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European Retail Sales
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- Key points
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- Figure 2: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2018-19
- Figure 3: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2018-19
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2018-19
- Figure 5: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2018-19
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- France: Carrefour
- …reopens Evere hypermarket with new bio zone and cafe concepts
- …unveils its new Next Concept at the hypermarket Toison d'Or in Dijon
- France: Casino trials IKEA’s click and collect service at hypermarkets
- Belgium: IKEA opens pop-up store in Leuven
Headlines for the Month
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- Convenience stores
- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Mixed goods retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Online retailing
- Health & beauty retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Convenience stores
- Austria: Spar Express to expand in Austria
- UK: McColl Q3 sales fall 2.2%
- UK: Nisa rolls out self-service checkouts
- Grocers
- France: Organic farming specialist, Comptoirs de la Bio to open 34 new stores by the end of 2019
- France: Carrefour
- …opens two Supeco stores in the north of France
- …to launch Supeco in France
- France: Casino
- …raises offer price to buy Exito’s 50% stake in GPA
- …to launch self-service checkout tills for hypermarket visitors on Sundays
- France: Colruyt expansion plans in France aims for 7 store openings per year
- France: French supermarket group Cora sees sales fall 1.5%
- Germany: Aldi Nord launches sustainable cotton buds in its stores
- Hungary: 210 jobs at risk under Match and Smatch restructuring plan
- Luxembourg: Lidl trial to reduce food waste
- Netherlands: Albert Heijn trials automated shop
- Netherlands: Jumbo Foodmarkt trials meal delivery service
- Netherlands: Lidl opens first energy circular store
- Norway: NorgesGruppen posts 2.5% rise in sales in H1 results
- Sweden: Coop Sverige rolls out same-day delivery service in greater Stockholm
- Sweden: ICA sees sales rise 3.9% in H1
- UK: Aldi
- …loses court battle over look-a-like make-up line
- …to be the first to scrap plastic on tinned tuna
- UK: Asda
- …launches second-hand pop-up shop
- …sales benefit from late falling Easter
- UK: Lidl reminds its suppliers to cover no-deal Brexit costs
- UK: Morrison plans closure of four branches risking 400 jobs
- UK: Sainsbury’s launches Hero themed collector cards promo with Disney
- UK: Tesco to ban brands from its shelves that use excessive plastic packaging
- Off-licences
- UK: Former boss John Colley to return to Majestic Wine
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Austria: Austria’s largest H&M store to be opened
- Netherlands: Miller & Monroe no more and parent company leaves a debt of €43 million
- Spain: Mango sales edge up in 2018
- UK: Ann Summers secures rent deals on 95 shops
- UK: Arcadia
- …posts huge losses in latest full-year results
- …US landlords drop CVA challenges against Arcadia
- UK: Flannels opens first London store
- UK: Guess second-quarter net revenue reaches £557.69 million
- UK: H&M
- …teams up with brand Richard Allan
- …demands turnover-rents from landlords to cut costs
- …launches music partnership as part of new loyalty scheme
- UK: Monsoon Accessorize faces legal challenge to its CVA
- UK: New Look launches vegan collection
- UK: Primark
- …full-year results rise 3%
- …plans to roll out food and drink formats
- …to train 160,000 farmers as part of its Sustainable Cotton Programme
- UK: Pull & Bear opens new larger store in Liverpool ONE
- UK: Reiss H1 sales rise 23.7%
- UK: River Island seeks to cut rents by 40%
- UK: Superdry appoints IMG as new licensing partner
- UK: Ted Baker
- …appoints Next as new childrenswear licensing partner
- …signs licensing deal with Japanese partner Sojitz Infinity
- UK: Trading update from Quiz expects the retailer to return to profits despite tough trading
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Clarks seeks 30% rent reductions
- UK: Dr Martens profits and sales soar
- UK: Office considers 15 store closures
- UK: Puma launches Endorphin Store in Shoreditch London
- UK: Schuh calls in KPMG
- UK: Shoe Zone issues profit warning
- Shopping centres
- UK: Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield sees footfall grow over the summer
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- Europe: Poundland owner considers €4bn sale or flotation
- UK: Poundland
- …releases positive results with revenue growing 3%
- …to trial prices below £1
- Multi-sector retailing
- UK: Halford sales fall 3.2%
- Department stores
- Germany: Karstadt Kaufhof scraps plastic bags
- Netherlands: De Bijenkorf posts revenue growth of 15%
- UK: Debenhams seeks counsel from Deloitte as its CVA is challenged by one of its landlords
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- Sweden: Clas Ohlson posts 4% increase in sales
- Electrical retailing
- Germany: Mediamarkt and Saturn post small turnover growth
- UK: Currys PC to sell Amazon Fire TV’s in UK
- UK: Dixons Carphone posts a rise in like-for-like sales of 2%
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: HMV to open giant concept store in Birmingham
- Furniture retailing
- France: Steinhoff to cut jobs at Conforama in France to reduce $10bn debt
- Ireland: Danish household retailer JYSK confirms plans to open 40 stores in Ireland
- UK: Dunhelm celebrates 40 years of trading and sees 10.7% rise in sales
- UK: Emma Mattress reveals partnership with John Lewis
- UK: Giorgetti, Italian furniture retailer opens first UK store
- UK: Laura Ashley posts a pre-tax loss of £14.3 million
News Analysis – Online
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- Belgium: Electrical specialist Coolblue to open new store in Belgium
- Belgium: Made.com furniture retailer, sets up a logistics centre in Antwerp
- France: Zalando to deliver orders from Adidas website
- Germany: Deliveroo exits Germany
- Germany: Zalando
- …trials robots for customer orders
- …trials a second-hand store in Berlin
- Germany: Zooplus sees sales increase by 13%
- Spain: Alibaba opens its first AliExpress store in Spain
- UK: Amazon
- …opens its first Clicks & Mortar store in Scotland
- …under fire for non-recyclable packaging
- UK: Angling Direct sees sales grow 21%
- UK: ASOS
- …asks its suppliers for discounts
- …criticised for labelling women's size 14 as XL
- UK: Boohoo raises full-year outlook
- UK: Shop Direct to sell Topshop lines for the first time
- UK: MySale seeks £10m funding from share placing
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Health & beauty retailing
- Germany: Perfumery chain Douglas sees 5.1% revenue growth
- UK: Superdrug bucks high street trend of store closures with 13 new stores
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory see sales rise
- UK: Totally Wicked products available at WHSmith stores
- UK: WHSmith
- …opens first UK InMotion store
- …releases a positive pre-close trading update
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: JD Sports posts 46.9% increase in group sales
- UK: Sports Direct closes eight Jack Wills stores and warns of more closures
- Jewellers
- UK: Links London in the race to find a buyer
- UK: Watches of Switzerland surpasses £200m mark in Q1 results
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Toy specialist Hawkin’s Bazaar up for sale
News Analysis – Economy
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- UK: BRC figures for August flatlines
- UK: Prominent retailers come together demanding kinder business rates
- UK: Retail sales climb 3.7% in July
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