Table of Contents
Market in Brief
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- The future
- Market size and performance
- Consumer behaviour
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- Figure 1: France: Outlet where clothing purchased, June 2007
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- Figure 2: France: Clothing consumer typologies, April 2005-March 2006
- Market leaders
Report Scope
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- Technical notes
- Financial definitions
- Currencies
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- Figure 3: Exchange rates: National currencies against the Euro, 2002-06
- Country codes
- VAT
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- Figure 4: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2006
- Other abbreviations
Broader Market Environment
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- Growing and greying population
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- Figure 5: France: Population, by gender, 2003-07
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- Figure 6: France: Population, by age group, 1990-2050
- Economic growth
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- Figure 7: France: Gross domestic product and consumer spending growth, 1996-2006
- Figure 8: France: Gross domestic product, 1995-2006
- Unemployment
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- Figure 9: France: Unemployment, 1996-2007
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 10: France: Consumer confidence, 1996-2007
The Market in Context
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- Key findings
- Steady spending from households
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- Figure 11: France: Total household expenditure, 1999-2006
- Clothing prices subdued
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- Figure 12: France: Consumer price index for selected goods, 2002-06
- Clothing spend vs. retail
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- Figure 13: France: Index of total and clothing consumer spending growth against clothing retail sales growth, 2001-05
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- Figure 14: France: Consumer spending on selected categories of goods, 2001-05
- Figure 15: France: Index of consumer spending growth in clothing and personal spending categories, 2001-05
- Figure 16: France: Index of consumer spending growth in clothing and living categories, 2001-05
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- Figure 17: France: Index of consumer spending growth in clothing and electricals categories, 2001-05
- Figure 18: France: Index of consumer spending growth in clothing and leisure categories, 2001-05
Sector Size and Forecast
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- Future
- Past
- Economic outlook
- Retail sales forecasts
- Specialist retailers’ prospects
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- Figure 19: France: Retail sales, 2002-12
- Figure 20: France: Clothing specialist retailers as % all retail sales and non-food retail sales, 2002-12
- Past
- Enterprises
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- Figure 21: France: Clothing retail enterprises, 2001-05
European Consumer Context
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- Introduction
- Comparison of consumer typologies across Europe
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- Figure 22: Clothing consumer typologies, by country, 2006
- Germany
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- Figure 23: Clothing consumer typologies in Germany compared to four-country average, 2006
- France
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- Figure 24: Clothing consumer typologies in France compared to four-country average, 2006
- Great Britain
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- Figure 25: Clothing consumer typologies in UK compared to four-country average, 2006
- Spain
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- Figure 26: Clothing consumer typologies in Spain compared to four-country average, 2006
- Comparison of agreement with clothing lifestyle statements
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- Figure 27: Agreement with clothing lifestyle statements, by country, 2006
- France
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- Figure 28: Top five clothing lifestyle statements, France, 2006
- Germany
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- Figure 29: Top five clothing lifestyle statements, Germany, 2006
- Spain
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- Figure 30: Top five clothing lifestyle statements, Spain, 2006
- Great Britain
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- Figure 31: Top five clothing lifestyle statements, GB, 2006
The Consumer – Where They Buy Clothes
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- Where people buy
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- Figure 32: France: Outlet where clothing purchased, June 2007
- Who buys where
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- Figure 33: France: Outlets where clothing purchased by income and age, June 2007
- The fashion stores
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- Figure 34: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – Camaïeu, by age and income, June 2007
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- Figure 35: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – Pimkie, by age and income, June 2007
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- Figure 36: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – H&M and Zara, by age, June 2007
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- Figure 37: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – H&M and Zara, by income, June 2007
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- Figure 38: France: Where clothing purchased, by demographics, June 2007
- For families
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- Figure 39: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – sports stores, by age, June 2007
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- Figure 40: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – sports stores, by income, June 2007
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- Figure 41: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – family stores, by age, June 2007
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- Figure 42: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – family stores, by age, June 2007
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- Figure 43: France: Where clothing purchased, by demographics, June 2007
- Non-specialists
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- Figure 44: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – hypermarkets, by age, June 2007
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- Figure 45: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – hypermarkets, by income, June 2007
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- Figure 46: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – department stores and home shopping, by age, June 2007
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- Figure 47: France: Outlets used for purchasing clothing in the last 12 months – department stores and home shopping, by income, June 2007
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- Figure 48: France: Where clothing purchased, by demographics, June 2007
The Consumer – Motivations and Shopping Habits
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- Figure 49: France: Clothing consumer typologies, April 2005-March 2006
- Demographic characteristics of consumer typologies
- Style vs. comfort
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- Figure 50: France: Well-dressed vs Practical consumer typologies, by age, April 2005-March 2006
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- Figure 51: France: Well-dressed, stylish, practical consumer groups, by gender, age, family income, region, working status and presence of children, 2006
- Love fashion, love shopping?
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- Figure 52: France: Fashion conscious, shopaholic and big spender consumer typologies, by gender, April 2005-March 2006
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- Figure 53: France: Fashion conscious, shopaholic and big spender consumer typologies, by age, April 2005-March 2006
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- Figure 54: France: Fashion conscious, shopaholic and big spender consumer typologies, by income group, April 2005-March 2006
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- Figure 55: France: Fashion Conscious, Shopaholics and Big Spenders consumer groups, by gender, age, family income, region, working status and presence of children, 2006
- Individuals
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- Figure 56: France: Sporty, Individualist and Label Seekers consumer typologies, by age group, April 2005-March 2006
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- Figure 57: France: Sporty, Individualist and Label Seekers consumer typologies, by income group, April 2005-March 2006
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- Figure 58: France: Individualist, Sporty and Label Seeker consumer groups, by gender, age, family income, region, working status and presence of children, 2006
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Channels of Distribution
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- Figure 59: France: Clothing market – estimated channels of distribution, 2006
- Grocers
- Home shopping
- Sports goods retailers
- Department and variety stores
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Retail Competitor Analysis
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- The big home-grown
- ...and the growing internationals
- Domestics fight back
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- Figure 60: France: Leading clothing specialists, 2006
- Non-specialists
- Market shares
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- Figure 61: France: Leading clothing retailers’ market shares, 2006/07
- Evaluation
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- Figure 62: France: Clothing retailers, evaluation, 2006/07
Retailer Profiles
Benetton Group
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- Figure 63: Benetton Group: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 64: Benetton Group: Group financial performance, 2001-06
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- Figure 65: Benetton Group: Sales by geographic area, 2002-06
- Figure 66: Benetton Group: Sales by geographical area, 2006
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- Figure 67: Benetton Group: Sales by commercial activitiy, 2002-06
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 68: Benetton Group: Outlet data, 2002-06
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
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- Figure 69: Benetton Group: Sales by brand, 2006
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
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C&A
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- Figure 70: C&A: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 71: C&A: German sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Germany, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 72: C&A: Group financial performance, 2002-06
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- Figure 73: C&A: Sales in European markets, 2005 -06
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- Figure 74: C&A: Share of group sales by market, 2006
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 75: C&A: European outlet data, 2003-07
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- Figure 76: C&A: Share of European outlets, by country, 2006
- Figure 77: C&A: Total number of outlets, by European country, 2003-07
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- Figure 78: C&A: Number of European outlets by fascia, Spring 2006 and 2007
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
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H&M Hennes & Mauritz
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- Figure 79: H&MHennes & Mauritz: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 80: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Sweden, 2002-06
- Figure 81: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Germany, 2002-06
- Figure 82: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in the UK, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
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- Figure 83: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: International expansion record, 1964-2007
- Control and support
- Financial performance
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- Figure 84: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
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- Figure 85: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Sales by country, 2001/02-2005/06
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- Figure 86: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: UK financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
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- Figure 87: Hennes & Mauritz: Relative sales importance by country, 2001/02 and 2005/06
- Figure 88: Hennes & Mauritz: Change in countries’ share of group sales, 2001/02-2005/06
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- Figure 89: Hennes & Mauritz: Sales versus outlet growth by country, 2001-05
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- Figure 90: Hennes & Mauritz: Percentage change in local currency sales and number of outlets by country, 2004/05-2005/06
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 91: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 92: Hennes & Mauritz: Share of total new outlets opened by country, 2001/02-2005/06
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- Figure 93: Hennes & Mauritz: Sales per outlet by country, 2005/06
- Store concept
- Concept stores
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands/product offer
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- Figure 94: H&M own brand portfolio, 2007
- One-off collections
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
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- Figure 95: H&M: Advertising spending in the UK, 2006
- e-commerce and home shopping
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Grupo Inditex
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- Figure 96: Grupo Inditex: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 97: Grupo Inditex: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Spain, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 98: Grupo Inditex: Financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
- Like-for-like sales growth
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- Figure 99: Grupo Inditex: Sales growth by type, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 100: Grupo Inditex: Estimated sales in key European markets, 2004/05-2006/07
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- Figure 101: Grupo Inditex: Consolidated sales by geographic region, year to January 2002/03-2006/07
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- Figure 102: Grupo Inditex: Sales performance by fascia, 2002/03-2006/07
- Operating profit by fascia
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- Figure 103: Grupo Inditex: Operating profit performance by fascia, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 104: Grupo Inditex: Sales and operating profit % growth rates by fascia, 2002/03-2006/07
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 105: Grupo Inditex: Outlet and country numbers, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 106: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
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- Figure 107: Grupo Inditex: Outlet numbers by fascia, 2002/03-2006/07
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- Figure 108: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data by fascia, 2002/03-2006/07
- Figure 109: Grupo Inditex: % change in sales and sales area by fascia, 2002/03-2006/07
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- Figure 110: Grupo Inditex: Average store size by fascia, 2006/07
- European outlet data by country
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- Figure 111: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data by European market, year end to January 2002/03-2006/07
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- Figure 112: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data by European market and by fascia, January 2007
- Franchises and joint ventures
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- Figure 113: Grupo Inditex: Franchises as % of stores by geographic region, 2006/07
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- Figure 114: Grupo Inditex: Franchises as % of group sales and stores, by fascia, 2006/07
- Figure 115: Grupo Inditex: Franchises as % of group sales and stores, 2002/03-2006/07
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- Figure 116: Grupo Inditex: Store expansion plans, 2007/08
- Retail offering
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- Figure 117: Grupo Inditex: Age positioning and product offer by fascia, 2007
- Market positioning, brands and pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
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Mango Group
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- Figure 118: Mango Group: Sales as share of European clothing specialists’ sales, 2002-06
- Figure 119: Mango Spain: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 120: Mango Group: Group financial performance, 2003-07
- Increasing exposure to international markets
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- Figure 121: Mango Group: Domestic and international retail sales mix, 2003-07
- International business goes from strength to strength
- Company’s sales and stores growth
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- Figure 122: Mango Group: Sales and store growth, 2004-06
- Retail sales by selected European market
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- Figure 123: Mango: Estimated retail sales in selected markets, 2006
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 124: Mango Group: Outlet data, 2002-06
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- Figure 125: Mango Group: Store development, 2001-06
- Figure 126: Mango: Share of European and non-European stores, August 2007
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- Figure 127: Mango: Airport operations, August 2007
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- Figure 128: Mango: Outlet data by European market, July 2004, March 2005, August 2006 and August 2007
- Figure 129: Mango: Number of stores by selected European country, March 2005, August 2006 and August 2007
- Figure 130: Mango: Share of European stores by country, August 2007
- Non-European activities
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- Figure 131: Mango: Non-European stores network, July 2004, March 2005, August 2006 and August 2007
- Mango Canada
- Mango US
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer/brands
- New developments
- Pricing
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
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New Look
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- Figure 132: New Look: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Figure 133: New Look (UK): Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in UK, 2002-06
- Figure 134: Mim France: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in France, 2002-06
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 135: New Look: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 136: New Look: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer/brands
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- Figure 137: New Look: Own brand portfolio, 2007
- Pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
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Vivarte
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- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 138: Vivarte: Group financial performance, 2002-2006
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 139: Vivarte Clothing: Outlet numbers, 2007
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Product offer and brands
- e-commerce and home shopping
Mini Company Profiles
Diramode (Pimkie)
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- Background
- Financial performance
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 140: Pimkie: Outlet data, 2005 and 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer and pricing
- Operational issues
- Advertising and marketing
- e-commerce and home shopping
Etam Group
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- Figure 141: Etam Group: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2002-06
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 142: Etam Group: Financial performance, 2001-06
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 143: Etam Group: Outlet data, 2001-06
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- Figure 144: Etam: Outlet numbers by country, 2003-06
- Figure 145: Etam: Outlet numbers by brand, 2001-06
- Retail offering
- Products, brands and market positioning
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- Figure 146: Etam: Brands, 2007
- e-commerce
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Esprit
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- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 147: Esprit: Group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
- Figure 148: Esprit: Sales performance by channel and region, 2001/02-2005/06
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- Figure 149: Esprit: Sales performance by region, 2001/02 and 2005/06
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 150: Esprit: Outlet data, 2001/02-2005/06
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- Figure 151: Esprit: Store network by region and type, June 2006
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
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- Figure 152: Esprit: Product mix, 2005/06
- Pricing
- e-commerce and home shopping
Gap
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- Figure 153: Gap UK: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in UK, 2001-05
- Figure 154: Gap France: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in France, 2001-05
- Background
- Financial performance
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- Figure 155: Gap Inc: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 156: Gap Inc: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
- Retail offering
- Market positioning
- Brands
- Product offer
- Pricing
- e-commerce and home shopping
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