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European Retail Briefing - October 2014

ANALYST COMMENT – SHOULD PUREPLAYS OPEN STORES?
What we’ve seen
Is there scope for stores?
So what can we expect from Amazon?
EUROPEAN RETAIL SALES
Key points
Retail sales
Figure 1: Major European economies: Year on year retail sales value growth, 2013-14
Figure 2: Major European economies:  Year on year retail sales volume growth, 2013-14
Inflation
Figure 3: Major European economies:  All items CPI, 2013-14
Figure 4: Major European economies: Food price inflation, 2013-14
HEADLINES FOR THE MONTH
Grocers
Clothing retailing
Department stores
Electrical retailing
Furniture retailing
Home shopping
Music, game and video retailing
NEWS ANALYSIS – FOOD AND DRINK
Grocers
Austria: Lidl invests in modernising Austrian stores
Belgium: Colruyt Group
Belgium: Delhaize announces partnership with Coopernic
Denmark: Metro Cash and Carry to exit Denmark
France: Auchan announces purchasing agreement with Système U
France: E.Leclerc to invest €1.2bn to counteract financial crisis
France: Intermarché and Casino Group partner to purchase brands
Germany: Edeka to buy Kaiser’s Tengelmann stores
Germany: FrischeParadies to launch online
Ireland: Spar ups Irish expansion
Italy: Carrefour opens its first ‘gourmet’ market store in Italy
Netherlands: Lidl commences online operations in the Netherlands
Norway: Coop acquires ICA’s Norwegian business
Spain: Eroski
UK: Aldi
UK: Booths to launch nationwide delivery
UK: Costcutter acquires 20% stake in Simply Fresh
UK: Morrisons
UK: Sainsbury's
UK: Sports Direct to invest £43m into Tesco
UK: Tesco
UK: Waitrose has launched dedicated pet website
Other food specialists
UK: Greggs like-for-like sales grow 5.4% in Q3
UK: Holland & Barrett
UK: Thorntons profits grow 60.4%
UK: Whittard of Chelsea profits increase 43%
NEWS ANALYSIS – NON-FOOD
Clothing retailing
Belgium: Kipling unveils new loyalty scheme
Denmark: Bestseller’s Mamalicious to introduce childrenswear
Europe: Esprit sales fall but returns to profitability
Finland: Marks and Spencer to launch in Scandinavia
Germany: French Connection to open company-owned German store
Ireland: Penneys to launch beauty bar
Spain: El Corte Inglés CEO dies
Spain: Inditex sales grow but profits slip in the first half of the year
Sweden: H&M sales grow 21% in Q3
UK: Bonmarché launches menswear trial
UK: Calzedonia ventures out from London
UK: Edinburgh Woollen Mill acquires Internaçionale assets
UK: Forever 21 makes £18.4m loss in the UK
UK: French Connection
UK: Jack Wills plans Asian expansion
UK: Moss Bros like-for-like sales up 6.4%
UK: Mothercare to inject £100m into new store designs and brands
UK: N Brown sales down 0.6%
UK: New Look appoints new non-executive chairman
UK: Phase Eight put up for sale
UK: River Island invests in multichannel offering
UK: Ted Baker profits increase 24.2%
UK: Topman to launch Google+ Hangouts
UK: Topshop and ShangPin join for mobile marketing initiative
UK: Zara’s UK profits fall by 34.5%
Footwear retailing
UK: Clarks to open first dedicated men’s store
UK: Jimmy Choo to launch IPO in October
Multi-sector retailing
UK: 99p Stores launch 99p a week broadband internet service
UK: Argos
UK: Home Retail announce ‘good’ first half results
UK: Marks and Spencer launches ‘M&S Baby’ format
UK: Next sales jump 10.3% in the first six months of 2014
UK: Next Q3 sales hit by warm weather
UK: Oliver Bonas profits decline 14%
UK: WorldStores acquires Kiddicare
Department stores
Germany: Karstadt announce rehabilitation plans
Netherlands: Hema makes a loss of €30.1m
UK: Beales sales drop in Q3 as stores close
UK: Debenhams launches Mothercare and Monsoon in store
UK: House of Fraser
UK: John Lewis
UK: Selfridges forecasts 20% sales lift from Birmingham menswear
Electrical retailing
Germany: Media-Markt to open first click-and-collect drive through service
UK: Jessops returns to profit
Furniture retailing
Belgium: Ikea to invest €15m in Belgian store
Europe: Kingfisher sales grow 0.9% in the first half of the year
Netherlands: DFS to launch its first international store
UK: Dreams reports EBITDA loss of £3.7m
Homewares retailing
UK:  Dunelm
UK: Lakeland profits halve to £3m following heavy investment
UK: Topps Tiles reports pre-tax profit rises of 30%
Home shopping
France: L’Oréal plans to launch 200 branded websites
Germany: Amazon
Germany: Ao World to debut in Germany
Europe: Rocket Internet to launch IPO
Germany: Zalando launches on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
UK: ASOS sales grow 27%
UK: Boohoo.com sales jump 31% in the first half of the year
UK: Burberry and Twitter test ‘buy’ button
UK: Jaeger introduces new ecommerce strategy
UK: John Lewis creates new role of online product director
UK: Land Securities announces two new click-and-collect hubs
UK: Made.com sales increase 68%
UK: MySale revenues grow 23.3%
UK: Ocado
UK: Shop Direct announces new website Very Exclusive
UK: Smiggle to launch UK standalone transactional website
Health & beauty retailing
UK: Co-operative Group completes Pharmacy sale
UK: Lloydspharmacy sales up
Sports and leisure goods retailing
UK: Decathlon wants to open small stores and click-and-collect points
UK: Halfords to re-launch Cycle Republic stores in London
UK: JD Sports sales grow 27% in the first half
UK: Sports Direct
Music, game and video retailing
France: Darty sales grow 5.9% in Q1
Spain: Gamestop to exit the Spanish market
UK: HMV makes £16.7m operating profit
UK: Tesco to sell Blinkbox
Mobile phone retailing
UK: Dixons Carphone to take on 800 Phones 4u staff
UK: Phones 4u
UK: Vodafone acquires 140 Phones 4u stores
Toy retailing
UK: The Toy Store signs lease for Oxford Street shop
Card retailing
UK: Card Factory sales jump 8.9% in the first half of the year
Economy
UK: Retail price deflation increases to 1.8%
UK: Retail sales grow 3.7% year-on-year in August
H&M HENNES & MAURITZ
What we think
Guest-designer collaborations enhance fashion credentials
Net new 375 stores planned for 2014
Online shop expansion
Broadening product range
Taking on board ethical issues
Company background
Company performance
Figure 5: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Percentage share of net sales by region, 2011/12-2012/13
Figure 6: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Group financial performance, 2008/9-2012/13
Figure 7: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Outlet data, 2008/9-2012/13
Retail offering

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