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The Retail Pulse FSP Retail Business Consultants January 2016
Retailer Births & Deaths
There was 1 administration in January: Brantano, who became the first retail casualty of 2016. Blue Inc. put it's subsidiary A Levy & Son Ltd into administration in order to restructure its operations, but the chain itself is not in administration. There were 6 new additions to the FSP Retailer Database in January, with 3 new retailers proposing to enter the UK market: French jewellery brand APM Monaco, Australian sportswear retailer Lorna Jane, and new high street format launched by Pets at Home, Whiskers 'n' Paws.
Retail Burn This month, as usual, the big national chains attract the most press. The most talked about retailers, according to the Retail Burn, include: H&M, Aldi, Amazon, Card Factory, Foyles, Pets at Home, American Apparel, ARK, Blue Inc. and Brantano. The retailer with the highest number of positive news articles in January was H&M, with expansion news and good financial results. At the other end of the scale is Brantano who became the first retail casualty of 2016.
Hot 100
The Hot 100 in January 2016 included; Focusing on European expansion, Holland & Barrett Opening Hay's Galleria flagship, Charles Tyrwhitt Launching UK table service, McDonald's Attracting investor interest, Reiss Recording quarterly sales growth, Boots The Chemist Recording rising cycling category sales, Halfords Launching new high street format, Pets at Home Recording strong sales growth, Ted Baker
Retail News Index
The January RNI index for All Retailers, at 99, has decreased by 4. Leisure, at 112, has decreased by 3. Clothing & Footwear, at 88, has decreased by 8. Household, at 104, has decreased by 4. Personal, at 96, has remained steady. Grocery, at 98, has decreased by 3. Food & Beverage, at 106, has decreased by 2. For the full report, click here. FSP on average reviews over 350 unique items of retailer news. Each article is scored according to sentiment. RNI is the sum of these scores indexed against 2005 and averaged over a three month period. The RNI time series for all retailers starts from May 2002.
Product Focus Product Focus – Accompanied Shopping The increase in use of mobile phones and beacon technology has led to a surge in the number of companies aiming to sell customer data under the badge of ‘informed customer analysis’. Whilst some of these systems undoubtedly offer a huge opportunity to track how shoppers use a scheme, which areas they visit and for how long, concerns still abound regarding accuracy of the data and how...
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