Table of Contents
Executive Summary
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- Footwear market underperforms
- Very fragmented market
- Specialists retain strong hold on market
- Fashionability and competition drive sales
- Sector showing signs of recovery
- Cheap imports from China and Vietnam
- Footwear important to the Italian economy…
- …and important to the Italians
Report Scope and Technical Notes
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- Footwear market
- Footwear retailing vs footwear retailers
- Technical notes
- Financial definitions
- Currencies
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- Figure 1: Exchange rates: National currencies against the Euro, 2003-05
- Country codes
- VAT
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- Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2006
Background Data
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- Population
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- Figure 3: Italy: Population trends, 2001-05
- Figure 4: Italy: Population, by age group and sex, 2005
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- Figure 5: Italy: Households, by number of members, 1998-2003
- Figure 6: Italy: Population, by region, 2001-05
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- Figure 7: Italy: Population of major cities, 2001-05
- Economy
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- Figure 8: Italy: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
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- Figure 9: Italy: Consumer prices, 1998-2005
- Figure 10: Italy: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
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- Figure 11: Italy: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2001-05
The Italian Footwear Market
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- Economic background
- Market value and trends
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- Figure 12: Italy: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
- Channels of distribution
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- Figure 13: Italy: Footwear market, estimated channels of distribution, 2005
- Sports goods retailers
- Department stores
- Hypermarkets
- Street markets
- Buying groups
- Clothing specialists
- The Consumer
- Where shoes are bought
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- Figure 14: Where consumers have bought shoes in the last 12 months, 2006
- Market positioning
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- Figure 15: Italy: Market positioning of major footwear retailers, May 2006
- Repertoire analysis
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- Figure 16: Italy: Number of shoes shops used, by retailer bought from, May 2006
- The Consumer: Detailed demographics
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- Figure 17: Where consumers bought shoes in the last 12 months by age, income and occupation, May 2006
- Sector value and trends
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- Figure: Italy: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2001-05
- Outlet and enterprise data
- Outlets
- Enterprises
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- Figure 18: Italy: Retail enterprise and outlet data, 2002-03
Leading Footwear Retailers
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- Figure 19: Italy: Leading footwear retailers, 2005
- Bata Italia
- Calturifizio Valleverde
- Tod’s
- Salvatore Ferragamo
- Bruno Magli
- Fratelli Rossetti
- Geox
- Market shares
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- Figure 20: Italy: Leading footwear retailers’ market shares, 2004/05
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Prospects and Forecasts
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- Prospects
- Forecasts
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- Figure 21: Italy: Footwear retailers’ sales forecast, 2005-10
- Figure 22: Italy: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10 (f)
Major Company Profiles
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- Bata Limited
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
- Bata Canada
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 23: Bata: European outlet data, July 2006
- Store formats
- Store renovation and redesign
- Bata store in Prague
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer
- Brands
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- Figure 24: Bata: Sample ofavailable brands in European Bata stores, July 2006
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- e-commerce & home shopping
- C&J Clark Group
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- Figure 25: C&J Clark: Total UK sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2000-05
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 26: C&J Clark Group: Group financial performance, 1999/2000-2004/05
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 27: C&J Clark Group: Outlet data, 2000-05
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
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