1. The Retail Pulse
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Retail New s Index Retailer Births & Deaths Hot 100 Retail Burn Product Focus
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.

2. 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.
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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.

3. Product Focus
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Retail Pulse data derived from Snap-Shop.co.uk
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