UK Town Centre Retailing 2006

Publication Date	September 2006
Publisher	Verdict
Product Type	Report
Pages	181
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	VDT00007

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Summary

Covering retailers based on high streets and in shopping centres, this report identifies and analyses current and future town centre retail development issues. It includes data and trends for town centre retailing as a whole and for types of retailer over the last 10 years and forecasts for the next five years. It also ranks the Top 100 UK town centres.

Scope

Market value and growth, space, sales densities and store numbers 1995-2005 with forecasts to 2010 for town centre retailing.
Key retailers' share of town centre retailing, a comparison of the top 12 town centre retailers and the top 100 town centres ranked by region.
Analysis and opinion of the key issues affecting town centre retailing and analysis of shopping centre development pipeline 2006-2011.

Highlights

Despite being the most important retail channel achieving sales of 122.3bn and accounting for just under half of all retail expenditure, the town centre has struggled in the face of intense competition from competing channels, particularly out-of-town grocers and online retailers.In 2005 town centre (including out-of-town comparison shopping malls) sales declined in value the first such occurrence in modern times.Looking ahead, an unprecedented wave of shopping centre construction is set to create an excess supply of new retail space in town centres, just as intensifying competition from online and out-of-town retail park retailers constrains town centre retailers' ability to pay higher rents.

Reasons to Purchase

Identify the leading town centre retailers, the key issues they face and their recent and future expansion plans.
Track town centre's retail performance as a whole, or by individual sector both over the last decade and its likely performance moving forward.
Benchmark individual retailers' performance against the market and compare their key operating statistics.

Content

Chapter 1 Executive Summary
- Key Findings
- Main Conclusions
Chapter 2 Market Analysis
- Market Definitions
- Town Centre Summary
- Retail Spending by Location
- Town Centre Sales and Sources of Growth
- Store Numbers by Location
- Floorspace by Location
- Sales Densities by Location
- Town Centre Space
- Town Centre Sectors
- Books, News & Stationery
- Clothing & Footwear
- Department Stores
- Electricals
- Food & Grocery
- Furniture & Floorcoverings
- General Merchandise Retailers
- Health & Beauty
- Music & Video
Chapter 3 Strategic Issues
- Sudden Downturn in Consumer Demand
- Non-food Expansion by Grocers
- Surge in Online Shopping
- Town Centre Casualty List Mounts
- Music & Video
- Clothing Specialists
- Food and Drink Specialists
- Department Stores
- Rent Inflation Resilient
Chapter 4 Company Data Analysis
- Town Centre Sales
- Profits & Margins
- Store Portfolio
- Sales Densities
- Advertising Media Expenditure
Chapter 5 Verdict's Top 100 Uk Town Centres And Covered Malls
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Number of physical outlets and total retail selling space
- Key department store anchors and fashion retailers
- Catchment population
- Parking and transport quality
- Presence of a concentrated shopping offer
- Recent retail space expansion
- Affluence levels
- The competing draw of an out-of-town offer nearby
- Geographical supremacy
- Top 10 Town Centres & Covered Malls
- Top 10 Covered Malls
- Top 10 Gainers
- Top 100
- Greater London
- South-East
- South-West
- Wales
- West Midlands
- East Midlands
- East Anglia
- Yorkshire & Humberside
- North-East & North-West
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Chapter 6 Outlook
- Town Centre Summary
- Town Centre Sectors
- Town Centre Development
Chapter 7 Glossary
- Financial Statistics - VAT
- Trading Profile
- Physical Development
- Abbreviations
List of Tables
- Table 1: Retail location definitions 2006
- Table 2: Town centre sales, space and stores 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 3: Retail spending by location at current prices 1995-2005
- Table 4: Sales through town centre retailers 1995-2005
- Table 5: Sources of growth for town centre retailers 1995-2005
- Table 6: Store numbers by location 1995-2005
- Table 7: Town centre floorspace vs all stores 1995-2005
- Table 8: Sales densities by location at current prices 1995-2005
- Table 9: Town centre space by location 1994-2004
- Table 10: Town centre sales and share of sector 2005
- Table 11: Books, news & stationery specialists on the town centre 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 12: Town centre clothing & footwear specialists 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 13: Town centre department stores 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 14: Town centre electricals specialists 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 15: Town centre grocers and food specialists 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 16: Town centre furniture & floorcoverings specialists 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 17: Town centre general merchandise retailers 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 18: Town centre health & beauty specialists 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 19: Town centre music & video specialists 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Table 20: Demand side factors impacting the town centre 2006
- Table 21: Major town centre casualties January -December 2005
- Table 22: Major town centre casualties January - August 2006
- Table 23: Town centre rental growth % by region 2000-2005
- Table 24: Leading retailers (A-H) turnover record (ex-VAT) 1996-2006
- Table 25: Leading retailers (H-N) turnover record (ex-VAT) 1996-2006
- Table 26: Leading retailers (O-Z) turnover record (ex-VAT) 1996-2006
- Table 27: Leading retailers (A-H) operating profit 1996-2006
- Table 28: Leading retailers (H-N) operating profit 1996-2006
- Table 29: Leading retailers (O-Z) operating profit 1996-2006
- Table 30: Leading retailers (A-H) operating margins 1996-2006
- Table 31: Leading retailers (H-N) operating margins 1996-2006
- Table 32: Leading retailers (O-Z) operating margins 1996-2006
- Table 33: Leading town centre retailers (A-H) selling space (000 sq ft) 1996-2006
- Table 34: Leading town centre retailers (H-N) selling space (000 sq ft) 1996-2006
- Table 35: Leading town centre retailers (O-Z) selling space (000 sq ft) 1996-2006
- Table 36: Leading town centre retailers (A-H) store numbers 1996-2006
- Table 37: Leading town centre retailers (H-O) store numbers 1996-2006
- Table 38: Leading town centre retailers store numbers 1996-2006
- Table 39: Leading retailers sales densities (A-H) 1996-2006
- Table 40: Leading retailers sales densities (H-N) 1996-2006
- Table 41: Leading retailers sales densities (O-Z) 1996-2006
- Table 42: Town centre retailers advertising expenditure breakdown 2005
- Table 43: Town centre retailers advertising expenditure 2000-2005
- Table 44: Weighting of Top 100 factors 2006
- Table 45: Top 10 covered malls 2006 by size
- Table 46: Verdict's Top 100 UK Shopping Centres 2006
- Table 47: Greater London key statistics 2006
- Table 48: South-East key statistics 2006
- Table 49: South-West key statistics 2006
- Table 50: Wales key statistics 2006
- Table 51: West Midlands key statistics 2006
- Table 52: East Midlands key statistics 2006
- Table 53: East Anglia/East of England key statistics 2006
- Table 54: Yorkshire & Humberside key statistics 2006
- Table 55: North-East & North-West key statistics 2006
- Table 56: Scotland key statistics 2006
- Table 57: Northern Ireland key statistics 2006
- Table 58: Town centre summary data 2000, 2005 & 2010
- Table 59: Town centre vs. total retail spending 1995-2010
- Table 60: Town centre sales by sector 1995, 2000, 2005 & 2010
- Table 61: Town centre space by sector 1995, 2000, 2005 & 2010
- Table 62: Shopping centre developments (major schemes only - gross retail space sq ft) 2006-2011
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Share of total retail expenditure by location 1995-2005
- Figure 2: Growth of retail sales by location 1995-2005
- Figure 3: Sales densities by location 1995-2005
- Figure 4: Space growth by location year-on-year 1995-2005
- Figure 5: Strategic issues influencing the town centre 2006
- Figure 6: Growth in town centre vs OOT retail park rents* 1995-2005
- Figure 7: Leading retailers town centre stores change in sales 2005 on 2000 (adjusted to calendar years)
- Figure 8: Leading retailers town centre stores change in sales 2005 on 2004 (adjusted to calendar years)
- Figure 9: Leading retailers % share of town centre sales 1995, 2000 & 2005
- Figure 10: Town centre retailers change in operating profit 2005 on 2000 (adjusted to calendar years*)
- Figure 11: Town centre retailers change in operating profit 2005 on 2004 (adjusted to calendar years*)
- Figure 12: Operating margins of clothing specialists and department stores 1995-2005
- Figure 13: Operating margins of household goods and other retailers 1995-2005
- Figure 14: Space growth of leading town centre retailers 2005 on 2000 (adjusted to calendar years)
- Figure 15: Space growth of town centre retailers 2005 on 2004 (adjusted to calendar years)
- Figure 16: Leading retailers share of town centre space 1995, 2000 and 2005 (adjusted to calendar years)
- Figure 17: Change in store numbers 2005 on 2000
- Figure 18: Change in store numbers 2005 on 2004
- Figure 19: Average store size 1995, 2000 and 2005 (adjusted to calendar years)
- Figure 20: Sales density growth of town centre stores 2005 on 2000
- Figure 21: Sales density growth of town centre stores 2005 on 2004
- Figure 22: Advertising expenditure as a percentage of sales - household goods and other retailers 2001-2005
- Figure 23: Advertising expenditure as a percentage of sales - clothing specialists and department stores 2001-2005
- Figure 24: Town centre retailers advertising expenditure breakdown 2005
- Figure 25: Top 10 town centres and covered malls 2001- 2006
- Figure 26: Top 10 retail locations in the UK 2006
- Figure 27: Top 10 Verdict score gainers 2006
- Figure 28: Key retail locations in Greater London (11) 2006
- Figure 29: Key retail locations in the South-East (26) 2006
- Figure 30: Key retail locations in the South-West (9) 2006
- Figure 31: Key retail locations in Wales (3) 2006
- Figure 32: Key retail locations in the West Midlands (10) 2006
- Figure 33: Key retail locations in the East Midlands (6) 2006
- Figure 34: Key retail locations in East Anglia (4) 2006
- Figure 35: Key retail locations in Yorkshire & Humberside (8) 2006
- Figure 36: Key retail locations in the North-East (4) 2006
- Figure 37: Key retail locations in the North-West (9) 2006
- Figure 38: Key retail locations in Scotland (9) 2006
- Figure 39: Retail spending growth vs. town centre sales 1995-2010
- Figure 40: Town centre sales sources of growth 1995-2010
- Figure 41: Percentage market share of town centre sectors 2005
- Figure 42: Percentage market share of town centre sectors 2010
- Figure 43: Percentage point change in sector shares of town centre sales 2005-2010
- Figure 44: Major new scheme openings m sq ft 2006-2011