Apparel Retail in the United Kingdom

Datamonitor's Apparel Retail in the United Kingdom industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Apparel Retail industry. It includes data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of Apparel Retail in the United Kingdom’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of Apparel Retail in the United Kingdom

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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Market Definition

The apparel retail industry consists of the sale of all menswear, womenswear and childrenswear. The menswear market includes men’s activewear, casual wear, essentials, formalwear, formalwear-occasion and outerwear. The womenswear market includes women's activewear, casual wear, essentials, formalwear, formalwear-occasion and outerwear. The childrenswear market includes baby clothing, boys activewear, boys casual wear, boys essentials, boys formalwear, boys formalwear-occasion, boys outerwear, girls activewear, girls casual wear, girls essentials, girls formalwear-occasion, girls outerwear and toddler clothing. The industry value is calculated at retail selling price (RSP), and includes all taxes and levies. All currency conversions used in this report have been calculated at constant 2009 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Europe consists of Western Europe and Eastern Europe.

Western Europe comprises Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Eastern Europe comprises the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine.


Report Highlights

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 12
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 13
Summary 13
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 16
New entrants 17
Substitutes 18
Rivalry 19
LEADING COMPANIES 20
Arcadia Group Limited 20
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB 23
NEXT plc 27
Primark Stores Ltd. 30
MARKET FORECASTS 31
Market value forecast 31
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 32
APPENDIX 34
Methodology 34
Industry associations 35
Related Datamonitor research 35
Disclaimer 36
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 37
Premium Reports 37
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Datamonitor consulting 37

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom apparel retail industry value: $ billion, 2005–09(e) 10
Table 2: United Kingdom apparel retail industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009(e) 11
Table 3: United Kingdom apparel retail industry segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009(e) 12
Table 4: Arcadia Group Limited: key facts 20
Table 5: Arcadia Group Limited: key financials ($) 21
Table 6: Arcadia Group Limited: key financials (£) 21
Table 7: Arcadia Group Limited: key financial ratios 22
Table 8: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB: key facts 23
Table 9: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB: key financials ($) 24
Table 10: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB: key financials (SEK) 24
Table 11: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB: key financial ratios 25
Table 12: NEXT plc: key facts 27
Table 13: NEXT plc: key financials ($) 28
Table 14: NEXT plc: key financials (£) 28
Table 15: NEXT plc: key financial ratios 28
Table 16: Primark Stores Ltd.: key facts 30
Table 17: United Kingdom apparel retail industry value forecast: $ billion, 2009–14 31
Table 18: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2005–09 32
Table 19: United Kingdom GDP (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 32
Table 20: United Kingdom GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 32
Table 21: United Kingdom inflation, 2005–09 33
Table 22: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 33
Table 23: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2005–09 33

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom apparel retail industry value: $ billion, 2005–09(e) 10
Figure 2: United Kingdom apparel retail industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009(e) 11
Figure 3: United Kingdom apparel retail industry segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009(e) 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the apparel retail industry in the United Kingdom, 2009 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the apparel retail industry in the United Kingdom, 2009 15
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the apparel retail industry in the United Kingdom, 2009 16
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the apparel retail industry in the United Kingdom, 2009 17
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the apparel retail industry in the United Kingdom, 2009 18
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the apparel retail industry in the United Kingdom, 2009 19
Figure 10: Arcadia Group Limited: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 11: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 12: H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB: assets & liabilities 26
Figure 13: NEXT plc: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 14: NEXT plc: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 15: United Kingdom apparel retail industry value forecast: $ billion, 2009–14 31


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