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European Retail Sales
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- Key points
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- Figure 3: Major European economies: year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2018-19
- Figure 4: Major European economies: year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2018-19
- Inflation
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- Figure 5: Major European economies: all items CPI, 2018-19
- Figure 6: Major European economies: food price inflation, 2018-19
Launch Activity and Innovations
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- Belgium: Delhaize partners up with Deliveroo and Takeaway.com
- France: Casino trials ready packed lunch bags in-store
- Poland: Carrefour Bio opens in Poland
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Other food and drink specialists
- Online
- Clothing retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Grocers
- Belgium: Carrefour
- …announces its latest wave of price cuts
- …tests fingerprint payments
- Belgium: Jumbo opens second supermarket in Belgium
- France: Carrefour
- …Fnac Darty expand partnership
- …launches new store format New Contact
- …launches ‘Ocean Bags’ in its bid to tackle plastic pollution
- France: Cora experiments with no waste trial
- France: Intermarché launches new labelling initiative ‘Franco-score’
- Germany: Kaufland ends year-long Unilever delisting
- Germany: Organic supermarket chain Alnatura posts 9.5% increase in sales
- Germany: Rewe launches sustainable private label shower gel and soaps
- Netherlands: Albert Heijn expands contactless store concept “AH To Go”
- Poland: Carrefour Bio opens in Poland
- Portugal: Intermarché Portugal launches a new private label brand
- Spain: DIA sales fall 7.8% in Q3 results
- UK: Asda
- …like-for-like sales down 0.5%
- …open bulk-buy concept store in Bristol
- …rolls out ‘Asda Recipes’ tool to its website
- UK: Lidl
- …announces latest UK expansion plans
- …gives 19,000 of its employees a pay rise
- UK: Morrisons
- …removes black plastic from own brand packaging
- …to offer best before food boxes
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …and Coles team up
- …launches biggest Christmas charity in store
- Other food and drink specialists
- Belgium: Pierre Marcolini looks to sell luxury chocolate stores
- UK: Cake Box half year profits see 27% lift
- UK: Holland & Barrett to offer products past best before dates
- UK: Naked Wines losses widen to £5.7m
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Denmark: investment in sustainability and digitalisation impact profits at Bestseller
- Germany: Gerry Weber expands sizing offer for womenswear
- Netherlands: H&M delivers orders by bike
- Spain: sustainable fashion search engine Glami expands into Spain
- Sweden: H&M trials rental service in Stockholm
- UK: Kate Spade pops up at Liverpool ONE
- UK: Abercrombie & Fitch opens at Westfield London
- UK: All Good Things launches new stores
- UK: Burberry revenues rise 3% to £1,281 million
- UK: Handbag Clinic launches capital-raising campaign
- UK: Joules retail sales grow despite challenging trading environment
- UK: Mulberry
- …launches concept store in Leeds
- …losses widen to £9.9 million
- …new Portobello Tote is made from 100% eco leather
- UK: New Look sales fall despite narrowing losses
- UK: Oasis sees 175% increase in campaign revenue through targeted video marketing
- UK: Peacocks set to buy Bonmarché out of administration
- UK: Quiz results swing to loss as brand blames ‘challenging market’
- UK: Seren & An Indian Summer open Christmas pop-ups
- UK: Ted Baker
- …issues profit warning along with the departure of its CEO and executive chairman
- …reveals £25 million overstatement for inventory
- UK: Timberland sustainable store on Carnaby Street
- UK: Trotters report 50% growth in e-commerce sales
- UK: Wood Wood opens flagship in Soho
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Clarks calls in advisors
- UK: Shoenvious launches in the UK
- UK: Steve Madden opens first store after a decade
News Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- UK: B&M posts a fall in pre-tax profits
- UK: Mamas & Papas close six stores as part of pre pack deal
- UK: Mothercare losses widen
- UK: Poundland rolls out its simple pricing structure nationwide
- UK: The Original Factory Shop posts 13% decline in revenue
- Multi-sector
- UK: M&S
- …grows its urban farming concept
- …considers downsizing flagship stores in a review of its 20 largest shops
- Department stores
- UK: Fortnum & Mason sees pre-tax profit rise 26%
- UK: John Lewis
- …launches two DnaNudge pop-ups in London
- …opens ‘experience playground’ new format store
- UK: Selfridges
- …teams up with Instagram for pop-up
- …permanent cinema opens
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- DIY retailing
- UK: Kingfisher sales up 0.4% in the third quarter
- UK: Topps Tiles posts 1.6% decline in pre-tax profits
- UK: Wickes to be demerged from Travis Perkins in the new year
- Carpet retailing
- UK: Carpetright accepts Meditor takeover offer
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Arlo & Jacob opens new London flagship
- UK: Dunelm expects a boost in profits following success of new website
- UK: ScS weathers political uncertainty despite sales fall
News Analysis – Online
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- Netherlands: CoolBlue opens first pop-up store
- Netherlands: AO closes business in Netherlands
- Netherlands: online rental service Mud Jeans opens first bricks and mortar
- Netherlands: Vinted raises €128 million for further growth in Europe
- UK: Black Friday contributes to a record performance at Angling Direct
- UK: Lovehoney opens first brick and mortar pop-up
- UK: Missguided teams up with Icelolly.com
- UK: Ocado to open ‘mini’ customer fulfilment centre
- UK: Sosandar revenues up by 53%
News Analysis – Other Retail
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- Health & beauty
- France: Bourjois pays homage to its iconic packaging in new store concept
- UK: After Beauty launches ‘beauty playground’
- UK: L’Occitane launches Beauty café in London
- UK: Seekology opens new Richmond store
- UK: The Body Shop posts rising profits and sales
- Book and stationery
- UK: Card Factory posts 5% rise in sales
- UK: Clintons
- …continues to Christmas trade as it closes pre-pack administration deal
- …to close stores and cut rents
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Adidas launches AR experiences at London flagship
- UK: Sports Direct
- …owner Mike Ashley to demand turnover rents across retail empire
- …to rebrand into Frasers Group
- Jewellers
- UK: LVMH
- …buys Tiffany & Co
- …ups its bid to £12bn for Tiffany & Co
- UK: Watches of Switzerland profits from robust luxury watch market
- Garden centres
- UK: acquisitions help fuel growth at Dobbies
- Shopping centres
- UK: property owner of shopping centre Trinity Leeds posts a pre-tax loss of £147 million
- UK: Westfield London
- …brings digital beauty brands to bricks and mortars
- …opens dog hotel
- Toys and games
- UK: A ‘Quiet Hour’ at the Entertainer this Christmas
- International: Toys R Us launches experiential store
- Pets and pet products
- UK: Pets at Home pre-tax profit increases 10.2%
News Analysis – Economy
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- UK: Black Friday distorts decline in November retail sales
- UK: ONS results show 3.0% rise in all retail sales for October
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