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Analyst Comment – French retailers are investing again in city centres
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- What we've seen
- Urban stores are flourishing
- IKEA to open in Paris in May
- What about food?
- New solutions for new consumer behaviour
- What it means
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
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- Figure 1: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2017-18
- Figure 2: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2017-18
- Inflation
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- Figure 3: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2018-19
- Figure 4: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2018-19
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- France: Carrefour using AI to optimize supply chain
- Italy: Lidl launches same-day online delivery service
- France: IKEA to open first city centre store in Paris
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical retailing
- Home shopping
- Toys and games retailing
News Analysis – Food & Drink
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- Grocers
- Belgium: Ahold Delhaize announces update on brand strategy in Belgium
- France: Carrefour hatches to plan to save hypermarkets
- France: Groupe Casino total sales up 1.4% in home market
- France: Système U posts 2.3% increase in turnover in full-year 2018
- Germany: Rewe to trial selling loose organic fruit and vegetables
- Italy: Despar
- … posts 5.4% growth in private-label sales
- …opens two Eurospar stores
- …responds to the rise in obesity
- Italy: Esselunga sales rise 2.1%
- Italy: Selex investing in private labels
- Spain: investment group launches €300 million takeover bid for DIA
- UK: Asda
- …expanding tower lockers for click & collect
- …wins landmark ruling in legal battle over equal pay
- UK: Booths posts 3% increase in Christmas sales
- UK: Lidl Christmas sales increase 8% year-on-year
- UK: Lidl’s new warehouse creates 400 new jobs
- UK: Morrisons and Waitrose launch fresh plastic crackdowns
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …Asda merger delayed by 2 months
- …extending to trial to help customers with hidden disabilities
- …piloting a meat-alternative section in its meat and fish aisle
- UK: Tesco
- …confirms 9,000 jobs at risk as it axes fresh food counters
- …launches new training programme with Jamie Oliver
- …may cut up to 15,000 jobs
- …reports strong Christmas sales
- UK: Waitrose introduces same day sushi delivery
- Specialist food & drink retailing
- UK: Hotel Chocolat group revenue up by 15%
- UK: Oddbins
- …owner files intention to appoint administrators
- …officially enters administration
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Belgium: New Look files for insolvency
- Europe: Primark sales up 4% over the festive period
- Europe: River Island closing all stores in Belgium and the Netherlands
- Germany: Monsoon Accessorize files for insolvency
- UK: Bonmarché Christmas sales in line with previous revised guidance
- UK: Burberry warns of potential cost hits if no-deal Brexit happens
- UK: Cambridge Satchel Company opening flagship store in Seven Dials
- UK: discounting at Matalan helped draw in Christmas shoppers
- UK: FatFace sales improve following tough start to Christmas trading
- UK: H&M rolling out new retail store concepts
- UK: Jack Wills calls in advisers to assess financial position
- UK: Levi’s report 9% increase in net revenue for its fourth quarter
- UK: Monsoon asks landlords for rent reductions
- UK: Moss Bros reports improved sales in fourth quarter
- UK: New Look strikes a deal to cut £1.3 billion debt pile
- UK: Quiz Christmas sales below expectations
- UK: Radley partnering with Ascot Racecourse for exclusive collection
- UK: Ralph Lauren opening new store at Liverpool One
- UK: Seasalt enjoys a record breaking Christmas
- UK: Sir Philip Green to conduct a review of Arcadia store estate
- UK: Swarovski opening new Peterborough store
- UK: Whistles ending its menswear range
- UK: Wild & Gorgeous enters administration
- UK: Clarks staff to teach children literacy skills as they fit their shoes
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- UK: B&M posts 1.6% fall in like-for-like revenues in its third quarter
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: M&S
- …launches AI-powered photo search on mobile site
- …launches loose fruit and veg trial
- …poaches new head of food online from Tesco
- …new take-back scheme recycles plastic into playground equipment
- …reportedly in talks with Ocado to launch online grocery service
- …sales down 2.2%
- …to close more stores affecting 1,045 staff
- Department stores
- Germany: Karstadt-Kaufhof merger has already cost 2,600 jobs
- UK: Debenhams
- …chair Ian Cheshire and chief executive Sergio Bucher voted off the board
- …like-for-like sales tumble 3.4% over Christmas
- UK: Fortnum & Mason posts double-digit growth over Christmas
- UK: House of Fraser Intu stores saved from closure
- UK: John Lewis
- …closing down Knight & Lee store in Southsea
- …Qubist partnership allows for staff to take part in social media marketing
- UK: Morleys posts one of its best-ever Christmas trading periods
- UK: Selfridges to sell bug bars in food hall
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- UK: Robert Dyas swings to loss
- Electrical retailing
- Europe: Ceconomy putting its alliance with Fnac Darty on hold
- UK: Samsung to replace plastic packaging with sustainable alternatives
- UK: Superfi ceases trading
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: HMV
- …rescued by Sunrise Records
- …flagship Oxford Street store to shut down
- …Mike Ashley in rescue bid for HMV
- …potential buyer emerges for HMV
- Furniture retailing
- UK: DFS reported a 10% rise in gross sales
- UK: Heal’s warehouse suffers huge fire
- UK: IKEA
- …opens new store in Greenwich
- …to trial furniture rental scheme
- UK: ScS
- …faces battle with Mike Ashley over bid for sofa.com
- …pulls out of running to buy furniture specialist Sofa.com
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunelm to sponsor ITV’s This Morning
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Health & beauty retailing
- Europe: Douglas and Indie Beauty Media Group announce new partnership
- UK: Lush opening high-tech concept store in Manchester
- UK: The Fragrance Shop Christmas trading boosted by online
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Paperchase considering a CVA
- UK: Smiggle plans to negotiate rent costs with landlords
- UK: The Works reports first half loss
- UK: WHSmith Christmas sales boosted by travel sales
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: JD Sports on track to hit the higher end of market expectations
- Garden centres
- UK: Wyevale confirms sale of another six stores
News Analysis – Online Shopping
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- Europe: Vente-Unique reports seventh consecutive year of double-digit growth
- UK: Air & Grace sales soar
- UK: AO.com posts record November
- UK: ASOS
- …to launch own-brand homeware collection
- …partners with dance company Candoco
- UK: Boohoo raises profit guidance following strong Christmas quarter
- UK: Emma Mattress Q4 sales surge 170% after Boxing Day success
- UK: Farfetch to prohibit the sale of fur
- UK: Findel posts record-breaking sales over the Christmas period
- UK: Made.com full year revenue hits £100 million mark
- UK: Missguided
- …closing London store just over two years since it opened
- …introduces pay later product to its app
- UK: MySale warns of first half loss as revenues drop
- UK: N Brown Group sales fall
- UK: Ocado
- …losses widen but sales grow
- …to trial one-hour delivery service
- …high-tech robotic distribution centre left severely damaged after fire
- UK: Shop Direct
- …records 3.7% upturn in revenue in the run-up to Christmas
- …reviewing 225 HQ staff roles
News Analysis – Miscellaneous Specialists
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- UK: Halfords warns on profits as Christmas sales fall
- UK: Pets at Home retail like-for-likes up 4.7%
- Toys and games retailing
- Europe: Blokker sells Maxi Toys to Portuguese investment fund
- UK: Game Digital UK like-for-likes down 0.3% during Christmas trading
- UK: Games Workshop reports increase in both its half year sales and profits
- UK: The Entertainer records Christmas sales boost
News Analysis – Economy
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- UK: December retail sales up by 2.1%
- UK: Network Rail posts 2.3% growth in total retail sales
- UK: retail sales down 0.7% on a like-for-like basis in December
- UK: shop price inflation edges up to highest rate since 2013
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