The Retail PulseFSP Retail Business Consultants

March 2014

RETAIL NEWS INDEXRETAILER BIRTHS &

DEATHSHOT 100 RETAIL BURN PRODUCT FOCUS

Retailer Births & Deaths

There w as 1 administration in March:Albemarle & Bond.

There w ere 18 new additions to SnapShop in March, w ith 1 new retailer planning to open its

f irst UK store:Franklin and Marshall.

SnapShop members can be notif ied w hen retailers go into administration or new retailers

are added to SnapShop.

Retail BurnThis month, as usual, the big national chains

attract the most press. The most talked about

retailers, according to SnapShop and the

Retail Burn, include River Island, H&M,

Nando's, TK Maxx, Ann Summers, Forever 21,

ASDA, B&Q, Internacionale and Albemarle &

Bond.

The retailer w ith the highest number of

positive new s articles in March w as River

Island, w ith the new s that it is continuing to

open stores both nationally and internationally.

At the other end of the scale is Albemarle &

Bond, having appointed administrators after

its lenders told the board they w ere unable to

support the turnaround plan for the business.

Hot 100The Hot 100 in March 2014 included;

Opening new regional f lagship, Fat Face

Still grow ing sales, Jo Malone

Celebrating 99th store opening, Schuh

Appointing f irst chief exec in f ive years,

Phase Eight

Grow ing profits, Laura Ashley

Continuing to perform strongly, Hugo Boss

Continuing on the expansion trail,

PizzaExpress

Still expanding nationally and internationally,

Ted Baker

These sustainable businesses have

substantial sales, a healthy profit and have

maintained good f inancial 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 March RNI index for All Retailers, at 102, has increased by 2.

Leisure, at 107, has increased by 4.

Clothing & Footwear, at 91, has increased by 2.

Household, at 100 has decreased by , 2.

Personal, at 102 has increased by , 6.

Grocery, at 99 has increased by , 1.

Food & Beverage, at 110, has increased 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 May 2002.

Product Focus

Outlet Centres – Market Intelligence

FSP has a long history of w orking on outlet centres across the UK and Europe. While the

basic building blocks for a successful outlet centre mirror other retail locations – provide an

appropriate environment w ith a retail and catering offer that matches your shopper – outlet

centres have particular challenges and opportunities.