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The Retail PulseFSP Retail Business ConsultantsNovember 2015

Retailer Births & Deaths

There were 0 administrations recorded in November.

There were 10 new additions to the FSP Retailer Database in November, with 2 new retailersproposing to enter the UK market: pizza and craft beer concept, Base + Barley, will open its debutsite in Exeter; and, Mountain Warhouse's new athletic brand for women, Zakti, has made its debut onthe high street.

Retail Burn

This month, as usual, the big national chainsattract the most press. The most talked aboutretailers, according to the Retail Burn, include:Lidl, M&S, Selfridges, B&M, ASDA, Clintons,Matalan, BHS, Jaeger and Harris + Hoole.

The retailer with the highest number of positivenews articles in November was Lidl, havingincreased its market share to a record high andpromising to invest more than £1.5 billion in theUK over the next three years.

At the other end of the scale is Harris + Hoole,which has reported widening losses and the needfor further funding to stay afloat.

Hot 100

The Hot 100 in November 2015 included; Opening Leeds flagship, Zara Home Putting in a positive performance, EdinburghWoollen Mill Opening at Whiteley Shopping, Nando's Rumoured to be in sale talks, Bang & Olufsen Boosting wholesale operations, White Stuff Posting strong sales growth, Peacocks Posting soaring sales, B&M Acquired by South African retailer Truworths, OfficeThese sustainable businesses have substantialsales, a healthy profit and have maintained goodfinancial health.

Retail News Index

The November RNI index for All Retailers, at 105, has increased by 2. Leisure, at 118, has increased by 7. Clothing & Footwear, at 93, has remained steady. Household, at 111, has decreased by 3. Personal, at 101, has decreased by 2. Grocery, at 100, has increased by 3. Food & Beverage, at 111, has increased by 6.

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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

Product Focus – Black Friday Online Shopping Hotspots ­Understanding Digital Leakage At FSP we were interested to see that Royal Mail recently revealed its top ten towns and cities wheremost online shopping took place during the Black Friday period, because we understand the

relationship between online spending and physical retail catchments and can help landlords quantifythe threat or opportunity for their centre. The Royal Mail findings are based on analysis of itemsaccepted into their network on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November from online retailers andecommerce businesses for delivery via their Tracked 24 and 48 services.

According to Royal Mail, the top ten UK online shopping hotspots for Black Friday were:

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