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UK Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 1: Retail sales trends, April 2018 – April 2019
- BRC vs ONS
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- Figure 2: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, April 2017-April 2019
- John Lewis
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- Figure 3: John Lewis Department Stores: Year-on-Year Growth, October 2017 – May 2019
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, April 2018- April 2019
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 5: Real wages growth: Wages growth vs inflation, Jan 2016 – April 2019
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 6: Mintel Financial confidence tracker, January 2017 – March 2019
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Online Retailing
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- Is online sales growth slowing?
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- Figure 7: Online share of all retail sales, 2013 – 2019Q1
- Online – the seasonal pattern
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- Figure 8: Online share of all retail sales, monthly, 2017-2019
- Pure players vs store based retailers
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- Figure 9: Share of online sales, store based vs pure player retailers, 2014-2019Q1
- Electrical goods retailing – a consumer view
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- Figure 10: Electrical goods: online share of spending 2014-2018
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- Figure 11: Types of retailer electrical goods bought from in the last 12 months, December 2018
- Stores vs online – where next?
- Store based retailers
- Pure players
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …to start using the Evie electric van for grocery deliveries
- …opens first checkout-free grocery store in London
- UK: Waitrose launches gin tasting experience
- UK: Primark opens its biggest store to date in Birmingham
- UK: Topshop unveils 100% vegan shoe line
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Footwear retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Homewares retailing
- Home Shopping
- Book and stationery retailing
- Health & beauty retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Grocers
- UK: Morrisons
- …Q1 like-for-like sales up by 2.3%
- …Ocado and Morrisons agree to suspend capacity at Erith CFC
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …CMA blocks proposed Sainsbury's-Asda merger
- …profits challenged by Asda merger blow
- …British Land sells 12 Sainsbury’s stores for £429 million
- UK: Tesco
- …posts increase in full-year profits
- …to offer 50% discounts for birthday loyalty scheme
- …to sell Jack's products to compete with discounters
- …urges online sales tax to fund business rates cut
- UK: Waitrose
- …brings pineberries back to its shelves
- …launching premium frozen food range
- UK: Walmart mulls Asda sale after failed Sainsbury's merger
- Off-licences
- UK: Majestic Wine to sell up to 200 sites
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- UK: Arcadia set for crunch CVA meeting
- UK: Bonmarché says Philip Day takeover offer undervalues the business
- UK: Burberry abandons plans for Leeds manufacturing site
- UK: H&M collaborates with Netflix on Stranger Things range
- UK: Hugo Boss Q1 profits drop but sales forecast remains optimistic
- UK: Instagram fashion star set to open pop-up store in Belgravia
- UK: Monsoon & Accessorize potentially on the verge of launching a CVA
- UK: New Look finishes debt restructure
- UK: Next sales up 4.5% during its first quarter
- UK: Poundland to extend its Pep&Co clothing range
- UK: Primark considering click and collect service
- UK: Quiz revenue increases by 12% but falls short of expectations
- UK: Select officially enters administration
- UK: Superdry issues another profit warning
- UK: Ted Baker appoints former retail HR director to board
- Footwear retailing
- UK: LK Bennett to close 15 stores under new ownership
- Department Stores
- UK: Bennetts department store saved from collapse
- UK: Debenhams
- …CEO to stand down
- …22 stores due for closure
- UK: House of Fraser is to turn up to seven stores into a new luxury mini-chain
- UK: John Lewis dominates customer satisfaction awards
- UK: Selfridges
- …palm oil free ahead of target
- …promotes Alannah Weston to chair of the department store group
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- UK: Homebase narrows half-year losses as turnaround bears fruit
- UK: Travis Perkins reports encouraging sales growth at Wickes and Toolstation
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright reports trading in line with expectations
- Furniture retailing
- UK: IKEA appoints new UK & Ireland boss
- Homewares retailing
- UK: H&M opens homewares concept store H&M Home in London
- UK: Laura Ashley issues second profit warning
News Analysis – Online
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- UK: Angling Direct like-for-like sales up 28.5%
- UK: Argos
- …launches AR visual tool
- …opens first self-service digital store
- UK: Boohoo hails excellent full year results
- UK: Gymshark's new funding round to value it at £500 million
- UK: Made.com launches tech innovation lab
- UK: N Brown profits grow despite a slip in sales
- UK: Shop Direct's transfer deal to safeguard 200 jobs
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory reports fall in profit
- UK: The Works reports 13.2% increase in full year revenue
- UK: WHSmith profits fall amid InMotion acquisition
- Health & beauty retailing
- UK: Boots teams up with Fenty Beauty by Rihanna
- UK: The Hut Group acquires Eclectic Hotel Group
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Berghaus commits major investment to its new product and innovation team
- UK: Cotswold Outdoor owner launches CVA
- UK: Sports Direct closes Wigan warehouse
- Garden Centres
- UK: Wyevale
- …announces changes to its loyalty scheme
- …sells 31 garden centres to Dobbies
- Shopping centres
- UK: Coal Drops Yard to welcome new brands this summer
- UK: Intu
- …hit by store slump
- …piloting in-store cashback app
- …sells 50% stake in Derby shopping centre
News Analysis – Economy
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- UK: March retail sales up by 4.4%
- UK: Retail footfall rises in March
- UK: Retail sales ‘below’ expectation for April
- UK: Total retail advertising spend fell in 2018
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