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1. The Retail Pulse
FSP Retail Business Consultants
May 2014
RETAIL NEWS INDEX
RETAILER BIRTHS &
DEATHS
HOT 100 RETAIL BURN PRODUCT FOCUS
Retailer Births & Deaths
There w ere no reported administrations in May.
There w ere 14 new additions to SnapShop in May, w ith 1 new retailer proposing to enter
the UK market: Muzz Buzz.
SnapShop members can be notified w hen retailers go into administration or new retailers
are added to SnapShop.
Retail Burn
This month, as usual, the big national chains
attract the most press. The most talked about
retailers, according to SnapShop and the
Retail Burn, include Selfridges, Carluccio's,
Homebase, B&M, Game, Marks & Spencer
PLC, Morrisons, Carpetright, Abercrombie &
Fitch and Internacionale
The retailer w ith the highest number of
positive new s articles in May w as Selfridges,
having been named as the best department
store in the w orld for the third consecutive
time.
Internacionale is at the other end of the scale
w ith the new s that the value retailer w ill be
completely w ound dow n over the coming
months.
Hot 100
The Hot 100 in May 2014 included;
Grow ing sales as expansion continues, Pret
a Manger

2. Grow ing w holesale arm supports retail,
SuperGroup
Grow ing profits as international expansion
continues, Clarks
Investing in its London flagship, Selfridges
Launching new format stores, GNC
Continuing its expansion, Nando's
Opening new stores, Office
Returning to Southampton, Peacocks
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 FSP Retail New s Index is a 3 month moving average measure of sentiment in reported
retail new s stories.
The May RNI index for All Retailers, at 101, has decreased by 1.
Leisure, at 109, has increased by 1.
Clothing & Footwear, at 94, has decreased by 1.
Household, at 102, has remained steady.
Personal, at 99, has decreased by 5.
Grocery, at 99, has increased by 6.
Food & Beverage, at 105, 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 May2002.
Product Focus
SnapShop - Retail intelligence at your fingertips
FSP has been collecting retailer information for many years and w e know that, if each time
our consultants w anted some background information on a retailer, they w ent to the internet
and searched, they w ould drow n, w hilst not actually finding w hat they needed. If you need
to know about retailers, you need SnapShop.