The Retail Pulse FSP Retail Business Consultants Retail New s Index
Retailer Births & Deaths
Hot 100
Retail Burn
Retailer Births & Deaths
There w ere 2 administrations in June:Jane Norman and Lakeland Leather. There w ere 14 new additions to SnapShop in June, w ith 4 new retailers entering the UK market:Netto, La Sala, Open and Stradivarius. SnapShop members can be notified w hen retailers go into administration or new retailers are added to SnapShop.
Retail Burn Sainsbury's Supermarkets, Maplin, New Look, Debenhams, Primark, 99p Store, Tragus Group Ltd, Mothercare plc, Lakeland Leather and Jane Norman The retailer w ith the highest number of positive new s articles in June w as Sainsbury's Supermarkets, w ith the new s it has formed a joint venture w ith Netto to bring the discount fascia back to the UK. Jane Norman is at the other end of the scale having fallen into administration for the second time in three years. Lakeland Leather is only just above Jane Norman having also fallen into administration.
Product Focus
Hot 100 The Hot 100 in June 2014 included; Continuing its UK expansion, Patisserie Valerie Aiming to top the 100-store mark by the end of 2014, The Range Opening regional flagship stores, Bose Targeting grow th in Europe, Holland & Barrett Halting quarterly sales decline for first time in five years, WH Smith plc Opening at Southampton's WestQuay, Cath Kidston Launching concessions in Debenhams, Costa Testing out new labels in-store, Sports Direct International Plc These sustainable businesses have substantial sales, a healthy profit and have maintained good financial health. For more information on the BIS Wealth Creation Index, please e-mail us.
RNI
The June RNI index for All Retailers, at 104, has increased by 3. Leisure, at 118, has increased by 9. Clothing & Footwear, at 92, has decreased by 2. Household, at 106, has increased by 3. Personal, at 100, has increased by 1. Grocery, at 104, has increased by 5. Food & Beverage, at 105, has remained steady. For the full report, click here. FSP on av erage rev iews ov er 350 unique items of retailer news. Each article is scored according to sentiment. RNI is the sum of these scores indexed against 2005 and av eraged ov er a three month period. The RNI time series f or all retailers starts f rom May 2002.
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