Table of Contents
UK Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 1: Retail sales trends, May 2018 – June 2019
- BRC vs ONS
- “Small retailers” vs “large retailers”
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- Figure 2: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, May 2017-May 2019
- John Lewis
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- Figure 3: John Lewis Department Stores: Year-on-Year Growth, January 2018 – July 2019
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, June 2018- June 2019
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 5: Real wages growth: Wages growth vs inflation, Jan 2017 – Jun 2019
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 6: Mintel Financial confidence tracker, January 2017 – May 2019
- Looking forward
Sector Focus – Clothing and Footwear
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- Just a few positive straws in the wind
- Tough times for the store based retailers
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- Figure 7: Growth in sales, all retailers, clothing and footwear retailers, 2018-19
- Sales volume data highlights the boost from discounting
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- Figure 8: Growth in sales volumes, all retailers, clothing and footwear retailers, 2018-19
- Inflation moderating at last
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- Figure 9: Inflation: Clothing and footwear and CPIH, January 2018-June 2019
- Consumer spending on clothing and footwear has held up well
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- Figure 10: Clothing and footwear specialists sales relative to all spending on clothing and footwear, 2000-2018
- Current state of the market leaders
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- Figure 11: Leading clothing specialists, share of all spending on clothing, 2017
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- Figure 12: Performance of leading clothing specialists, 2018
- Where next?
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- UK: Co-op to trial compostable packaging at Glastonbury in crackdown on plastics
- UK: Asda expands partnership with Just Eat for 30 minute grocery deliveries
- UK: Amazon set to open second Clicks & Mortar store in Cardiff
- UK: Asos incorporates AR virtual catwalk into iOS app
- UK: Westfield London shopping centre opens AI powered fashion pop-up
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Department stores
- Multi-sector retailing
- Carpet retailing
- Electrical retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Homewares retailing
- Home shopping
- Economy
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op ramps up sustainability targets to further reduce emissions by 50% by 2025
- Grocers
- UK: Asda pledges to scrap plastic bags from online deliveries
- UK: Costco UK sales hit £2.5 billion
- UK: Musgrave NI reveal expansion plans
- UK: Sainsbury’s sales fall 1.2% in the first quarter
- UK: Waitrose looks to differentiate through higher level training investment
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Clothing retailing
- UK: After months of speculation Monsoon Accessorize creditors approve its CVA
- UK: Bonmarché seeks rescue bid after challenging quarter
- UK: Dolce & Gabbana reveals plus-size women's wear range
- UK: H&M leads BCI sustainable cotton sourcing ranking
- UK: Hackett teams up with British & Irish Lions
- UK: James Lakeland launches first standalone store in the Midlands
- UK: Jack Wills heading towards a cash crunch after trading plummeted during spring
- UK: Joules launches its first ever men's formalwear collection
- UK: Julian Dunkerton ‘steadies ship’ after Superdry see plunging loss in profit
- UK: Mulberry posts profits loss amid challenging UK retail market
- UK: Primark
- …like-for-like sales rise, underpinned by new stores
- …founder, chair and former chief executive, passes away at age 83
- UK: Quiz full year pre-tax profit down 97%
- UK: The Hut Group posts sharp sales and profit growth
- UK: Topshop launches beauty line on Zalando
- UK: White Stuff to source sustainable cotton in Fairtrade pledge
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- Department stores
- UK: Harvey Nichols
- …post strong profits growth
- …overseas sales boosted by localised checkout
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: M&S warns of more store closures
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright report revenue and profits loss
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Dixons Carphone
- …results dragged down by mobile division
- …to axe 140 office jobs as part of turnaround
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Bathstore nearing administration
- UK: JYSK store opening in Bradford
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunelm
- …sales soar for Dunelm giving way to significant opportunities
- …full-year profits set to beat previous expectations
News Analysis – Online
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- UK: Amazon trials pop-up station kiosks
- UK: Asos poised to axe 100 jobs in battle to revive its fortune
- UK: Fashion app Depop grabs $62 million investment
- UK: Hush opens two northern pop-up stores
- UK: N Brown revenue slips despite digital growth
- UK: Ocado says Andover fire cost more than £100m
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Health & beauty retailing
- UK: Boots
- …to axe plastic bags from 53 UK stores
- …confirms plans to shut down 200 stores
- UK: Superdrug profits slip as sales increase
- UK: 1,000 new jobs created with VPZ plans to open 200 new stores
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Adidas and Stella McCartney launch hoodie made from 100% liquified cotton
- UK: JD Sports are confident of delivering headline profits
- UK: Sportswear brand Lululemon launches self-care product range
- Toys & games retailing
- UK: Game management tell shareholders to accept Mike Ashley offer
News Analysis – Economy
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- UK: Retail sales reported to be 'worst June on record'
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