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The Retail Pulse
FSP Retail Business Consultants
July 2014
Retailer Births & Deaths
There w as 1 administration in July:La Senza.
There w ere 23 new additions to SnapShop in July, w ith 2 new retailers proposing to enter the UK
market:High Heaven and Project Pie.
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: Subw ay, Argos, Cath Kidston,
Poundw orld, Homebase, Ann Summers,
Mothercare plc, Crocs, Marks & Spencer PLC and
La Senza
The retailer w ith the highest number of positive
new s articles in July w as Subw ay, w ith the new s
it has opened its 1,800th outlet in the UK and
Ireland, and plans to continue to expand its estate.
La Senza is at the other end of the scale having
fallen into administration for the second time in tw o
years.
Hot 100
The Hot 100 in July 2014 included;
Maintaining its market share, Iceland
2. Another 'good' year of trading, Games
Workshop
Expansion plans on track, Simply Food
Opening new concept stores, Monsoon
Launching a new ad campaign, Phones 4 U
Upsizing at The Marlow es, Perfume Shop, The
Sales and profits up, Body Shop, The
Revamping its Regent Street flagship, Timberland
These sustainable businesses have substantial
sales, a healthy profit and have maintained good
financial health.
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Index, please e-mail us.
Retail News Index
The FSP Retail New s Index is a 3 month moving average measure of sentiment in reported retail new s
stories.
The July RNI index for All Retailers, at 104, has remained steady.
Leisure, at 116, has decreased by 3.
Clothing & Footwear, at 91, has decreased by 1.
Household, at 107, has increased by 1.
Personal, at 104, has increased by 3.
Grocery, at 101, has decreased by 3.
Food & Beverage, at 109, has increased by 3.
For the full report, click here.
FSP on average review s over 350 unique items of retailer new s. 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
Out of Town Shopper Surveys
3. Out of Tow n shopping has seen w idespread change over the last 10 years. There is now increasing
demand from shoppers to further improve the shopping experience provided to Park users.
As lifestyles and requirements continually change, it is important that ow ners and operators
continually engage w ith their shoppers to best meet their requirements and realise the most value
from their assets. At FSP, w e know w hat shoppers w ant because w e ask them.
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Retail Pulse data derived from Snap-Shop.co.uk
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