About the Market…

This new report from Mintel on the Spanish clothing and retail market shows that while consumer expenditure and retail sales as a whole have experienced healthy growth, spending on apparel has slowed significantly. This is partly blamed on the severe heat wave that swept across much of Europe and affected Spain especially badly, severely impacting on footfall during the summer months and the new autumn range launched in late summer.

Clothing specialists not only continue to dominate market share but have also witnessed growth at a faster rate than the clothing market as a whole, gaining a larger share of the overall cake. Fast expanding chain stores have increased their stranglehold on the sector, slowly pushing independents out while department stores have continued to be the second most popular channel for clothes retail.

About Mintel’s research…

Pooling together the latest market analysis, and detailed retailer profiles Mintel’s new report offers you all the insight and inspiration you need for designing robust and profitable business strategy. Use Mintel’s research to:

Gain further insight into the Spanish clothing market, its value and trends, its channels of distribution and the factors affecting it.

Pin point market potential before your competitors

Gather in-depth information about consumer target groups, including key demographics and media targeting information

Compare Spanish consumer trends and typologies with European consumer information.

View detailed clothing retail company profiles of both specialist sector retailers and non-specialist retailers

Gain specific information on these retailer’s market share, background, finances, outlets and products

Measure market forecasts and build realistic business models

Discover ‘what’s next’ for the Spanish clothing retail sector with in depth forecasts put together by Mintel’s skilled analysts.

Intriguing Findings…

59% of Spanish people described the way they dressed themselves as ‘practical’ compared to 49% who said ‘stylish.’

Only 24% of Spanish people described themselves as ‘Shopaholics’, a percentage group which significantly lags behind the rest of western Europe.

The Spanish owned group Inditex, which owns chain stores such as Zara, was far away the leading specialist store with sales of €2.5 billion in 2004 compared with its nearest rival Cortefiel which took sales of €694 million in 2004.