Childrenswear in the United Kingdom

Datamonitor's Childrenswear in the United Kingdom industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Childrenswear 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 Childrenswear 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 Childrenswear 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 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. Market values are calculated at retail selling price (RSP). Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant annual average 2009 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
Asda Stores Limited 20
Gap, Inc. 23
Mothercare plc 27
NEXT plc 30
MARKET FORECASTS 33
Market value forecast 33
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 34
APPENDIX 36
Methodology 36
Industry associations 37
Related Datamonitor research 37
Disclaimer 38
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 39
Premium Reports 39
Summary Reports 39
Datamonitor consulting 39

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom childrenswear market value: $ million, 2005–09(e) 10
Table 2: United Kingdom childrenswear market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009(e) 11
Table 3: United Kingdom childrenswear market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009(e) 12
Table 4: Asda Stores Limited: key facts 20
Table 5: Asda Stores Limited: key financials ($) 21
Table 6: Asda Stores Limited: key financial ratios 21
Table 7: Gap, Inc.: key facts 23
Table 8: Gap, Inc.: key financials ($) 24
Table 9: Gap, Inc.: key financial ratios 25
Table 10: Mothercare plc: key facts 27
Table 11: Mothercare plc: key financials ($) 28
Table 12: Mothercare plc: key financials (£) 28
Table 13: Mothercare plc: key financial ratios 28
Table 14: NEXT plc: key facts 30
Table 15: NEXT plc: key financials ($) 31
Table 16: NEXT plc: key financials (£) 31
Table 17: NEXT plc: key financial ratios 31
Table 18: United Kingdom childrenswear market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 33
Table 19: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2005–09 34
Table 20: United Kingdom GDP (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 34
Table 21: United Kingdom GDP (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 34
Table 22: United Kingdom inflation, 2005–09 35
Table 23: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 35
Table 24: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2005–09 35

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom childrenswear market value: $ million, 2005–09(e) 10
Figure 2: United Kingdom childrenswear market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009(e) 11
Figure 3: United Kingdom childrenswear market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009(e) 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the childrenswear market in the United Kingdom, 2009 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the childrenswear market in the United Kingdom, 2009 15
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the childrenswear market in the United Kingdom, 2009 16
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the childrenswear market in the United Kingdom, 2009 17
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the childrenswear market in the United Kingdom, 2009 18
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the childrenswear market in the United Kingdom, 2009 19
Figure 10: Asda Stores Limited: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 11: Asda Stores Limited: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 12: Gap, Inc.: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 13: Gap, Inc.: assets & liabilities 26
Figure 14: Mothercare plc: revenues & profitability 29
Figure 15: Mothercare plc: assets & liabilities 29
Figure 16: NEXT plc: revenues & profitability 32
Figure 17: NEXT plc: assets & liabilities 32
Figure 18: United Kingdom childrenswear market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 33


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