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UK Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 7: Retail sales trends, June 2018 – July 2019
- BRC vs ONS
- ‘Small retailers’ versus ‘large retailers’
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- Figure 8: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, July 2017 - September 2019
- John Lewis
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- Figure 9: John Lewis Department Stores: Year-on-Year Growth, January 2018 – October 2019
- Inflation
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- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in the consumer price index for selected product groups, September 2018 - September 2019
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 11: Real wages growth: Wages growth vs inflation, Jan 2016 – Sep 2019
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 12: Mintel Financial confidence tracker, January 2017 – September 2019
- Looking forward
Sector focus – Online retailing
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- Online sales continue to grow year on year in 2019
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- Figure 13: All online retail sales, annual growth by month, non-seasonally adjusted, 2018-19
- Online share of all retail sales continues to grow
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- Figure 14: Online share of all retail sales, monthly, 2018-19
- Pure players vs store based online sales
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- Figure 15: Online sales of store based vs pureplay retailers, 2010-19
- The rise of mobile commerce to drive online sales in the future
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- Figure 16: Devices used to shop online, by age, May 2019
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- UK: Tesco launches its own-label plant-based products
- UK: Hotel Chocolat launches standalone beauty store
- UK: Poundland ventures into frozen food
- UK: Fortnum & Mason new confectionery department
- UK: Made.com considers furniture rental service
Headlines for the Month
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- Co-ops
- Grocers
- Other food specialists
- Clothing
- Department stores
- DIY
- Furniture
- Homewares
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Co-ops
- UK: Co-op Food
- …posts rising profits
- …launches gym made from recycled knives
- Grocers
- UK: Aldi outlines expansion plans after ‘record’ sales
- UK: Asda
- …entire own-brand fresh ready meals to be served in fully recyclable packaging
- …revenue growth and profit pick-up in FY 2018
- UK: Booths posts 0.5% rise in revenue to £259.3 million
- UK: Iceland launches plastic-free Christmas range
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …eggs go 100% free-range
- …posts positive Q2 results
- …Nectar scheme goes digital
- UK: Tesco
- …CEO Dave Lewis departs as the retailer posts its interim results
- …replaces Jack’s trial store with own supermarket instead
- …reportedly considering sale of struggling Polish business
- UK: Waitrose ends partnership with Today Development Partners
- Other food specialists
- UK: Greggs posts a 12.4% rise in sales for Q3
- UK: Hotel Chocolat full-year profits climb by 11%
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- UK: Belstaff opens flagship on Regent Street
- UK: Forever 21 pulls out of Japan
- UK: French Connection cuts losses in its H1 results
- UK: Government unveils temporary tariffs on clothing products in the event of no-deal Brexit
- UK: Mamas & Papas drafts in Deloitte advisers to explore sale
- UK: M&Co profits fall in full-year results
- UK: Miss Selfridge reports £17.5 million loss
- UK: Monsoon Accessorize proceeds with CVA as landlord drops legal challenge
- UK: Moss Bros posts flat H1 results
- UK: New Look like-for-like sales and revenue drop
- UK: Next H1 results see 2.7% rise in profit
- UK: Oasis and Warehouse
- …acquire The Idle Man
- …posts 6.5% rise in sales
- UK: Primark plans to roll out food and drink formats
- UK: River Island posts 3% decrease in revenue as cost pressures amount
- UK: Stance open flagship on Carnaby Street
- UK: Sweaty Betty turnover hits £56.6 million
- UK: Ted Baker posts 2.5% fall in group retail sales
- UK: Topshop and Topman sees £500 million loss
- Footwear
- UK: Foot Locker to open new regional flagship store in Manchester
- UK: Office confirms no major financial restructuring is being considered as it secures £32.5 million
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- Multi-sector
- UK: M&S
- …and Infarm bring urban farming to London stores
- …relaunches Per Una
- Department stores
- UK: Debenhams
- …launches ‘Autism Hour’
- …secures £50 million in funding to trade over Christmas
- …wins court battle and continues its CVA implementation
- UK: Harrods
- …launches skincare emporium
- …posts its full-year results
- UK: John Lewis
- …outlines future partnership with Waitrose
- …John Lewis Partnership sees losses reach £25.9 million in H1
- …threatens to withhold 20% of service charge from landlords in efforts to cut back costs
- UK: Selfridges
- …posts a 6% rise in full-year sales
- …to open cinema at London flagship
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY
- UK: Kingfisher posts declining half-year profits
- UK: Topps Tiles preliminary full-year results rise
- Electrical
- UK: Dixons Carphone invests £4 million into new learning and development centre in Birmingham
- UK: Vodafone extends franchise operations to empty stores
- Furniture
- UK: DFS profits rise 31.1%
- UK: ScS posts positive profits
- Homewares
- UK: Dunelm sales rise 5.8%
- Online shopping
- UK: AmazonFresh launches on-demand delivery in the UK
- UK: Angling Direct posts profit rise in H1 results
- UK: Boohoo posts 83% rise in profit in H1 results
- UK: Deliveroo sales rise but losses widen to £232 million
- UK: Depop reveals expansion plans
- UK: Eve Sleep issues profit warning
- UK: Farfetch teams up with second-hand clothing platform Thrift+
- UK: Ideal Shopping Direct posts £5 million profit
- UK: N Brown returns to profit but sales down 5.4%
- UK: Ocado
- …posts 11.4% rise in revenue for Q3 results
- …completes deal of twin investment into vertical farming venture
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Health & beauty
- UK: Body shop launches first concept store on Bond Street
- UK: The Perfume shop launches first concept store
- Book and stationery
- UK: Card Factory posts 7.9% profit decline in half-year results
- UK: Clinton owners calls in KPMG
- Sports and leisure goods
- UK: JD Sports posts 46.9% increase in group sales
- UK: Sports Direct
- …launches official bid for Goals Soccer Centres
- …closes more Jack Wills Stores
- …reportedly close House of Fraser stores
- Jewellers
- UK: Beaverbrooks sales increase 2.9%
- UK: Links of London goes into administration
- Toys and games
- UK: Hobbycraft posts 9% uplift in like-for-like sales
News Analysis – Economy
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- UK: BRC figures for September see retail sales fall by 1.7%
- UK: ONS August results reveal a 2.8% increase in all retail sales
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