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Published by: Mintel International Group Ltd.
Published: Oct. 1, 2008
Table of Contents
- Analyst Comment
- Ethical issues
- Who cares? Who benefits?
- Ethics and consumers
- Local produce/organics
- Ethics as a marketing tool
- The Month in UK Retailing
- Bakers (retail)
- Greggs' LFLs up 3.9%
- Thorntons reports Q1 sales growth
- Co-ops (retail)
- Co-op reports lift in H1 pre-tax profits
- Grocers
- Asda
- …and Tesco slash food prices
- …slashes petrol prices
- …survey reveals UK families worse off by £600/year
- …cuts petrol prices once again
- …launches non-food arm
- Holland & Barrett buys Julian Graves
- Lidl opening causes stampede
- Morrisons plans non-food push
- Sainsbury's
- …CEO concedes consumer sentiment is down
- …reveals rise in H1 LFLs
- Tesco
- …reports 10.3% H1 profit boost
- …plans assault on banking industry
- …introduces new low-cost line
- Waitrose
- …and Booths form buying alliance
- …announces date of first convenience store opening
- Clothing retailing
- Austin Reed FY sales down 3.8%
- French Connection posts wider H1 losses
- Jane Norman posts flat FY profits
- Miss Sixty collapses into administration
- Mosaic posts rise in H1 profits
- Moss Bros H1 losses widen
- Next
- …CEO says cost-inflation will hit clothing retailers by 2009
- …acquires Lipsy
- Ted Baker sees H1 profits up
- Mixed goods retailing
- Argos to open 30 new shops following pilot's success
- Woolworths
- …posts record H1 loss
- …chief announces cutbacks
- Multi-sector retailing
- Laura Ashley posts H1 profit rise
- M&S
- …hits out at Waitrose's cheaper food claim
- …prepares to open first store in mainland China
- …posts decline in Q2 LFLs
- …opens first store in China
- Department stores
- Beales and Allders to link up for "greater synergies"
- Debenhams CEO reports LFLs, predicts tough year ahead
- Harrods posts record FY sales
- House of Fraser
- …to open discount fascia
- …reassures suppliers
- DIY retailing
- Kingfisher
- …sees LFLs fall, profits rise in H1
- …mulls tax base switch
- …willing to off-load Hornbach
- Topps Tiles reports slump in like-for-like sales
- Music and video goods retailing
- Zavvi's FY LFLs up despite losses
- Carpet retailing
- Carpetright
- …chief prepares for downturn
- …FY and Q2 predictions remain cautious
- Furniture retailing
- DFS cuts 100 jobs amid economic crisis
- Habitat should become high street's Ikea, says Conran
- Land of Leather
- …directors agree to defer pay
- …FY profits plunge
- MFI
- …looks for emergency funding
- …looks for new rental deal with landlords
- …undergoes management buy-out
- …granted 3-month 'rent holiday'
- …likely to close up to 100 stores
- Homewares retailing
- Rosebys collapses into administration
- Home shopping
- Amazon launches UK clothing range
- Asos
- …vows to overtake Next
- …sees rise in H1 sales
- Flying Brands prepares to offset poor FY trading
- Ideal
- …posts H1 results, issues profit warning
- …CEO resigns
- Shop Direct cuts jobs following restructuring
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- Blacks losses widen in H1
- JJB Sports
- …reports H1 loss
- …refutes claims it breached banking covenants
- …faces uncertainty after losing supplier credit insurance
- JD Sports reports 71% H1 profit boost
- Jewellers
- Aurum reports FY sales boost
- Books and stationery retailing
- WH Smith reports 15% FY profit increase
- Miscellaneous specialist retailing
- Halfords posts H1 profits
- Executive Appointments
- Beales appoints Edelman as non-executive director
- Kesa appoints new CEO
- Liberty appoints sales director as part of own-label expansion
- Tesco non-executive director resigns
- Urban Outfitters appoints MD for Anthropologie
- Product Development - Meals and Meal Centres
- Asda
- Iceland
- Marks & Spencer
- Sainsbury’s
- Somerfield
- Tesco
- Waitrose
- Advertising News
- New campaigns
- Ann Summers launches viral campaign for Rampant Rabbit
- John Lewis’ autumn campaign to star Karen Elson
- Morrisons unveils healthy promotion
- Netto debuts customer rewards scheme
- Next ads to star Dannii Minogue
- Thorntons promotes new premium range
- Waitrose in autumn campaign
- Account gains/losses
- Adams Childrenswear hires Total Media
- Amazon ditches Etype
- Boots tipped to hand £56m account to OMD
- Office hires FST for website, customer mag relaunch
- Thresher Group appoints Krow Communications and MPG
- Retail Advertising Review
- Advertising expenditure
- Figure 1: Total advertising expenditure by all advertisers (£m), Jul 2004-Jul 2008
- Figure 2: Total advertising expenditure by all retail advertisers (£m), Jul 2004-Jul 2008
- Figure 3: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (£m), Jul 2007-Jul 2008
- Figure 4: Use of media by retail and all advertisers (%), Jul 2007-Jul 2008
- Top 25 retail advertisers
- Figure 5: Top 25 retailers by adspend (£), Jun 2008-Jul 2008
- Food
- Furniture
- Optical retailers
- DIY retailers
- Other
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
- Retail Sales and Inflation
- Retail sales
- Office for National Statistics
- Figure 6: Retail sales trends: Aug 2007-Aug 2008
- Figure 7: Non seasonally adjusted % value change on previous year, Aug 2007-Aug 2008
- Figure 8: Seasonally adjusted % volume change on previous year, Aug 2007-Aug 2008
- Significant features of August’s ONS statistics
- Confederation of British Industry
- British Retail Consortium
- Retail price inflation trends
- Figure 9: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: Aug 2007-Aug 2008
- Figure 10: Annual percentage change in retail price index for selected product groups: Aug 2007-Aug 2008
- Retail Prices Index
- Consumer Prices Index
- British Retail Consortium: Shop Price Index
- Sector Analysis - Mixed Goods
- Sales trends
- Figure 11: Mixed goods retailers, sales trends, 1998-2008
- Figure 12: Mixed Goods retailers as % of all retail sales, 1998-2007
- Retail price inflation
- Figure 13: Indices of retail prices for product categories, Jan 2001-Jan 2008 (Jan 1987=100)
- Sales by sub-sector
- Figure 14: Mixed goods retailers, breakdown of sales by sub-sector, 2001-07
- Consumer expenditure
- Figure 15: Consumer expenditure on selected product categories (£m), 2001-07
- Mixed goods retailers: Latest trends
- Figure 16: Mixed goods retailers’ sales, 2005/06
- Figure 17: Mixed goods retailers’ operating profits, 2003/04-2006/07
- Argos
- Debenhams
- John Lewis
- Woolworths
- Harrods
- House of Fraser
- Sector News Review: Mixed Goods Retailing
- May
- Mixed goods retailing
- Home Retail Group FY sales/profits rise, warns of outlook
- Instore cuts FY loss
- Multi-sector retailing
- Boots' Pessina to accelerate growth
- HMV reports 7.3% rise in FY LFLs
- M&S
- June
- Mixed goods retailing
- Mothercare posts strong FY sales and profit growth
- Woolworths to grab slice of Indian toy market
- Multi-sector retailing
- Boots
- M&S
- Department stores
- Debenhams to expand in Russia and India
- House of Fraser implements data synchronisation service
- July
- Mixed goods retailing
- Argos workers prepare to strike at four distribution centres
- Instore
- Woolworths fined £350,000 for contravention of disclosure rules
- Multi-sector retailing
- Pessina and KKR to invest more in Boots
- M&S
- Department stores
- Beales unveils H1 results
- Debenhams
- August
- Mixed goods retailing
- Instore rejects Seaham's £11.4m takeover bid
- Mothercare posts Q1 results
- Woolworths warns H1 results will be lower than expected
- Multi-sector retailing
- Marks & Spencer
- Department stores
- Beales rejects tender offer
- Debenhams
- John Lewis’ sales edge ahead
- September
- Mixed goods retailing
- Argos' and Homebase' Q2 LFLs disappoint, Homebase value lowered
- Woolworths
- Multi-sector retailing
- Boots launches drive-through pharmacy
- HMV
- John Lewis
- M&S
- Department stores
- Beales reports 6% decline in 43-week sales
- General Trading Company to relaunch in spring
- House of Fraser sees sales rise
- Liberty losses widen in H1
- October
- Mixed goods retailing
- Argos to open 30 new shops following pilot's success
- Woolworths
- …posts record H1 loss
- …chief announces cutbacks
- Multi-sector retailing
- Laura Ashley posts H1 profit rise
- M&S
- Department stores
- Beales and Allders to link up for "greater synergies"
- Debenhams CEO reports LFLs, predicts tough year ahead
- Harrods posts record FY sales
- House of Fraser
- Sector Advertising Review - Mixed Goods
- Advertising expenditure
- Figure 18: Total advertising expenditure by MIxed goods retailers, Jul 2004-Jul 2008
- Use of media
- Figure 19: Use of media by Mixed goods retailers and all retailers (£), Jul 2007 and Jul 2008
- Figure 20: Use of media by Mixed goods retailers and all retailers (%), Jul 2007 and Jul 2008
- Top 10 mixed goods retailers
- Figure 21: Top 10 Mixed goods retailers by adspend, Jul 2007 and Jul 2008
- Retailer focus
- Boots
- Figure 22: Boots, media use by adspend and as share of total, Jul 2007-Jul 2008
- Figure 23: Boots, top five brands by adspend, Jul 2008
- Argos
- Figure 24: Argos, media use by adspend and as share of total, Jul 2007-Jul 2008
- Figure 25: Argos, top five brands by adspend, Jul 2008
- Woolworths
- Figure 26: Woolworths, media use by adspend and as share of total, Jul 2007-Jul 2008
- Figure 27: Woolworths, top five brands by adspend, Jul 2008
- Next
- Figure 28: Next, media use by adspend and as share of total, Jul 2007-Jul 2008
- Figure 29: Next, top five brands by adspend, Jul 2008
- Nielsen Media Research/Definitions
- Report Focus: Fashion Accessories Retailing
- The market
- Influences
- Consumers: where, why and what
- Key findings
- Marks & Spencer still star performer
- The fashion chains
- Specialists are under pressure
- Figure 30: Where they buy fashion accessories, last 12 months, July 2008
- Debenhams gives Marks & Spencer and Next competitive pressure
- Primark drawing budget-conscious fashionistas
- Supermarkets have a broad appeal
- River Island and Topshop attract men and women
- Internet a strong opportunity
- Claire’s needs more differentiation
- Online opportunity for Accessorize
- Difference between internet and mail order customers
- Broad appeal of other clothing specialists
- Non-buyers are mostly older men
- Accessory shoppers are promiscuous
- How they shop
- Key points
- Figure 31: How they shop for fashion accessories, July 2008
- Destination Shoppers (35%)
- Open to Buy Shoppers (14%)
- Impulse Purchasers (12%)
- Careful Considerers (9%)
- Enthusiastic Shoppers (8%)
- Figure 32: How they shop for fashion accessories, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2008
- Distracted Shoppers (5%)
- Researchers (5%)
- Figure 33: How they shop for fashion accessories, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2008
- What influences them
- Key points
- Figure 34: Influences when buying fashion accessories, July 2008
- Cheap price and treating
- Looking for something different….
- …will help ‘have to have it’ motivation
- Men and women are influenced by a friend’s advice
- Figure 35: Influences when buying fashion accessories, July 2008
- Older consumers influenced by gifts
- Ethical/eco of very little influence
- Figure 36: Influences when buying fashion accessories, July 2008
- Leading retailers
- Specialists
- Figure 37: Approximate price range positioning of specialist accessories retailers, 2008
- Accessorize
- Figure 38: Monsoon UK & Eire, financial performance and store numbers, 2003-07
- Claire’s Accessories
- Figure 39: Claire’s Accessories, financial performance, 2003-07
- Tie Rack (Frangi)
- Figure 40: Frangi investments ltd financial performance, 2003-07
- Non-specialists
- Major retailers
- Figure 41: Approximate entry/exit price range positioning of Marks & Spencer, Next and Bhs, 2008
- Marks & Spencer
- Next
- Women
- Men
- Bhs
- Women
- Men
- Clothing specialists
- Arcadia Group
- Topshop
- Topman
- Dorothy Perkins
- Burton
- Miss Selfridge
- Evans
- Wallis
- Figure 42: Approximate entry/exit price range positioning of arcadia group retailers, 2008
- Topshop
- Topman
- Dorothy Perkins
- Burton
- Miss Selfridge
- Evans
- Wallis
- Strategic evaluation
- Mosaic fashions
- Oasis
- Coast
- Karen Millen
- Principles
- Warehouse
- Figure 43: Approximate entry/exit price range positioning of Mosaic Fashions group retailers, 2008
- Insights from the Industry
- Influences - celebrities
- Influences - internet blogs
- Blogging is increasingly influential and the new word-of-mouth.
- Influences - limited editions
- The end of the ‘It bag’
- The future
AbstractUK Retail Briefing is a monthly news digest service, which brings together news on companies and their business environments. The coverage is split by sector and supplemented by soundbite-style commentary and opinion. Recent sales figures are given with month-by-month trends for each sector, plus an inflation monitor highlighting key developments. All companies are indexed in each issue, giving you the option of short-cutting to news of your own organisation, key competitors or clients.
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