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Analyst Comment – Carrefour to expand its on the go food format, Bon App!
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- What we’ve seen
- A “snacking” format
- Convenience stores a growth sector
- Food-to-go a growth driver for c-stores
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- Figure 1: UK: Shopping missions regularly completed in convenience stores, February 2017
- What it means
European Retail Sales
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- Key points
- Retail sales
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- Figure 2: Major European economies: year-on-year retail sales value growth, 2016-17
- Figure 3: Major European economies: Year-on-year retail sales volume growth, 2016-17
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: Major European economies: all items CPI, 2016-17
- Figure 5: Major European economies: food price inflation, 2016-17
Innovation and Launch Activity
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- Grocery collection for campers
- Coop launches insect burgers
- Drone delivery launched by AHA
- Geolocation delivery
- International: Walmart and Google launch voice-enabled delivery
- International: Amazon Instant pick-up points launched
- International: Uniqlo unveils clothing vending machines
- International: Amazon announces modular pick-up lockers for homes
Headlines for the Month
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- Grocers
- Clothing retailing
- Footwear retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- Home shopping
- Sport and leisure goods retailing
News Analysis – Food and Drink
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- Convenience stores
- UK: McColl’s sales rise in Q3
- UK: Nisa in talks with Co-op after Sainsbury’s delays takeover deal
- Grocers
- Denmark: Dansk Supermarked lower prices of over 2,000 products at Føtex
- France: Auchan Holding reports sales increase
- France: Carrefour sees half year growth but issues profits warning
- Germany: Aldi Süd
- …to open service stations
- …to start selling online video games
- Germany: Lidl to debut fashion collaboration with Heidi Klum
- Italy: Coop Alleanza to expand into pet products
- Italy: Eurospin sees revenue grow
- Netherlands: Jumbo
- …sees sales rise in first half
- Poland: Eurocash to buy rival Mila
- Romania: Profi opens three new supermarkets
- UK: Aldi launches cut-price gluten free range
- UK: Asda
- …cuts almost 300 jobs in cost-saving drive
- …returns to sales growth after three years of decline
- UK: Morrisons focuses on British food
- UK: Sainsbury’s
- …announces instore Argos click-and-collect service
- …teams up with NFL
- …trials 30 minute click and collect
- UK: Tesco
- …rolls out vegetables for children
- …to sell mini avocados in bid to fight food waste
News Analysis – Clothing and Footwear
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- Clothing retailing
- Belgium: Monki opens store in Antwerp
- Spain: profits fall at Mango during 2016
- UK: Arcadia Group pays £35m to BHS creditors
- UK: Basler UK enters administration
- UK: Lipsy to close website
- UK: M&Co to open 75 new stores
- UK: New Look
- …chief executive to step down
- …teams up with London Fashion Week
- …debt draws US investors
- UK: Oasis launch in-store virtual reality campaign
- UK: Officine Générale to open debut UK store
- UK: Reserved opens debut store in London
- UK: TJX reports favourable Q2
- UK: Urban Revivo hires Topshop’s former buyer for UK launch
- UK: Zara opens UK baby wear store
- Footwear retailing
- Switzerland: luxury footwear brand Bally put up for sale
- UK: Jimmy Choo experiences strong growth in first half of the year
- UK: Jones Bootmaker has closed nine stores
News Analysis – Multi-sector
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- Germany: Metro Group sees sales increase in Q3
- Germany: Tedi announces plans for 150 new stores
- UK: Halfords sees retail sales rise
- UK: M&S
- …to distribute non-food surplus to charity scheme
- …to offload Hong Kong and Macau franchises
- …trials children’s footwear advice service
- UK: Wilko to cut 3,900 jobs
- Department stores
- France: Galeries Lafayette acquires majority stake in La Redoute
- Germany: Eve Sleep enters partnership with Karstadt
- Spain: El Corte Inglés reports sales increase for 2016
- UK: House of Fraser
- …HQ cuts online jobs
- …opens new sustainable store
- UK: John Lewis
- …to allow customers to sleep overnight
- …to launch tradesman service
News Analysis – Household Goods
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- UK: B&Q sees a fall in sales in Q2
- UK: Bunnings sales rise whilst profits fall in debut UK year
- UK: Wickes reports positive 2016
- Electrical retailing
- UK: Dixons Carphone revenue rises
- Furniture retailing
- UK: DFS struggles in second half of 2017
- Homewares retailing
- UK: Cath Kidston collaborates with Pinterest
- UK: Laura Ashley sales and profits tumble
- UK: Sonder Living expands into the UK
News Analysis – Home shopping
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- France: Place des Tendances launches own-brand fashion label
- Germany: Zalando reports strong revenue and profit growth
- UK: Asos launches own-brand beauty range
- UK: Avenue 32 confirms closure
- UK: BHS.com sees sales jump in Q2
- UK: Boden reported an increase in sales and profit
- UK: Feelunique sales grow in annual results
- UK: Gear4music posts positive half year result
- UK: Matchesfashion.com
- …to be sold for £600 million
- …sold to Apax Partners
- UK: Missguided launching standalone menswear website
- UK: Mr Porter opens ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ shop
- UK: Ocado available on Amazon Echo
- UK: The Hut Group
- …acquires Australian beauty retailer
- …adds to beauty offering with Glossybox acquisition
- …to acquire Espa
News Analysis – Other Retail Sectors
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- Health & beauty retailing
- UK: The Fragrance Shop profit increases
- UK: The Perfume Shop launches mobile store
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Card Factory sales rise
- UK: Typo and Smiggle increase footprint in the UK
- UK: WH Smith expects full year results to be in line with expectations
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Belgium: AS Adventure acquires competitor McTrek
- France: Decathlon to reopen in North America
- UK: Sports Direct
- …increase stake in Debenhams
- …issues confident trading update
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Toys R Us profits surge whilst sales fall
- UK: GAME
- …and Maplin to launch partnership stores
- …sales up due to growth in Spanish market
News Analysis – Economy
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- UK: British Retail Consortium
- …footfall for July decreases
- …non-food deflation reaches four year low
- …retail sales hold up in August
- UK: ONS data shows a weak July
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