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UK Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 11: Retail sales trends, May 2018-May 2019
- BRC vs ONS
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- Figure 12: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, May 2017-May 2019
- John Lewis
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- Figure 13: John Lewis Department Stores: year-on-year growth, January 2018-May 2019
- Inflation
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- Figure 14: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, April 2018-April 2019
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 15: Real wages growth: wages growth vs inflation, Jan 2017-April 2019
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 16: Mintel Financial confidence tracker, January 2017-April 2019
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Household Goods
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- The sector – what’s included
- The sector in context
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- Figure 17: Major household goods categories, share of sales, 2018
- Figure 18: Spending on household goods products, 2014-18
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- Figure 19: Household goods sectors year on year growth in sales by quarter, 2015-18
- Inflation
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- Figure 20: Inflation in household goods, % change over 12 months, April 2018-April 2019
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 21: Spending on the home, actions and intentions, April 2016-March 2019
- Housing market
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- Figure 22: Number of residential housing transactions over £40,000, 2009-18
- Household goods retail sectors
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- Figure 23: Household goods retail sectors y/y growth, 2018-19
- Online
- Where next?
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- UK: Co-op and Superdrug announce ‘meal deal’ partnership
- UK: Morrisons launch ‘weigh what you need’ service in drive to combat food waste
- UK: Fashion retailers join new partnership to develop a more sustainable business model
- UK: M&S invests in specialist digital clothes fitting group Texel
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Footwear retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Home shopping
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op raises £300 million Fairtrade bond
- UK: Nisa shakes up management team
- Grocers
- UK: Asda reports fall in first quarter like-for-like sales
- UK: Government initiative could see supermarkets fined for food waste
- UK: Lidl
- …acquires a new site to expand warehouse operations in Greater London
- …improve transparency on the method of production
- UK: Sainsbury's to scrap plastic bags for fresh produce in all its stores
- UK: Waitrose
- …to introduce energy-saving ‘invisible door’ technology
- …trials refilling station to get shoppers using less plastic packaging
- …unveils plans to treble the size of its online grocery business
- …new delivery depot to launch in Enfield
- Other food specialists
- UK: Greggs hails strong sales growth
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- UK: Arcadia
- …CVA decision postponed
- …identifies 23 stores for closure
- UK: Burberry report profit growth amid ongoing transformation plan
- UK: H&M collaborates with Netflix on Stranger Things range
- UK: Hunter posts record revenues
- UK: Joules sales soar
- UK: Karen Millen owner puts chain up for sale
- UK: Matalan full-year sales and profit rise
- UK: Miss Selfridge London flagship store to close in July
- UK: Monsoon founder pledges £34 million to secure CVA
- UK: Moss Bros reports 2.2% like-for-like increase in retail sales
- UK: New Look founder announces retirement
- UK: Select
- …proposals for a CVA
- …officially enters administration
- UK: Yours Clothing profits surge
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Shoe Zone reports flat sales and profits
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Halfords posts double-digit drop in full-year profit
- UK: M&S profits fall alongside store closure programme
- …accelerates store closure programme
- UK: Mothercare sales fall amid restructuring
- UK: Poundland owner Pepkor reports sales growth
- UK: Wilko posts a return to profits in the past year
- Department stores
- UK: House of Fraser is to turn up to seven stores into a new luxury mini-chain
- UK: John Lewis
- …announces partnership with Co-op on click-and-collect trial
- …appoints Sharon White as Chairman
- …to trial new in-store virtual reality experience
- …dominates customer satisfaction awards
- …invests £21 million in Peterborough store refurbishment
- UK: Scandinavian brand fashion brand Iben launches in the UK
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- UK: Kingfisher reports mixed first quarter
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Microsoft launching Oxford Circus flagship store in July
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright and Furniture Village open its first joint venture store
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Heal's celebrates Homes & Gardens centenary with exclusive collection
- UK: Ikea launches visualisation and e-commerce app
- UK: Jysk furniture group set for UK expansion
News Analysis – Online
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- UK: Amazon
- …launch pop up stores to help small firms break onto the high street
- …partners with Next for click-and-collect
- …trials pop-up station kiosks
- UK: eBay unveils first UK concept store
- UK: Fashion app Depop grabs $62 million investment
- UK: Findel posts strong results as it considers name change
- UK: Global Fashion Group to conduct an IPO
- UK: N Brown hires first-ever chief brand officer
- UK: Royal Mail to roll out parcel postboxes across the UK
- UK: Shop Direct launches customer closeness centre
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Health & beauty retailing
- UK: Boots
- …criticised for its use of plastic packaging
- …launching digital version of its Advantage Card
- UK: Superdrug launches new podcast series
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory group sales up 6.4%
- UK: Sainsbury’s launches exclusive range of greetings cards to celebrate Pride
- UK: WH Smith opens new concept store at Perth airport
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Cotswold Outdoor owner Outdoor & Cycle Concepts wins CVA approval
- UK: JD Sports
- …acquisition of Footasylum to be investigated by CMA
- …to wholesale own-label brands
- UK: Mountain Warehouse profits growth boost store expansion plans
- UK: Sports Direct makes Game Digital takeover offer
- Jewellers
- UK: Thomas Sabo considering 5 store closures as part of CVA
- Toys & games retailing
- UK: Games Workshop says full year profit will be at least £80 million
- UK: The Entertainer launches toy rehoming scheme with The Salvation Army
- Pets and pet products retailing
- UK: Pets at Homes profits fall amid restructure plan
- Shopping centres
- UK: Network Rail retail sales up 4.36% in the 2018/19 financial year
- UK: retail property group Landsec losses widen despite sales increase
- UK: rising CVAs increasingly threaten the big four shopping centre landlords
- UK: Westminster Council gives green light to £32 million Carnaby retail scheme
- Economy
- UK: April retail sales up by 7.2%
- UK: BRC-KPMG: May retail sales down 3.0% on a like-for-like basis
- UK: Klarna launches pop-up experiential event
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