【优质】U.S.+Retailing+and+Consumer+Trends+2015+V6+Retailing+Part+1.ppt

Over the past few years we have seen the major Dollar Store chains increase their merchandising efforts and support for national brands and expand their price points and promotions beyond $1 items. They want to be more of a destination trip and drive larger baskets in the process. Dollar General has invested in creating a pretty good web site where they have strong focus on pets. And “me-too” store brands. And easy meals with recipe ideas containing their own store brands as well as branded products This has definitely been a big year for store closings as some retailers look to weed-out poor performers and others, like Circuit City and Linens ‘n Things, shut their doors completely. The latter making a bold move to on-line retailing. Think about the impact these closings have on smaller stores who might have been using these stores as anchor’s to attract shoppers. And the shake-up has the 2nd largest U.S. Mall owner filing for bankruptcy. Lot’s of people have tried to make it in the restaurant business and it is normal to see a large number of openings and closings in this sector. What is unusual this year is that the rate of closings is outpacing the rate of openings. A great illustration of this are these next two slides.. Here we are looking at same store sales in 2007; almost ? of these operators including many from the casual dining sector as well as some from the upper end such as Mortons for example – were registering good same store gains. Fast forward to a year later, when almost every one, except 3 – are declining, and of those 3, 2 are just slight gains. Store closings will be a risk to some and an opportunity for others: Big opportunity for retailers to grab some cheap property to expand store count in existing or new markets (Costco mentioned they were using this year as a year to do just that). A threat to those retailers relying on traffic draw from closed sites – be prepared to relocate quickly to minimize your losses. A threat to manufact