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UK Retail Briefing - UK - September 2009

ANALYST’S COMMENT
 TESCO BOOSTING ITS LOYALTY PROGRAMME
Consumers don’t like loyalty cards
Loyalty cards – trading stamps
The costs of learning about your customers
HEADLINES FOR THE MONTH
Food retailers
Clothing retailers
Mixed Goods
Multi-sector
Department stores
DIY
Electricals
Miscellaneous
RETAIL SALES – BACKGROUND AND OUTLOOK
Retail sales trends
Figure 1: Retail sales trends, 2008-09
Early indications for August
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
Figure 4: RPI vs Wage rate growth, 2007-09
RPI moving up again
Figure 5: Annual percentage change in Retail Price Index for selected product groups, 2008-09
Looking forward
SECTOR FOCUS – FURNITURE, CARPETS AND DIY
Housing
Figure 6: Housing transactions, 2005-09
Figure 7: UK house prices, 2000-09
Furniture
Figure 8: Furniture retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
Figure 9: Furniture retailers, year-on-year sales growth, 2007-09
Carpets
Figure 10: Carpet retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
Figure 11: Carpet retailers relative to all retail sales, 2007-09
DIY
Figure 12: DIY retailers, sales trends, 1999-2008
Figure 13: DIY retailers relative to all retail sales, 2007-09
Retail price inflation
Figure 14: Indices of retail prices for product categories (household goods), Jan 2004-Aug 2009
Consumer expenditure
Figure 15: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories, 2004-09 (Q1)
 LEADING RETAILERS
Furniture retailers
Figure 16: Furniture retailers’ sales relative to all retail sales, 1999-2009
Figure 17: Furniture retailers – Leading specialists, 2008/09
Carpets
Figure 18: Carpet retailers’ sales relative to all retail sales, 1999-2009
Figure 19: Carpet retailers – Leading specialists, 2008/09
DIY
Figure 20: DIY retailers’ sales relative to all retail sales, 1999-2009
Figure 21: DIY retailers – Leading specialists, 2007/08
ADVERTISING NEWS
 NEW CAMPAIGNS
Comet sponsors WWTBM on ITV1
Currys unveils new ad campaign
M&S trials QR codes on juice bottles
Morrison's plays poems
Sainsbury's in X-Factor tie-up
Tesco extends double-points offer
Waitrose in direct marketing push
 ACCOUNTS GAINS AND LOSSES
Burberry hires BBH
Fat Face hands ad account to MCBD
Holland & Barrett drops WCRS
Iceland retains Tom Reddy ad agency
JD Williams hands £20 million media account to MediaVest
John Lewis takes paid-search business in-house
Lida wins Signet DM account
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
Adams appoints new chief
Ann Summers hires new marketing manager
Clarks chief executive Bolliger to retire
Jessops appoints new CEO
M&S starts search for new chief
Robert Dyas names new chairman, concludes debt deal
THE MONTH IN UK RETAILING
 BAKERS (RETAIL)
Greggs enjoys profit increase
Thorntons
… completes refinancing
… FY profits down 4.5%
 CO-OPS (RETAIL)
Co-op launches legal service ad campaign
 GROCERS
Asda
… posts strong Q2 sales
… branches into life insurance market with LV
Morrisons H1 profits soar 45%
Sainsbury's
… opens largest Northern Irish store
… announces Scottish expansion plans
… to triple games marketing budget
Tesco
… sets up weather team
… seals partnership with Fortis
 OFF-LICENCES
Majestic Wine halves minimum bottle purchase
 OTHER FOOD SPECIALISTS
Holland & Barrett receives approval for Julian Graves takeover
 CLOTHING RETAILING
Alexon to relaunch Ann Harvey
Ben Sherman losses widen
High & Mighty sold to N Brown
Jaeger completes Aquascutum purchase
Mackays sees profit fall
Matalan to create 1,800 jobs
Primark expects FY LFLs up 7%
 MIXED GOODS RETAILING
Wilkinson posts record FY sales
 MULTI-SECTOR RETAILING
HMV posts results, buys 7Digital stake
Home Retail posts better-than-expected Q2 results
Laura Ashley H1 sales up 6%
M&S starts search for new chief
 DEPARTMENT STORES
Debenhams demands improved terms from suppliers
Fenwick posts solid FY results
Harrods sees FY sales rise 9%
House of Fraser sees profits soar 16% in H1
 DIY RETAILING
Kingfisher rushed to reveal H1 profits after data leak
Focus
… CVA likely to succeed
… saved from administration
 ELECTRICAL RETAILING
Kesa group sales dip despite rise at Comet
DSGi sales down 6%
 CARPET RETAILING
Allied Carpets announces redundancies
 HOME SHOPPING
Findel fundraising receives strong backing
Littlewoods launches in Europe
Moonpig doubles profits
 HEALTH AND BEAUTY RETAILING
Lloyds Pharmacy to provide high street healthcare
 SPORTS AND LEISURE GOODS RETAILING
Sports Direct ups profit forecast as sales jump
 JEWELLERS
Signet
… suffers Q2 LFLs drop
… Q2 profit jumps thanks to cost cuts
Theo Fennell swings to £3.3 million FY loss
 TOYS AND GAMES RETAILING
Hamleys FY losses mount

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