Table of Contents
Analyst Comment
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- Tesco
- Effective use of the media
- Tesco’s success
- So what are the complaints?
- Effective lobbying
- What do the complainers want?
The Month in UK Retailing
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- Bakers (retail)
- Thorntons rebounds in Q3
- Co-ops (retail)
- Co-op profits across full-year
- Grocers
- Cooltrader expansion on the cards
- Grocers talk green but abuse workers, claims ActionAid
- Iceland CEO rewarded for turnaround
- Sainsbury's
- …reports full-year sales rise
- …gets Asda interest
- …as CVC ignores pension trustees in bid
- …then raises offer
- …before consortium breaks up
- …and bid collapses
- …as Tchenguiz calls for split
- …while plastic bags ditched for a day
- …and £750m investment is announced
- Supermarket enquiry delayed
- Tesco
- …revealed as fastest growing mobile operator
- …hits back
- …holds on to Green, improves milk deal
- …announces record FY profits
- Clothing retailing
- Alexon suffers difficult year
- Burberry H2 sales up 19%
- Moss Bros FY LFLs, profit down
- Mothercare
- …sees full-year sales rise
- …and looks to enter China
- Primark H1 profits up 28%
- 'Vanity sizing' hits Britain
- Warburg Pincus joins New Look race
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher FY profits fall 11%
- Topps Tiles H1 sales rebound
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright struggles in H2
- Furniture retailing
- Land of Leather H1 sales up 22%
- ScS records like-for-likes fall
- Home shopping
- Findel posts full-year sales surge
- Ideal chairman to step down
- Otto reveals Oli plans
- Health and beauty retailing
- The Body Shop Q3 LFLs up 6.4%
- Book and stationery retailing
- Branson considers Borders' bid
- Clinton Cards posts solid H1
- WH Smith high street woes continue in H1
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- JJB reports strong year
- Sports Direct poised to buy M and M
- Jewellers
- Signet posts record FY profits
- Garden centres
- Dobbies H1 sales blossom
- Toys and games retailing
- ELC plunges further into the red
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- Halfords reports another strong year
- Pets at Home sees FY success
Executive Appointments
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- Adams Kids shakes up senior management team
- Adili recruits former Miss Selfridge director
- Greenbee takes on Camelot man
- Ideal chairman to step down
- Menswear heads quit
- Monsoon chief takes early exit
- Nesbitt quits Asda
- New Look HR boss leaves
- PC World hires marketing boss
- SRG hires former Argos CEO as chairman
- Tesco loses master of wine
Product Development – Desserts
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- Asda
- Iceland
- Marks & Spencer
- Morrisons
- Sainsbury’s
- Somerfield
- Tesco
- Waitrose
Advertising News
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- New campaigns
- Boots
- …to ramp up in-store marketing
- …and launches discount spot
- Claire's launches campaign promoting retail
- French Connection launches online community push
- Greggs
- …gets Phoenix Nights star
- …but looks for Jovovich
- Harrods launches Spring marketing campaign
- John Lewis
- …reveals spring press campaign
- …and capitalises on backlash against size-zero models
- Jane Seymour new face of Debenhams
- Littlewoods Direct launch TV ads
- Marks & Spencer
- …to sink Ferry?
- …as EIA brands campaign misleading
- Primark decides on quiet launches
- Selfridges launches Shop Like a Man promotion
- Superdrug signs Mischa
- Tesco launches F&F campaign
- Threshers repeats voucher offer
- Woolworths slump prompts marketing cutbacks
- Account gains/losses
- Austin Reed in agency hunt
- Debenhams turns to Steel
- ELC seeks agency for £2m advertising task
- Fat Face seeks integrated agency for brand communications
- Ikea shortlists four for ATL account
- Ilva to review £5m account
- John Lewis
- …hands Circus brand brief
- …and appoints Kitcatt Nohr for direct work
- Next talking to media agencies about £2m account
- Saatchi & Saatchi wins HMV and QVC digital briefs
- TK Maxx in £5.4 million media review
- Waitrose seeks new marketing direction for ethical sourcing
Retail Advertising Review
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), February 2003-February 2007
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), February 2003-February 2007
- Use of media
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- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), February 2003-February 2007
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- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), February 2003-February 2007
- Top 25 retail advertisers
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- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), January 2007-February 2007
- Furniture
- Food
- DIY
- Variety
- 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: March 2006-March 2007
- Figure 7: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, March 2006-March 2007
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- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, March 2006-March 2007
- 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: March 2006-March 2007
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: March 2006-March 2007
- Retail Prices Index
- Consumer Prices Index
- British Retail Consortium: Shop Price Index
Sector Analysis – Mixed Goods
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- Sales trends
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- Figure 11: Mixed goods retailers, sales trends, 1997-2006
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- Figure 12: Mixed goods retailers as % of all retail sales: 1997-2006
- Retail price inflation
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- Figure 13: Indices of retail prices for product categories, Jan 2000-Jan 2007 (Jan 1987=100)
- Sales by sub-sector
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- Figure 14: Mixed goods retailers, breakdown of sales by sub-sector, 2000-06
- Consumer expenditure
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- Figure 5: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 2000-06
- Mixed goods retailers: latest trends
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- Figure 15: Mixed goods retailers’ sales (£m), 2003-06
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- Figure 16: Mixed goods retailers’ operating profits (£m), 2003-06
- Argos
- John Lewis
- Woolworths
- Debenhams
- House of Fraser
- Harrods
Sector News Review: Mixed Goods Retailing
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- November
- Mixed goods retailing
- Instore slides further into the red
- Multi-sector retailing
- Alliance Boots unveils first results
- Home Retail group
- …is potential takeover target
- …reveals interim sales growth
- John Lewis announces expansion
- M&S
- …set to trial homewares store
- …growth continues
- …launches wedding dresses
- Department stores
- Harvey Nichols sees sales, profit rise
- December
- Mixed goods retailing
- Instore sales fall short in November
- Woolworths sales suffer in recent months
- Multi-sector retailing
- Alliance Boots
- … to host first NHS GP surgery
- … plans online overhaul
- M&S announces extended Xmas hours
- Department stores
- Debenhams disappoints with pre-Christmas figures
- Harrods
- … withdraws fake Xmas 'must-have'
- … records excellent year
- HoF card deal in doubt
- Selfridges records full-year success
- January
- Mixed goods retailing
- Instore recovers momentum over Christmas
- Wilkinson extends RightPrice range
- Woolworths
- …posts dismal festive results
- …and may close up to 200 stores
- Multi-sector retailing
- Alliance Boots reports Q3 profits
- Online sales soar at Virgin Megastores
- HMV reports operating loss
- Home Retail reports disappointing Christmas trading
- Sales rise at John Lewis
- Laura Ashley sees sales slow in H2
- Next suffers difficult Christmas on the High Street
- Marks & Spencer
- …reports a good Christmas
- …aims to become carbon-neutral
- …and adds £500m to pension funding
- Department stores
- Beales suffer tough Christmas
- Debenhams down at Christmas
- Harrods ditches store cards
- House of Fraser enjoys best ever Christmas
- February
- Mixed goods retailing
- Woolworths
- …launches online travel site
- …and wins supply deal with Virgin
- …but faces OFT investigation
- Multi-sector retailing
- John Lewis
- …plans huge expansion
- …and joins chase for the green pound
- M&S
- …hires food police
- …launches bottle jacket
- …and wins tax ruling
- Department stores
- Former HoF deputy to get Monsoon trial
- March
- Mixed goods retailing
- Home Retail
- …expands in India, Ireland
- …and ends the year in style
- Multi-sector retailing
- Alliance Boots
- …receives preliminary approach
- …but snubs KKR bid
- …as Merrill quits to work for Pessina
- …as Boots signs up to Carbon Trust label
- …while second suitor emerges
- HMV
- …set to close 20 stores
- …but sees recovery plan marred by profit warning
- M&S rules out Sainsbury's bid
- Next
- …gets a makeover and a new range
- …as like-for-likes fall
- Department stores
- Beales gives warning for 2007
- Debenhams
- …to get Baugur bid?
- …as H1 like-for-likes drop
- John Lewis reports stunning FY results
- Liberty reports £2.2m loss
- April
- Mixed goods retailing
- Argos launches Christmas savings club
- Woolworths
- …sees woes continue
- …and is referred to CC over Bertram purchase
- Multi-sector retailing
- Alliance Boots
- …says trading is on track
- …as Pessina raises offer
- …while Blackstone mulls bid
- …and Celesio considers joining hunt
- …as ‘900 Boots pharmacies’ plan emerges
- …as the retailer gets Chinese yes; reassures over OFT
- …and opens door to rival bidders
- …as Celesio looks to strike deal with KKR
- …before bid battle royale kicks off
- …and KKR raises Boots bid to £11bn
- Laura Ashley FY profit doubles
- Next CEO ends bid speculation
- Department stores
- HoF plans small store chain
- Profit rise masks Debenhams' woes
- Tillman looks to resurrect Allders
Sector Advertising Review – Mixed Goods
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- Advertising expenditure
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- Figure 17: Total advertising expenditure by mixed goods retailers, February 2003-February 2007
- Use of media
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- Figure 18: Use of media by mixed goods retailers and all retailers (%), February 2003-February 2007
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- Figure 19: Use of media by mixed goods retailers and all retailers (£M), February 2003-February 2007
- Top ten mixed goods retail advertisers
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- Figure 20: Top ten mixed goods retailers by adspend, February 2006-February 2007
- Retailer focus
- Argos
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- Figure 21: Argos, media use by adspend and as share of total, February 2006-February 2007
- Figure 22: Argos, top five brands by adspend, February 2007
- Next
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- Figure 23: Next, media use by adspend and as share of total, February 2006-February 2007
- Figure 24: Next, top five brands by adspend, February 2007
- Boots
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- Figure 25: Boots, media use by adspend and as share of total, February 2006-February 2007
- Figure 26: Boots, top five brands by adspend, February 2007
- Debenhams
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- Figure 27: Debenhams, media use by adspend and as share of total, February 2006-February 2007
- Figure 28: Debenhams, top five brands by adspend, February 2007
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
Report Focus: Housewares Retailing
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- Consumers: who, where and why
- Premiumisation is shoring up values
- Fashion is shortening replacement cycles
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- Figure 29: Consumer spending on housewares items, 2001 and 2006
- Figure 30: Consumer spending on housewares items, 2001 and 2006
- Distribution dominated by large general retailers
- How the specialists are faring
- Lifestyle retailers find the going tough
- Kitchen-based success story
- Non-specialists
- Several general retailers struggling
- How housewares fit with furniture
- A natural for DIY shops
- The relentless rise of the supermarkets
- Grocery multiples have made gains in the sector
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- Figure 31: Housewares share, by sector, 2004 and 2006
- Figure 32: Estimated market shares, by leading retailers, 2003 and 2006
- Household textiles
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- Figure 33: Consumer spending on household textiles, 2002-12
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- Figure 34: Main components of household textiles markets, consumer spend, 2001-06
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- Figure 35: Main components of household textiles markets, consumer spend, 2001 and 2006
- Kitchen and dining
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- Figure 36: Consumer spending on china and earthenware, cookware, glassware, cutlery/plastic, kitchen gadgets, 2001 and 2006
- Other housewares
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- Figure 37: Consumer spending on lighting, candles, artificial/dried flowers and bathroom accessories, 2001 and 2006
- Figure 38: Consumer spending on lighting, candles, artificial/dried flowers and bathroom accessories, 2001 and 2006
- Prints and pictures
- Utility
- Who shops Where?
- Trends from 2004-06
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- Figure 39: Outlets used for any housewares purchase, 2004 and 2006
- Department and variety stores
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- Figure 40: Outlets used for housewares in the last 12 months – department and variety stores, by gender, age and socio-economic group, November 2006
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- Figure 41: Outlets used for housewares in the last 12 months – IKEA, M&S, Next, Woolworths, Wilkinson’s, by gender, age and socio-economic group, November 2006
- Supermarket shoppers
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- Figure 42: Outlets used for housewares in the last 12 months – Dunelm, Other housewares specialist, DIY superstore, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, by gender, age and socio-economic group, November 2006
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- Figure 43: Outlets used for housewares in the last 12 months – Asda, Morrisons, other supermarkets, market stalls, Matalan, by gender, age and socio-economic group, November 2006
- Garden centres – not just for the gardener
- Multichannel important in attracting older customers
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- Figure 44: Outlets used for housewares in the last 12 months, market stalls, garden centres, Internet, mail order and elsewhere, by gender, age and socio-economic group, November 2006
- Profiles of houseware retailers
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- Figure 45: Strategic summary of main housewares retailers, 2006
- IKEA UK
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 46: IKEA UK, group financial performance, 2001-05
- Figure 47: IKEA UK, outlet data, 2001-05
- Product offer
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Rosebys
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 48: Rosebys UK, group financial performance, 2002-06
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- Figure 49: Rosebys, UK outlet data, 2002-06
- Product offer
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Dunelm
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 50: Dunelm Plc, group financial performance, 2002-06
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- Figure 51: Dunelm, UK outlet data, 2002-06
- Product offer
- e-commerce and home shopping
- Laura Ashley
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 52: Laura Ashley, group financial performance, 2002-06
- Figure 53: Laura Ashley, UK home, 2002-06
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- Figure 54: Laura Ashley, UK, outlet data, 2002-06
- Product offer
- e-commerce and home shopping
- The Pier Retail Group
- Heal’s
- Muji
- What does the future hold for housewares retailing?
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- Figure 55: Market history and forecast of household textiles, at current and constant prices, 2002-12
- Figure 56: Market history and forecast of glasswares, tablewares and household utensils, at current and constant prices, 2002-12
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