European Retail Digest articles from March 2003

European Retail Digest archives from March 2003

Editorial.
March 22, 2003... Location or no location? Our feature articles this quarter address perspectives on Retail Locations, the topic of Templeton's recent Retail Location Analysis programme, held annually in Oxford each February. Our contributors address a mix of...

Shopping Centres vs. Strip Shopping vs. Destination Stores: changing trends within the Australian retail sector. (Feature / Retail Locations).
March 22, 2003... Australian Shake-up The Australian retail market is experiencing a shake-up with regard to consumers' preferred retail trading format. Increasingly, shopping centres are being placed under extreme pressure, as their former strategic...

Global retailing: why China tops the IGD Market Index. (Feature).
March 22, 2003... Increasingly, global retailing is about building local scale in the right markets rather than developing as wide an international coverage as possible. In its new 'Market Index', IGD has looked at the various factors that global retailers need...

Business Improvement Districts: progress toward implementation in the UK.
March 22, 2003... Introduction In the September 2002 edition of the European Retail Digest, Ross Davies and I drew attention to a series of government-retail industry partnership initiatives. Among these we included the Government's intention to introduce...

Retail and shopping centre developments in China. (Feature).
March 22, 2003... China has the largest retail market in Asia. Annual sales reached RMB 3,760 billion (EUR430 billion) in 2001. Retail sales in China have increased remarkably over the last decade. The industry has experienced more than a threefold increase in...

Retail network planning: achieving competitive advantage through geographical analysis.
March 22, 2003... Introduction Retail businesses have long recognised that understanding and improving overall performance starts with analysis at the micro or local market level. Attention has been focused on an increasing body of evidence that...

Retail location analysis in the United States. (Feature).
March 22, 2003... Thanks to the pioneering efforts of William Reilly (Reilly's Law of Retail Gravitation), Bill Applebaum (the analogue method), David Huff, and others from the 1920s onwards, the United States was the birthplace of sophisticated retail location...

Every little helps: interview with Crawford Davidson, Director of Clubcard at Tesco, UK. (Interviews).
March 22, 2003... Tesco is an international retailing group operating almost 2,000 stores (including T&S stores) in ten markets and employing 285,000 people. In its last financial year the Company achieved further growth with Group sales rising by 12.7% to 25.7...

Everything for the trade--next day: interview with John Allan, Managing Director of Screwfix Direct. (Interviews).
March 22, 2003... Older than you Think The reception area, the corridor to the managing director's office and the office itself are full of awards. UK company Screwfix Direct has just picked up the Investors in People Award, as well as eTailer of the Year...

Franchising in France: new trends. (Regional Review / France).
March 22, 2003... At the beginning of the new century, franchising involves 6% of retail stores in France, 2000 store openings per year, 1100 new salaried jobs, EUR 30.5 billion of sales and a total of approximately 650 chains. France is fourth in the world for...

DIY retailing in France: key trends and growth potential. (Regional Reviews).
March 22, 2003... The European DIY Market The European DIY market has enjoyed good growth in recent years and this trend is set to continue. This is primarily on the back of further dominance by the large scale specialist chains, the development of ever...

French retailers and communication: specificities and outlook.
March 22, 2003... Among retailers, the French are the most important investors in communication. For several years now, they have figured as the first economic sector regarding publicity expenditure with EUR 1.715 billion in 2002, an 8.8% increase against the...

France, Chirac and the EU. (European Political Issues).
March 22, 2003... May 2002 saw a collective frisson in political circles around Europe. After populist parties had scored high enough to enter the government in Austria and The Netherlands, there was suddenly a threat from the right in France. The Popular Front...

The UK property market: impact of the code of practice for commercial leases in England and Wales. (Political Issues).
March 22, 2003... For a number of years, concern has been expressed at the fact that landlords do not serve their tenants well and indeed have an adverse effect on business through giving insufficient choice and being largely inflexible. The UK retail market has...

Capricieux, mal commodes et efficaces *: the French model of value creation. (European Financial Perspectives).
March 22, 2003... Introduction Among the world's leading retail nations, France stands out as a birthplace of many successful retailers. Carrefour, Pinault Printemps, Casino and many others are the examples of French retail excellence. Often described as...

Innovations in retailing: gradual or radical innovations of business models. (News).
March 22, 2003... Retailing limits itself largely to innovating day-to-day operations. The latest RetailMonitor (1) (a survey of experts from retailing and industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland) shows that radical innovations are needed to provide growth...

The evolution of connected retailing: a survey.
March 22, 2003... As retailing becomes ever tougher at the top, no longer are the largest groups collectively pulling away from the pack as they consistently did throughout the second half of the last century. The new trend of focusing on maximising the...

Russia. (Letter).
March 22, 2003... Dear Reader Evolutionary trade patterns in Russia Driven by 'saturation' levels at home, western retailers have begun to expand their business to parts of the world where retailing is still fragmented and large populations have the...

India. (Letter).
March 22, 2003... Dear Reader Shopping malls are definitely the quintessential formats for the future in Indian retailing. More malls are being built in suburban areas due to easier availability and lower real estate costs. In particular, malls provide a...

Conference Review: Fifth KSA Retail Summit, Mumbai, India, February, 2003.
March 22, 2003... India has approximately 12 million shops but only about 2% of retail trade is conducted through 'organised' retailing, in modern formats. With a population of over one billion and a growing consumer economy, it is the greatest undeveloped...

Oxford Institute of Retail Management Update.
March 22, 2003... Global Retail Value League Table eBay, Hennes & Mauritz, Matalan, Bed, Bath and Beyond, and Carpetright are the top five retailers in the world. No, not in terms of sales or international reach but rather in terms of value creation. They...