Table of Contents
Analyst’s Comment
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- Furniture pricing
- Different
- Furniture
- 50% off
- Interest free credit
- Transparency
Headlines of the Month
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- Food retailers
- Clothing retailers
- Department stores
- Household
- Home shopping
- Miscellaneous
Retail Sales – Background and Outlook
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- Retail sales trends
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- Figure 1: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
- Early indications for April
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- Figure 2: UK retail sales y/y growth, BRC vs ONS, 2007/09
- Figure 3: John Lewis: Year-on-year growth, 2008-09
- Inflation and wages
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- Figure 4: RPI vs Wage rate growth, 2007-09
- The RPI falls below zero
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- Figure 5: UK: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index for selected product groups, Nov 2007-Mar 2009
- Looking forward
Sector Analysis – Miscellaneous Non-Food Specialists
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- Sales trends
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- Figure 6: Miscellaneous non-food specialist retailers, sales trends, 1999-2009 Q1
- Figure 7: Miscellaneous specialists: Main sectors share of sales, 2008
- Figure 8: Miscellaneous specialists: Sales relative to all retail sales, 1999-2008 (e)
- Health and beauty retailers
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- Figure 9: Health & beauty retailers as % all retail sales, 1999-2008 (e)
- Figure 10: Leading Health & beauty retailers, 2004/05-2007/08
- Books, newsagents and stationers
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- Figure 11: Booksellers, newsagents and stationers as % all retail sales, 1999-2008 (e)
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- Figure 12: Booksellers, newsagents and stationers: Leading players, 2004/05-2007/08
- Carpet retailers
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- Figure 13: Carpet retailers as % all retail sales, 1999-2008 (e)
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- Figure 14: Carpet retailers: Leading players, 2004/05-2007/08
- Photographic and office retailers
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- Figure 15: Photographic and office retailers: Sales as % all retail sales, 1999-2008
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- Figure 16: Photographic and office retailers: Leading players, 2004/05-2007/08
- Others
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- Figure 17: Other miscellaneous specialists: Leading players, 2004/05-2007/08
Advertising News
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- New campaigns
- B&Q launches privilege card
- John Lewis overhauls fashion website
- Account gains and losses
- Halfords appoints first email marketing agency
- Ikea reviews global media account
- Signet calls pitch for direct account
- Spar hires DMG duo
- T.J. Maxx chooses five finalists for creative
Executive Appointments
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- Theo Fennell re-appoints former chief
Advertising Expenditure
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- Figure 18: Total advertising expenditure, by all advertisers (£M), Feb 2005-Feb 2009
- Figure 19: Total advertising expenditure, by all retail advertisers (£M), Feb 2005-Feb 2009
- Use of media
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- Figure 20: Use of media, by retail and all advertisers (£M), Feb 2008-Feb 2009
- Figure 21: Use of media, by retail and all advertisers (%), Feb 2008-Feb 2009
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 22: Top 25 Retailers by adspend (£), Jan-09-Feb-09
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The Month in UK Retailing
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- Bakers (retail)
- Thorntons flourishes in Spring
- Co-ops (retail)
- Co-operative Group boasts record FY results
- Grocers
- Henderson Group posts profit increase
- Tesco
- … to double in-store telecoms shops
- …posts record FY profits
- …to launch pharmacies in smaller superstores
- …reveals £150 million Clubcard overhaul
- Waitrose and Ocado step up online grocery battle
- Clothing retailing
- Adili rasies £350,000 through share placing
- Alexon
- …reports profit drop
- …Bay Trading put in administration
- Ann Summers co-founder sells stake
- Burberry confident to meet market expectations
- Jane Norman in strategic review
- Original Factory Shop boasts 12% rise in LFLs
- Primark outperforms market with 18% jump in LFLs
- Viyella to launch first-ever menswear collection
- Mixed goods retailing
- Home Retail Group suffers profit drop
- Multi-sector retailing
- Next Q1 results boosted by Easter sales
- Department stores
- Debenhams
- …battles over Principles stock
- …posts 10.7% profit increase
- ...parts ways with Shoe Studios
- Harrods plans Malaysian move
- John Lewis to launch standalone home and electricals stores
- Liberty's losses widen in 2008
- DIY retailing
- Robert Dyas in MBO
- Wickes owner in £300m rights issue
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright LFLs fall
- Furniture retailing
- Dreams opens 200th store
- Homewares retailing
- Dunelm LFLs climb 2.3%
- Home shopping
- Asos posts 104% sales boost
- Flying Brands chief to buy 12.48% stake
- Ideal Shopping Direct records FY loss
- N Brown defies gloom with 11% jump in FY profits
- Music and DVD retailing
- HMV
- …to open cinema
- …enjoys sales boost
- Books and stationery retailing
- WH Smith
- …posts 5% fall in H1 profits
- …eyes more Woolworths stores
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- JD Sports Fashion
- …reports 9% jump in FY profits
- …ponders JJB takeover
- JJB Sports
- …secures vital rescue deal
- …on brink of administration
- Jewellers
- Signet sees sales drop in Q1
- Garden centres
- Dobbies enjoys sales rise
- Video games retailing
- Game FY profits surge
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- Halfords reports sales slide
- Pets at Home sees FY profit soar 29%
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