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Analyst Comment – Christmas 2005
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- Key findings
The Month in UK Retailing
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- Bakers (retail)
- Greggs continues good progress
- Grocers
- Asda
- …knocks down prices
- …expands George
- …and launches travel service
- …while plotting challenge with small store format
- …as sales rise in 2004
- …and staff numbers to grow in 2005
- Sainsbury’s
- …to bring IT back in-house
- …as it hits recovery road
- Tesco increases online focus
- Off-licences
- Majestic delivers H1 results
- Clothing retailing
- AJT(IP) buys Kangol's UK license
- Burberry reports solid H1
- Matalan confirms performance slump
- Mothercare pushes forward in H1
- New Look looks to new horizons
- Peacock Group
- …poised to go private
- …and posts pleasing first half
- Primark
- …delivers for ABF
- …but is hit by fire damage
- Multi-sector retailing
- GUS announces demerger plans
- Boots
- …growth slowed by revamp
- …as prices fall again
- Marks & Spencer
- …makes mobile move
- …and considers catering
- … while Rose triumphs in Q2
- Department stores
- Debenhams delivers the goods on full-year
- Fortnum to revamp flagship store
- OFT accuses HoF/Oakley
- DIY retailing
- Tough trading at Travis
- Electrical retailing
- Powerhouse selling off stores
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright hit in H1
- Powerhouse to sell off stores
- Furniture retailing
- Homestyle sees refinancing success
- Feather & Black snapped up by Wade
- Book and stationery retailing
- Clintons posts pre-tax loss in H1
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Blacks resilient in first half
- All:sports all gone to JD
- Jewellers
- Slide continues at Signet UK
- Omega to make Old Bond debut
- Theo Fennell confirms solidity in H1
- Garden Centres
- Wyevale
- …terminates Cinven talks
- …and faces renewed threat from Laxey
- Toys and games retailing
- Game on at Hamleys
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- Powerhouse selling off stores
Executive Appointments
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- Major management shift at Ethel Austin
- Hancox jumps to Otto
- Jones Bootmaker gets new boss after buyout
- East loses chief executive
- Sim bows out at Monsoon Accessorize
- Asda appoints George chief
- Superdrug promotes fashion director
- New head of brand communications at Woolworths
- Moss Bros FD leaves
- Laxey tries to oust Wyevale chief again
- Randall quits Staples UK
- Mexx appoints Morris
- Selfridges picks marketing boss
- Matalan appoints new head of womenswear
- Beale gets new director
- Clarks signs up designer
- Littlewoods nabs Next director
Product Development – Fruit and Vegetables
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- Sainsbury’s
- Marks & Spencer
- Tesco
- Asda
Advertising News
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- New Campaigns
- Spar to sponsor Christmas Cuisine
- Marks & Spencer
- …launches Christmas Champagne offer
- …and racy for Christmas
- Interflora DM campaign
- Iceland in loyalty push
- New Look rolls out interactive offer
- Figleaves sponsors new netball superleague
- Halfords turns to DM campaign
- John Lewis launches Xmas mag
- WH Smith half-price promotion
- Asda launches Christmas campaign
- Sainsbury’s begins Christmas campaign
- Woolworths to take on Christmas
- Harveys TV campaign
- H&M finds Moss replacement
- Guardian and Dixons team up with e-vouchers
- Account gains/losses
- Otto UK hire Tequila\Manchester
- Ilva hunts media agency for UK launch
- Matalan hands £13m account to Beechwood
- Black Hole handed Argos brief
- Harrods hires Isobel for brand campaign
- H Samuel seeks ad agency
- Co-op moves £10m task to McCann
- Waitrose consolidates into HOW
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), Sep 2001-Sep 2005
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), Sep 2001-Sep 2005
- Use of media
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- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), Sep 2004 and Sep 2005
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), Sep 2004 and Sep 2005
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), Aug 2005-Sep 2005
- Food
- Furniture
- Clothing
- Other
- Nielsen Media Research/ Definitions
Retail Sales and Inflation
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- Retail sales
- Office for National Statistics
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- Figure 6: Retail sales trends: September 2004-September 2005
- Figure 7: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, Oct 2004-Oct 2005
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- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, Sep 2004-Sep 2005
- Significant features of the latest ONS statistics
- Confederation of British Industry
- British Retail Consortium/KPMG
- Retail price inflation trends
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- Figure 9: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: Oct 2004-Oct 2005
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: Oct 2004-Oct 2005
- Retail Prices Index
- Consumer Prices Index
- British Retail Consortium: Shop Price Index
Sector Analysis – Non-Food Specialists
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- Sales trends
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- Figure 11: Non-food specialist retailers, sales trends, 1997-2005 Q3
- Figure 12: Non-food specialist retailers as % of all retail sales: 1997-2004
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 13: Indices of retail prices for product categories, 2000-2005 (Jan 1987=100)
- Breakdown of sales by sub-sector
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- Figure 14: Non-food specialists: Breakdown of sales by sub-sector, 1999-2005
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 15: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 1999-2004
Sector Advertising Review – Non-Food Specialists
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- Books and stationery retailers
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- Figure 16: Top ten books & stationery retailers by adspend, September 2004 and September 2005
- Company analysis – WH Smith
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- Figure 17: WH Smith, media use by adspend and as share of total, September 2004 & September 2005
- Figure 18: WH Smith, top brands by adspend, September 2005
- Sports and leisure goods retailers
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- Figure 19: Top ten sports & leisure goods retailers by adspend, September 2004 and September 2005
- Company analysis – Foot Locker
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- Figure 20: Foot Locker, media use by adspend and as share of total, September 2004 and September 2005
- Figure 21: Foot Locker, top brands by adspend, September 2005
- Jewellers
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- Figure 22: Top ten jewellers by adspend, September 2004 and September 2005
- Company analysis – Tiffany & Co
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- Figure 23: Tiffany & Co, media use by adspend and as share of total, September 2004 and September 2005
- Figure 24: Tiffany & Co, top brands by adspend, September 2005
- Garden Centres
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- Figure 25: Top ten garden centres by adspend, September 2004 and September 2005
- Chemists (health & beauty retailers)
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- Figure 26: Top five chemists by adspend, September 2004 and September 2005
- Company analysis – Superdrug
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- Figure 27: Superdrug, media use by adspend and as share of total, September 2004 and September 2005
- Figure 28: Superdrug, top brands by adspend, September 2005
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
Spending Intentions – Christmas 2005
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- Background
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- Figure 29: Monthly retail sales, 2004-05
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- Figure 30: Extra trade due to Christmas, 2004
- Christmas 2005 – the background
- 2005 – the cautious consumer
- Mortgage equity withdrawal
- Retailers – winners and losers
- Christmas 2005 – the intentions
- Statistical Note:
- What are consumers going to buy?
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- Figure 31: What do consumers plan to buy this Christmas, 2001-05
- Will consumers spend more or less?
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- Figure 32: Consumer spending intentions vs previous year, 2001-05
- Figure 33: Those planning to spend a lot more this year, 2005
- How much will we spend?
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- Figure 34: Amounts consumers expect to spend on Christmas, 2001-05
- It’s going to be an Internet Christmas?
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- Figure 35: Where consumers plan to do their Christmas shopping, 2002-05
- Figure 36: Consumers planning to buy some Christmas presents on the Internet, 2002-05
- Impact on the high street
- Christmas shopping behaviour and attitudes to Christmas shopping
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- Figure 37: Attitudes to Christmas shopping, 2001-05
- Age differences
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- Figure 38: Attitudes to Christmas shopping, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
- Prospects for 2006
- The tables
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- Figure 39: The products consumers expect to buy as presents at Christmas, 2001-05
- Figure 40: The products consumers expect to buy as presents at Christmas, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
- Figure 41: The products consumers expect to buy as presents at Christmas, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
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- Figure 42: Spending on presents at Christmas vs previous year, 2001-05
- Figure 43: Spending on presents at Christmas vs previous year, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
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- Figure 44: Expected spending on presents at Christmas, 2001-05
- Figure 45: Expected spending on presents at Christmas, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
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- Figure 46: Outlets to be used for Christmas shopping, 2002-05
- Figure 47: Outlets to be used for Christmas shopping, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
- Figure 48: Outlets to be used for Christmas shopping, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
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- Figure 49: Attitudes to Christmas shopping, 2001-05
- Figure 50: Attitudes to Christmas shopping, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
- Figure 51: Attitudes to Christmas shopping, by age and socio-economic group, 2005
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