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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, 2014-16
- Figure 4: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2014-16
- Inflation
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- Figure 5: Major European economies: All items CPI, 2015-16
- Figure 6: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2015-16
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailers
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Electrical retailing
- Health and beauty retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Convenience stores
- Ireland: Supervalu reports sales of over €2.6bn
- UK: McColl's like-for-like sales fall 1.9%
- Grocers
- Belgium: Albert Heijn and Delhaize must divest stores
- Belgium: Colruyt completes integration of Alvocol
- Belgium: Delhaize revenues increase 14.2%
- France: Carrefour rolls out My Design customisation concessions
- France: Auchan
- …fresh service lets customers pre-order counter food
- …introduces customer rating feature online
- France: Casino Group full-year profits tumble
- France: Co-operative supermarket projects launch in France
- Germany: Aldi Germany launches designer clothing collaboration
- Germany: Kaufland prepares for online launch
- Germany: Metro Group
- …suffers slip in sales in Q1
- …trials in-store greenhouse project
- Germany: Netto undertakes store modernisations
- Italy: Conad to invest €200m expanding in Italy
- Italy: Familia reports 2.5% growth in sales
- Luxembourg: Lidl reveals Luxembourg expansion plans
- Portugal: Jerónimo Martins sales grow 8.3%
- Spain: Dia’s full year sales rise 14%
- Spain: Mercadona turnover rises 3.3%
- Sweden: ICA Gruppen sales grow 5.6% in 2015
- UK: Aldi
- …expands online offer with SpecialBuys
- …hits out at Morrisons' Price Crunch in new campaign
- UK: Asda
- …Q4 sales tumble 5.8%
- …seeks supplier discounts
- UK: Lidl launches denim clothing range
- UK: Morrisons
- …announces new partnerships with Amazon and Ocado
- …profits tumble 30%
- …to invest £30m in staff facilities
- UK: Sainsbury’s to scrap multi-buy promotions
- UK: Supermarket sales grow by 0.5%
- UK: Tesco
- …buys remaining shares in Harris + Hoole
- …Morrisons takeover rumours circulate
- …reports rising demand for organic fruit
- UK: The Co-op pledges another £75m in price cuts
- Other specialist food and drink retailers
- UK: Greggs focus on food-on-the-go drives sales
- UK: Hotel Chocolat announces flotation plans
- UK: Whole Foods delivers profit in the UK
News Analysis – Non-food
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- Clothing retailing
- Germany: Gerry Weber realigns to return to profit growth
- Germany: Hugo Boss resorts to price cuts in Asia
- Spain: Inditex like-for-like sales jump 8.5%
- UK: Boden sizes up shoppers
- UK: Jigsaw owners mull sale
- UK: Joules prepares for £150m float
- UK: Levi’s launches clothing recycling initiative
- UK: Matalan gains reprieve on its debts
- UK: Mothercare and Julien MacDonald collaborate
- UK: Primark sales improve after Christmas
- UK: TK Maxx grows presence with store openings
- UK: Topshop announces Wedgwood collaboration
- UK: Uniqlo to relaunch global flagship in London
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Alteri saves the majority of Brantano stores
- UK: Clarks cuts head office roles
- Jewellery retailing
- Denmark: Pandora UK sales rise 36.4%
- UK: Goldsmiths introduces live video chat online
- Multi-sector retailing
- France: Steinhoff tables bid for Darty
- Spain: El Corte Inglés hoping to generate €1bn from property sale
- UK: Home Retail Group
- …extends deal deadline with Sainsbury’s
- …completes Homebase sale
- …receives Argos bid from Steinhoff
- …reports mixed results for “eventful” 2015
- UK: Menkind forecasting £60m in sales
- Non-food discounters
- UK: 99p Stores’
- …losses reached £11m before Poundland takeover
- …founders and Poundstretcher owner team up for new retailer
- UK: easyFoodstore puts a limit on purchasing
- UK: Pep&Co’s new discount retailer named ‘Guess How Much!’
- UK: Poundland appoints next chief executive
- UK: Poundworld to take on up to 20 Brantano stores
- Department stores
- Europe: Hudson’s Bay European sales rise 0.4%
- Germany: Kaufhof realigns following takeover
- UK: Beales the latest to enter company voluntary arrangement
- UK: Bhs
- …pension gap wider than previously thought
- …secures £10m loan to invest in food business
- …seeks rent reductions or stores could close
- UK: Debenhams among those implementing digital receipts
- UK: Fortnum & Mason sales grow 30% online
- UK: John Lewis Partnership sales grow 2.5%
- DIY retailing
- UK: Homebase management team replaced by Wesfarmers
- UK: Kingfisher creates new role of chief customer officer
- UK: Travis Perkins sales grow 6.5% in 2015
- UK: Wyevale Garden Centres’ owner contemplates sale
- Electrical retailing
- France: Fnac full-year sales improve to a 0.5% decline
- France: Steinhoff tables bid for Darty
- Netherlands: Media Markt experiments with virtual reality store
- UK: BrightHouse revenues climb 6.7%
- UK: Jessops boosted by 20% jump in sales
- Furniture retailing
- UK: Dreams’ turnaround plan delivers growth
- UK: Heals connects online shoppers with store staff
- UK: Ikea UK profits surge 128.7%
- UK: Sharps’ new concept drives 30% increase in sales
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Dunelm grows sales by 10.3% in the first half
- UK: Søstrene Grene eyes 150 stores in the UK
- Home shopping
- France: Etsy sellers pop-up in Paris department stores
- Germany: Mister Spex opens first physical store in Germany
- Germany: Zalando expects 20-25% growth in 2016
- Ireland: Littlewood Ireland sales rise 2.4%
- UK: Amazon to open new logistics centre in Leicestershire
- UK: AO World chairman steps down
- UK: Asos launches loyalty scheme
- UK: Atterley relaunches as an independent retailer portal
- UK: Boohoo acquires additional head office space
- UK: eBay targets customers watching popular television shows
- UK: Gear4Music sales rise 46%
- UK: N Brown Group reveals restated debtor impairment provisions
- UK: Pinterest to launch promoted pin advertising
- UK: Shutl reports demand for ‘click and don’t collect’ service
- UK: The Hut Group
- …acquires haircare brand Grow Gorgeous
- …secures investment as sales rise
- Health and beauty retailing
- Europe: The Body Shop
- …Q4 sales slip 5.8%
- …embeds loyalty app onto mobile
- …unveils new ethical pledges
- Germany: Douglas
- …sales grow 1.9% on a like-for-like basis
- …seeks European online expansion
- UK: Walgreens Boots Alliance overhauls IT system
- Sports and leisure retailing
- Europe: ASICS Europe delivers 16% growth
- UK: Mountain Warehouse ramps up American expansion
- UK: Lorna Jane gets active in the UK’s growing sportswear market
- UK: Sports Direct’s fashion chains narrow their losses
- UK: Wiggle pedals forward with Chain Reaction acquisition
- Shopping locations
- UK: Hammerson reports increase in shopping centre sales
- UK: Intu plotting investment of £600m
- Economy
- UK: Government faces potential legal action over new Sunday trading laws
- UK: January retail sales rise 2.5%
- UK: MP's vote against changes to Sunday trading laws
- UK: Retail sales slow to 0.1% in February
- UK: Retail sector could face up to 900,000 job losses
Electrical Goods Retailing – Europe – March 2016 – Darty Group
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- What we think
- Fnac takeover deal
- Digital strategy
- First-to-market edge over rivals
- Marketplace widens product offering and enhances price perception
- Rolling out bespoke fitted kitchens offer into more stores
- Capitalising on consumer demand for connected technology
- Customer services offer
- New store card with upgraded credit offering and loyalty benefits
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 7: Darty Group: Group financial performance, 2010/11-2014/15
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- Figure 8: Darty Group: Outlet data, 2010/11-2014/15
- Retail offering
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