PROFESSIONAL EDITION
ACTIONWATCH (USA) FEBRUARY SALES JUMP +17%
+17% growth in Feb ’20 builds cushion for challenging March The combination of soft comps to last February (-7% Feb ‘19 vs Feb ‘18), an extra day in the month……
ACTIONWATCH JAN RESULTS DOWN -11.3% ALL CATEGORIES
Our ActionWatch US retail panel recorded a great start to 2020 with January up (+11%) across all categories. January’s US results are all the more encouraging thanks to the addition…
ACTIONWATCH US RETAIL SHOWS +11% GROWTH FOR JAN 2020
ASB MAGAZINE: Our ActionWatch US retail panel recorded a great start to 2020 with January up +11% across all categories. January’s results are all the more encouraging thanks to the…
ACTIONWATCH OZ NOV DOWN JUST (-0.3%)
ACTIONWATCH: Our ActionWatch Oz panel closed down just (-0.3%) for the month of November compared to the previous year. While only slightly down November results brings the YTD (-1.4%) and arresting some…
ACTIONWATCH (USA) YTD 2019 GROWTH STAYS AT +4%
ACTIONWATCH: November turned out to be a bit lackluster after the blockbuster +15% growth in October. From a broad category perspective there has been continued strength in Apparel while Footwear had…
ACTIONWATCH 🇺🇸 OCTOBER +15% SALES BRINGS YTD +4%
ACTIONWATCH USA: While we expected some growth due to the relatively soft comps to Oct ‘18 we certainly didn’t imagine in our wildest dreams that we would see +15% growth…
ACTIONWATCH ANALYSIS OF SUNGLASSES, JACKETS & WATCHES
ACTIONWATCH OZ: A much higher percentage of sunglass units were sold in the $55-$70 price range so far this year compared to the same time period last year, continuing a…
ACTIONWATCH (USA) Q3 & YTD 2019 UP +3%
Similar to August we were not surprised to see flat growth for the month of September given the strong comps from last year, when September sales grew +7% compared to…
SIGNS OF RECOVERY – OUTSTANDING AUGUST ALL CATEGORIES UP 12%
ACTIONWATCH OZ: Our ActionWatch Oz panel experienced exceptional growth for the month of August showing strong comps from last year, when August sales grew (+12%)compared to the previous year. While it’s…
AUGUST 2019 SALES FLAT IN THE USA
Flat sales in Aug ’19 keeps YTD growth in the US to +4% Not surprisingly we saw lackluster growth for the month of August since we were up against fairly…
JULY ’19 ACTIONWATCH OZ SALES DOWN SINGLE DIGIT (-9.4%)
ACTIONWATCH: A sharp drop of (-9.4%)in July contributed to a (-3.1%)decline YTD on our ActionWatch Oz panel. June’s (-1.2%) single digit decline offered promise of a return to positive territory.…
CHINA TARIFFS A CONCERN DESPITE RECORD +6% GROWTH IN Q2
ACTIONWATCH: (USA) Until Q2 of 2019 it had been 8 years since the ActionWatch panel experienced +6% growth in any individual quarter and if we look at the quarterly trend for…