Table of Contents
Technical Notes
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- Changes to the 2018 UK Retail Rankings
- Home shopping – online retailing
- Electricals
- Qualifications
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- Figure 1: Small and medium company exemptions, 2016
- Sales areas
- Classifications
- Rankings
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Data
- Year-ends
- Sales
- Profit
- Non-retail data
- Subsidiary accounts
- Sales density
- Classifications and market shares
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- Figure 2: Sector codes used in this report
The UK Retail Scene
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- 2017 was not a bad year
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- Figure 3: Retail sales growth by sector, 2017
- Prospects for 2018 not that bad either
- Failures – some common reasons
- Toys R Us
- Maplin
- Conviviality
- Kleeneze
- Furniture
- Fashion – much more demanding in the internet era
- Why now? And what does it say about the high street?
- Online still the fastest growing element in retailing
- The multichannel option – long term makes most sense
- Competition – so much more than stores vs online
- Rabbits in the headlights
- The siren call of diversification
- When will online peak? The example of booksellers
- Prospects for the high street
- Short term prospects 2018 and into 2019 - not too bad at all
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- Figure 4: Consumer confidence, January 2014- February 2018
Mergers and Acquisitions
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- Figure 5: Key mergers and acquisitions: April 2017-April 2018
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Administrations
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- Figure 6: Key administrations: April 2017-April 2018
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Books, News and Stationery Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 7: Booksellers’ and stationers’ sales as % of all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 8: Books, news and stationery specialists, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Carpet Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 9: Carpet specialists’ sales as a % of all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 10: Carpet specialists, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Charities
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
- What we’ve seen
Clothing Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 11: Clothing specialists’ sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 12: Clothing specialists, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
DIY Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 13: DIY specialists’ sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 14: DIY specialists, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Electrical Goods Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 15: Electrical specialists’ sales as % of all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 16: Electrical specialists, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Food Specialists (including Off Licences and Tobacconists)
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 17: Food specialists’ sales as % of all food retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 18: Food specialists, market shares, 2016/17
- Figure 19: Drinks retailers, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Footwear Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 20: Footwear specialists’ sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 21: Footwear specialists, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Furniture and Homewares Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 22: Furniture and homewares specialists’ sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 23: Furniture and homewares specialists, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Garden Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 24: Spending on gardens, plants and flowers* as % of all retailers’ sales (inc. VAT), 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 25: Garden goods retailers, market shares*, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Health and Beauty Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 26: Health and beauty specialists’* sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 27: Health and beauty retailers, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Home Shopping
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 28: Mail order* retailers’ sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
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- Figure 29: Other non-store retailers’ sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 30: Non-store retailers, market shares, 2016/17
- Figure 31: Non-store retailer sub-sectors’ shares of sales, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Jewellery Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 32: Spending on jewellery as % of all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 33: Jewellery retailers, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Miscellaneous Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 34: Miscellaneous specialists’ sales as % of all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 35: Miscellaneous specialist retailers, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Mixed Goods Retailers
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 36: Mixed goods retailers’ sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 37: Mixed goods retailers, market shares, 2016/17
- Figure 38: Department store retailers, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Opticians
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
- Sector structure
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- Figure 39: Opticians, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Recreation Specialists
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 40: Toys and sports clothing and equipment sales as % of all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 41: Sports shops, market shares, 2016/17
- Figure 42: Toy shops, market shares, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
Supermarkets, Superstores and Convenience Stores
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- Sector introduction
- Sector highlights
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- Figure 43: Supermarkets’ sales as % all retailers’ sales, 2008-17
- Sector structure
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- Figure 44: Supermarkets, market shares*, 2016/17
- What we’ve seen
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