% in 2017
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- Figure 1: France: Sales of organic produce by channel, 2012-16
- A more knowledgeable and demanding consumer
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- Figure 2: France: Attitudes towards diet, Q4 2017
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- Figure 3: France: Grocery shopping habits, Q4 2017
- Retailers are engaging too
- What it means
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 4: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2017-18
- Figure 5: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2017-18
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2017-18
- Figure 7: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2017-18
Launch Activity and Innovation
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- Spain: DIA expands Amazon Prime Now to Valencia
- Spain: El Corte Inglés incorporates Alipay with Alibaba
- Spain: Eroski launches discount loyalty program
- Spain: IKEA Ibérica partners with Vibbo to sell second-hand furniture
- France: Casino expands delivery options in partnership with La Poste
- Germany: Dixons Carphone to introduce ‘next gen’ stores in German airports
- Italy: Lidl Italia launches new green store format and increases in-country investment
- UK: Game to open esports arenas and concessions in Sports Direct stores
- UK: Intu uses visual search AI to help drive sales
- UK: John Lewis developing social media content for staff to share
- UK: Selfridges opens instore boxing gym
- UK: Waterstones launches female author only popup
Headlines for the Month
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- Food and Drink
- Clothing and Footwear
- Home and Household Goods
- Online
- Other Retail
- Economy
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Belgium: Carrefour expands grocery collection service
- Belgium: Franprix opens first Belgian store
- Denmark: Coop Danmark launches organic Irma ØKO store
- France: Biocoop sales rise 15% amid store expansion
- France: Casino to buy Sarenza
- France: E Leclerc sales up 2% in 2017 and plans for organic chain
- France: Système U negotiates with Amazon to become main food supplier
- Germany: Aldi Nord & Süd explore more cooperation
- Germany: METRO sales edge up 0.2% in Q1
- Italy: Aldi to enter Italy
- Italy: Conad launches online supermarket delivery
- Italy: Coop Italia launches range dedicated to home cooking
- Netherlands: Ahold Delhaize reports strong growth in Q4
- Netherlands: Emté to be sold to Jumbo and Coop in €410 million deal
- Spain: DIA
- … sales up 1.5% in 2017
- … and Caixabank launch consumer finance offering
- Spain: Eroski extends franchise network with 55 openings in 2017
- Sweden: Coop Sweden sees sales rise whilst profits fall
- UK: Aldi UK CEO leaves role for promotion to board
- UK: Asda sales edge up 0.5% in Q4
- UK: Co-op to launch mobile payment app to cut queues
- UK: Hotel Chocolat sees strong revenue and profit growth
- UK: McColl’s sales boosted by store acquisitions
- UK: Tesco
- … Booker shareholders advised to vote against Tesco merger
- … Tesco-Booker merger approved by shareholders
- … completes Booker merger
- … plans to open discount chain
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Germany: Hugo Boss extends CEO tenure after boost in full year sales
- Italy: Profits more than triple at Aeffe for 2017
- Netherlands: Uniqlo to open in Amsterdam
- Sweden: H&M issues profit warning
- UK: Edinburgh Woollen Mill buys supplier Berwin & Berwin
- UK: Jigsaw CEO quits ahead of possible stake sale
- UK: Missguided
- … makes mannequins body-positive with stretch marks
- … to cut jobs
- UK: Mothercare issues profits warning
- UK: N Brown names Matt Davies as chairman
- UK: New Look
- … closes 60 stores as part of rescue deal
- … seeks 60% store rent reduction as it seeks CVA
- … to ask landlords for rent reductions
- … vetoes £12 million executive pay and plans to cut 60 stores
- UK: Poundland accelerates Pep&Co expansion
- UK: Primark sales fall
- UK: Topshop to not take part in London Fashion Week
News Analysis – Home and Household Goods
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- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright issues profit warning and enters talks with banks
- DIY retailing
- France: Kingfisher announces job cuts in France
- UK: Bunnings UK & Ireland suffers losses of £97 million
- UK: Grafton Group buys Leyland SDM
- UK: Travis Perkins sales rise but inflation and investment bites into profit
- Electrical retailing
- France: Fnac Darty revenue edges up in 2017
- Netherlands: Coolblue annual sales increase 39%
- UK: Maplin
- … announces 63 head office redundancies
- … looks for a buyer
- … Maplin and Edinburgh Woolen Mill look for rescue deal
- Furniture retailing
- UK: IKEA offers 100% renewable energy tariff as it joins Big Clean Switch
- UK: Loaf expands outside of London
- UK: Steinhoff International reports 6% decline in UK sales
- Homewares Retailing
- UK: Dunelm sales rise 18.4% in H1
- UK: House to enter the UK
- UK: Laura Ashley Christmas sales fall
News Analysis – Online
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- UK: Shop Direct appoints new CEO
- UK: Ocado improves payment fraud detection
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Clintons’ parent company sells majority stake
- UK: Smiggle to open on London’s Oxford Street
- Department Stores
- UK: Debenhams
- …to rent out store space to office workers and partners with Maisons du Monde
- … to trial click, try and buy scheme
- UK: House of Fraser owner sells shares in business
- UK: John Lewis Partnership sales rise but profits dive in 2017
- UK: Liberty appoints new CFO from Debenhams
- Luxury
- France: Kering operating income at highest ever levels
- Italy: Yoox Net-A-Porter profits hit by higher costs but sees revenues soar in 2017
- UK: Burberry
- … appoints new chief creative officer
- … teams up with Farfetch
- UK: Olivia Burton to open first UK store
- Sports and Leisure Goods Retailing
- UK: Sports Direct
- … examines potential supply deal with Findel
- … increases stake in Debenhams
- Toys and Games Retailing
- UK: Toys R Us
- … given deadline ahead of tax bill
- … enters administration as Maplin holds on
- Shopping Centres
- Europe: Intu income edges up over the year
- UK: Hammerson income rises as Intu merger edges closer
- UK: Mercedes-Benz opens pop-up in Meadowhall
News Analysis – Economy
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- Poland: Sunday trading ban comes into force
- UK: Food boosts retail sales in February
- UK: Footfall tumbles on the high street but rises in retail parks
- UK: Inflation unchanged at 3% despite slowdown in food prices
- UK: January retail sales rise 3.6%
- UK: Shop prices fall in February
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