Table of Contents
Executive Summary
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- Italy
- Strong growth in spending on electricals
- Telephones and communications see boom then bust
- Specialists underperform all retail sales
- Multiples advancing
- Consolidation under way
- Electricals to continue to underperform
- Europe
- 2003 a bad year for electricals
- A replacement or technology led marketplace?
- Price deflation hits retailers sales
- Northern & Western European markets are the most mature
- Specialist channel dominates the market
- Online specialists are making their presence felt
- Media-Saturn maintains market lead
- Buying groups growth slows in competitive climate
- Electrical retailers sales forecast to beat market growth
- British are most keen on electrical gadgets
- Latent demand in Germany?
Report Scope and European Outlook
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- Report Scope
- Technical notes
- Definitions
- Market sizes
- Currencies
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- Figure 1: Europe: Euro Currencies: Entry rate into the Euro
- Outlook
- The state of play
- An increasingly international market
- Is Kesa on the acquisition agenda?
- Media-Saturn to change development strategy?
- New product development
- Store size
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- Figure 2: Europe: Leading electricals specialists store data, 2003
Background Data – Italy
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- Population
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- Figure 3: Italy: Population trends, 1997-2001
- Figure 4: Italy: Population, by age group and sex, January 2001
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- Figure 5: Italy: Households, by number of members, 1971-2000
- Figure 6: Italy: Population, by region, January 2001
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- Figure 7: Italy: Major cities, 2001
- Economy
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- Figure 8: Italy: Gross domestic product, 1995-2002
- Figure 9: Italy: Consumer prices, 1996-2002
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- Figure 10: Italy: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2002
- Figure 11: Italy: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 1998-2002
The Italian Electricals Retailing Sector
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- Background
- Multiples in the ascendancy
- Media-Saturn aims for leadership
- Buying groups look to defend position
- Deregulation aiding consolidation
- Hypermarkets lead other channels
- The Italian electricals market
- Market value and trends
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- Figure 12: Italy: Electricals market size, 1998-2002
- Channels of distribution
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- Figure 13: Italy: Electrical goods – Estimated sales by channel of distribution, 2003
- Electricals retail specialists
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- Figure 14: Italy: Electricals specialists’ sales, 1999-2003
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- Figure 15: Italy: Electrical specialists’ sales as a % of all retail sales, 1999-2003
- Enterprise and outlet data
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- Figure 16: Italy: Enterprise data, 1997-2001
Prospects and Forecasts – Italy
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- Prospects
- Forecasts
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- Figure 17: Italy: Electrical specialists’ sales forecasts, 2004-08f
- Figure 18: Italy: Electrical specialists’ forecast sales as a % of all retail sales, 2004-08f
Leading Specialists in Italy
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- Figure 19: Italy: Leading electricals retailers, 2002/03
- Market shares
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- Figure 20: Italy: Leading specialists’ market share, 2003
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Major Company Profiles
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- Dixons Group
- Background
- History
- Stockmarket flotation
- Expansion by acquisition
- Short-lived US venture
- Move into PCs and mobile phones
- Launch of Freeserve
- New partnerships with AOL and Napster
- UK extended warranties
- European acquisitions
- Central European launch
- Group financial data
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- Figure 21: Dixons Group: Financial data, 1998/99-2002/03
- UK operations
- Currys
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- Figure 22: Currys: Sales and store data, 1998/99-2002/03
- Dixons
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- Figure 23: Dixons: Sales and store data, 1998/99-2002/03
- The Link
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- Figure 24: The Link: Sales and store data, 1998/99-2002/03
- PC World
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- Figure 25: PC World: Sales and store data, 1998/99-2002/03
- International operations
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- Figure 26: Dixons Group: International operations, by fascia, 2002/03
- Elkjøp
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- Figure 27: Elkjøp: Sales and store data, 1999/2000-2002/03
- Dixons Ireland
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- Figure 28: Dixons Ireland: Sales and store data, 1998/99-2002/03
- UniEuro
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- Figure 29: UniEuro: Financial and outlet data, 2000-03
- PC City
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- Figure 30: PC City: Sales and store data, 1999/2000-2002/03
- Electro World
- Products
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- Figure 31: Dixons Group: Sales by product, 1998/99
- E-commerce
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- Figure 32: Dixons Group: Retail websites, April 2004
- SWOT
- EDA
- Background
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- Figure 33: EDA: Membership, 2003
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- Figure 34: EDA members, Share of national electrical retailers’ sales, 2003
- Financial data
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- Figure 35: EDA: Financial data, 2001-03
- Outlets
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- Figure 36: EDA: Outlet data, 2000-03
- Products
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- Figure 37: EDA members: Purchases by product type, 2001
- SWOT
- ElectronicPartner
- Background
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- Figure 38: ElectronicPartner members, 2003
- Financial data
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- Figure 39: ElectronicPartner: Financial performance, 1999-2003
- Outlets
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- Figure 40: ElectronicPartner: Outlet data, 1999-2003
- Figure 41: ElectronicPartner: Outlets and estimated sales, 2003
- Products
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- Figure 42: ElectronicPartner: Sales by product, 1999
- SWOT
- Euronics
- Background
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- Figure 43: Euronics: Members by country of operation, December 2003
- Financial data
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- Figure 44: Euronics: Sales by country, 2000 and 2002-03
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- Figure 45: Euronics: Sales by country, 2003
- Outlets
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- Figure 46: Euronics: Member and outlet data, by country, 2001-03
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- Figure 47: Euronics: Average sales per outlet and store size, by country, 2003
- Products
- SWOT
- Expert
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- Figure 48: Expert: European members, contact details, 2004
- Background
- Increased control
- Financial data
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- Figure 49: Expert Global: Group sales, 1999-2003
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- Figure 50: Expert International: Members' sales, by country, 2003
- Outlets
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- Figure 51: Expert: Outlet data, 1997-2003
- Products
- SWOT
- Fnac
- Background
- Financial data
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- Figure 52: Fnac: Financial performance, 1999-2003
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- Figure 53: Fnac: Sales, by country, 2000-03
- Outlets
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- Figure 54: Fnac: Outlet data, 1999-2003
- Products
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- Figure 55: Fnac: Sales by product category, 2003
- E-commerce
- SWOT
- Media-Saturn
- Background
- Media-Saturn
- Metro Group
- Financial data
- Media-Saturn Group
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- Figure 56: Media-Saturn: Financial performance, 1999-2003
- Figure 57: Media-Saturn: Sales by country, 2003/04
- Market share performance
- German vs. international sales
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- Figure 58: Media-Saturn: Germany, Western Europe & Eastern Europe annual sales growth, 2000-03
- Outlets
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- Figure 59: Media-Saturn: Group outlet data, 1999-2003
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- Figure 60: Media-Saturn: Outlet data, by country, 1999-2003
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- Figure 61: Media-Saturn: Sales/outlet, by country, 2003/04
- Products
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- Figure 62: Media-Saturn: Product mix, 2003
- E-commerce
- SWOT
Mini Company Profile
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- CDC
- Background and financial data
- Outlets
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