Table of Contents
Executive Summary – Italy
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- Growth in clothing market slows
- Specialists retain strong hold on market…
- …but continue to suffer falling sales
- The march of the multiples begins?
- Benetton dominates market
- Sluggish growth forecast
Report Scope and Technical Notes
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- Clothing sector versus clothing market
- Technical notes
- Financial definitions
- Currencies
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- Figure 1: Exchange Rates: National currencies against the Euro, 2002-04
- Country codes
- VAT
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- Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2004
- Other abbreviations
Background Data – Italy
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- Population
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- Figure 3: Italy: Population trends, 1999-2002
- Figure 4: Italy: Population, by age group and sex, January 2002
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- Figure 5: Italy: Households, by number of members, 1981-2002
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- Figure 6: Italy: Population, by region, January 2001 and 2002
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- Figure 7: Italy: Major cities, 2001 and 2002
- Economy
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- Figure 8: Italy: Gross domestic product, 1995-2003
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- Figure 9: Italy: Consumer prices, 1997-2003
- Figure 10: Italy: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2003
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- Figure 11: Italy: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 1999-2003
The Clothing Market in Italy
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- Clothing market value and trends
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- Figure 12: Italy: Consumer spending on clothing, 1999-2003
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- Figure 13: Italy: Relative performance of clothing market, 1999-2003
- Channels of distribution
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- Figure 14: Italy: Clothing market- channels of distribution, 2003
- Department stores
- Food retailers
- Sports goods retailers
- Home shopping
- The clothing specialists’ sector in Italy
- Sector value and trends
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- Figure 15: Italy: Clothing specialists’ sales, 2000-04
- Figure 16: Italy: Clothing specialists, relative performance, 2000-04
- Outlet and enterprise data
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- Figure 17: Italy: Retail enterprises, 1997-2001
Leading Specialists
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- Figure 18: Italy: Leading clothing specialists, 2004
- Market shares
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- Figure 19: Italy: Leading clothing specialists’ market shares, 2003 and 2004
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Prospects and Forecasts
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- Figure 20: Italy; Clothing specialists’ sales, 2004-09 (f)
- Figure 21: Italy: Clothing specialists’ sales as % of all retail sales, 2000-09 (f)
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Company Profiles
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- Benetton
- Market share
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- Figure 22: Benetton: Share of European clothing specialists’ sales, 2000-04
- Background
- History
- Retail development
- Megastores
- Family steps back
- Strategy put in place
- Financial data
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- Figure 23: Benetton: Financial data, 2000-04
- Financial targets
- Regional split
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- Figure 24: Benetton: Group sales by geographical area, 2000-04
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- Figure 25: Benetton: Group sales by commercial activity, 2002-04
- First quarter
- Outlets
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- Figure 26: Benetton: Global outlet data, 2000-04
- Figure 27: Benetton: European store coverage, 2004
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- Figure 28: Benetton: European outlet data by major European countries, May 2005
- Products
- Menswear
- Womenswear
- Sisley
- SWOT
- H&M Hennes & Mauritz
- Market share
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- Figure 29: H&M: Group sales as % of all European clothing retailers’ sales, 2000-04
- Figure 30: H&M Sweden: Sales as % of Swedish clothing retailers’ sales, 2000-04
- Figure 31: H&M Germany: Sales as % of German clothing retailers’ sales, 2000-04
- Background
- History and ownership
- From Västerås to West Coast
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- Figure 32: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: International expansion record, 1964-2005
- New countries…
- …and new formats
- Direct control
- Mail order division
- Financial data
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- Figure 33: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Financial performance, 2000-04
- Sales performance by country
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- Figure 34: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: % change in local currency sales by country, 2002/03-2003/04
- Figure 35: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Relative sales importance by country, 1999/2000 and 2003/04
- Future growth
- Outlets
- Store numbers
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- Figure 36: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Outlet data, 2000-04
- Figure 37: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Sales versus outlet growth by country, 2000/01-2003/04
- User friendly stores
- Range of sizes
- Concept stores
- Future expansion
- Products
- The offer…
- …and communicating it
- Sourcing and lead times
- Buying functions split
- Customer loyalty card
- Home shopping
- SWOT
- Grupo Inditex
- Market share
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- Figure 38: Grupo Inditex: Spain – sales as % of all clothing retailers’ sales, 2000/01-2004/05
- Figure 39: Grupo Inditex: Europe – sales as % of all clothing retailers’ sales, 2001/02-2004/05
- Background
- History
- New fascias
- International expansion
- Innovative vertically-integrated model
- Financial data
- Track record
- 2004/05 results
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- Figure 40: Grupo Inditex: Financial performance, 2000-05
- Like-for-like sales growth
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- Figure 41: Grupo Inditex: Like-for-like sales growth, 1998/99-2004/05
- Financial performance by fascia
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- Figure 42: Grupo Inditex: Sales performance by fascia, 2001-05
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- Figure 43: Grupo Inditex: Operating profit performance by fascia, 2003-05
- Sales performance by geographic region
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- Figure 44: Grupo Inditex: Consolidated sales by geographic region, 2001/02-2004/05
- Sales in selected European markets
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- Figure 45: Grupo Inditex: Estimated sales in key European markets, 2004/05
- Outlets
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- Figure 46: Grupo Inditex: Outlet and country numbers, 2001-05
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- Figure 47: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data, 2001-05
- Figure 48: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data by fascia, 2001/02-2004/05
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- Figure 49: Grupo Inditex: Average store size by fascia, 2004/05
- Figure 50: Grupo Inditex: Store numbers and space by fascia, 2004/05
- Franchises and joint ventures
- European store data
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- Figure 51: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data by European market, January 2005
- Expansion plans
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- Figure 52: Grupo Inditex: Forecast number of store openings, 2005/06
- Products
- Zara
- Bershka
- Massimo Dutti
- Pull and Bear
- Stradivarius
- Oysho
- Kiddy’s Class
- Zara Home
- Pricing
- E-commerce
- SWOT
- Mango
- Market share
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- Figure 53: Mango: Sales as % of Spanish clothing retailers’ sales, 2000-04
- Background
- History
- The brand
- Logistics
- Franchising
- Outlook
- Financial data
- Five year performance
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- Figure 54: Mango: Sales performance, 2000-04
- Latest full-year results
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- Figure 55: Mango: Domestic and international retail sales mix, 2000-04
- Retail sales by selected European market
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- Figure 56: Mango: Retail sales in selected European markets, 2004
- 2005 outlook
- Outlets
- Stylish stores
- Expansion fever
- Focus on franchise
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- Figure 57: Mango: Outlet data, 2000-04
- Figure 58: Mango: Outlet data by European market, July 2004 and March 2005
- Non-European activities
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- Figure 59: Mango: Non-European stores network, July 2004 and March 2005
- Products
- Marketing
- Logistics
- E-commerce
- SWOT
Mini Company Profiles
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- Gruppo Coin
- Market share
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- Figure 60: Oviesse: Share of all Italian clothing retailers’ sales, 2000/01-2004/05
- Background
- Financial data
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- Figure 61: Oviesse Italy: Financial performance, 2001-05
- Outlets
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- Figure 62: Gruppo Coin: Clothing outlet data, 2000/01-2004/05
- Chicco Artsana
- Background
- Financial data
- Outlets
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- Figure 63: Chicco Artsana: Number of outlets by country, 2003 and 2004
- Preca Brummel
- Background
- Outlets
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- Figure 64: Preca Brummel: Store network, 2004
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