Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Report Scope and Technical Notes
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- Coverage
- New for 2012
- Definitions
- Retail sector sales
- Consumer spending
- Abbreviations
- Technical notes
- Financial definitions
- Currencies
- Country codes
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- Figure 1: Country codes
- VAT
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- Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2010-12
The Market: Economic and Demographic Background
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- The economy
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- Figure 3: France: Real-terms, year-on-year GDP growth, Q1 2009-Q1 2012
- Figure 4: France: Total unemployment and youth unemployment rates, Q1 2009-Q1 2012
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- Figure 5: France: Consumer confidence and retail trade confidence, May 2011-Apr 2012
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- Figure 6: France: Harmonised indices of consumer prices, annual % change, Jan 2006-Jan 2012
- Demographics
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- Figure 7: France: Over-65s as percentage of total population, forecasts, 2010-30
- Figure 8: France: Total population, 2006-11
The Market: Consumer Spending on Electricals Categories
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- Definitions
- Relative to all spending
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- Figure 9: France: Spending on core electrical goods categories as % of all consumer spending, current prices, 2007-11
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- Figure 10: France: Spending on core electrical goods categories as % of all consumer spending, volumes, 2007-10
- Spending on electricals
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- Figure 11: France: Consumer spending on electricals and related goods, by major category, 2007-12
- Spending on electricals per capita
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- Figure 12: France: Annual spend on electrical products per capita, 2007-11
- Real-terms growth rates
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- Figure 13: France: Annual % change in consumer spending, real terms, 2006-10
The Market: Electricals Specialists’ Sector
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- Figure 14: France: Electrical retail sales, 2007-11
- Figure 15: France: Electrical retail sales forecasts, 2012-17
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- Figure 16: France: Breakdown of electricals specialists, by sub-sector, by revenues, 2011
- Specialists’ sales relative to spending
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- Figure 17: Electricals specialists’ sales as % of consumer spending on electricals, 2007-11
- Enterprise numbers
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- Figure 18: France: Number of enterprises, 2009
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The Retailers: Channels of Distribution
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- Figure 19: France: Estimated distribution of consumer spending on electrical goods, 2011
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The Retailers: Online
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- Percentage of individuals shopping online
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- Figure 20: Any online purchase in the last three months, 2007-11
- Figure 21: Online purchase in the last 12 months, 2007-11
- Leading online retailers
- Leading websites by visitors
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- Figure 22: France: Leading electricals retail websites, by total unique visitors, March 2012
The Retailers: Leading Specialists and Market Shares
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- Darty struggles for top spot
- Darty: the canary in the mine?
- Fnac looking for solutions
- Segmentation delivering growth for HTM
- Buying groups
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- Figure 23: France: Leading electrical goods specialists, 2011
- Market shares
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- Figure 24: France: Leading electrical specialists’ market shares, 2011
Boulanger/HTM Group
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- Figure 25: Boulanger/HTM Group: Estimated sales as share of electrical specialists’ sales in Europe, 2007-11e
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 26: Boulanger: Estimated group sales performance, 2007-11
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- Figure 27: HTM Group/Boulanger: Outlet data, 2007-11
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
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Conrad Electronic
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- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 28: Conrad: Estimated group sales performance, 2006-10
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
E-Square
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- Strategic evaluation
- Online still a challenge for EP
- Background
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- Figure 29: E-Square: Members and websites, by country of operation, 2012
- EP
- EDA
- Company performance
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- Figure 30: E-Square: Estimated Retail sales, by country, 2010/11
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- Figure 31: ElectronicPartner: Group financial performance, 2007-11
- Store portfolio
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- Figure 32: E-Square: Store numbers, by country, 2010/11
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- Figure 33: ElectronicPartner: Membership data, 2007-11
- Figure 34: ElectronicPartner: Affiliated branded stores and membership, by country, 2011
- Store formats
- Retail offering
- E-commerce
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- Figure 35: E-Square: Affiliated online stores, 2012
Expert Europe
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- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 36: Expert Europe: Sales and outlets, by country, 2010/11
- Retail offering
- E-commerce
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- Figure 37: Expert International, online shopping availability, 2012
Fnac
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- Figure 38: Fnac Europe: Sales as share of electrical specialists’ sales in Europe, 2007-11
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
- Company performance
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- Figure 39: Fnac: Group financial performance, 2007-11
- Figure 40: Fnac: Sales, by product category, 2011
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- Figure 41: Fnac: Outlet data, 2007-11*
- Retail offering
- e-commerce and home shopping
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Euronics International
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- Figure 42: Euronics: Estimated sales as share of electrical specialists’ sales in Europe, 2007-11
- Figure 43: Euronics: Estimated sales as share of electrical/pc/telecoms specialists’ sales in UK, 2007-11
- Strategic evaluation
- Background
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- Figure 44: Euronics: European members and fascia, by country of operation, 2012
- Company performance
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- Figure 45: Euronics International: Sales, 2001-11
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- Figure 46: Euronics International: Total retail sales for major countries, 2006 and 2009-11
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- Figure 47: Euronics International: Outlet data 2011-12
- Retail offering
- E-commerce
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Kesa Electricals
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- Strategic evaluation
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- Figure 48: Kesa Electricals: Composition of revenues (%), excluding Comet, Years to April, 2011 and 2012
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- Figure 49: Sales growth, by segment, total and like-for-like, year ending April 2011
- Figure 50: Sales growth, by segment, total and like-for-like, year ending April 2012
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- Figure 51: Darty store merchandising emphasising its USP
- Figure 52: Annual % growth in online sales, by segment, 2010/11 and first-half 2011/12
- Recent history
- Company performance
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- Figure 53: Kesa Electricals: Group financial performance, 2006/07-2011/12
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- Figure 54: Kesa Electricals: Group financial performance, H1 2011/12
- Figure 55: Comet: Group financial performance, H1 2011/12
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- Figure 56: Kesa Electricals: Distribution of stores (%), by segment, excl. Comet, April 2011 and April 2012
- Figure 57: Kesa Electricals: Store numbers, by country, years ending April, 2007-12
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- Figure 58: Kesa Electricals: Outlet data, 2006/7-2010/11
- Retail offering
- E-commerce
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- Figure 59: Kesa Electricals: Estimated e-commerce sales, years ending April, 2007-12
Appendix – Broader Market Environment
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- Population
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- Figure 60: Europe: Population, by age group, 2005
- Figure 61: Europe: Population, by age group, 2010
- Figure 62: Europe: Population, by age group, 2015
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- Figure 63: Europe: Population, by age group, 2020
- GDP
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- Figure 64: Europe: GDP, at current prices, 2011
- Figure 65: Europe: GDP growth rates, at current prices, 2001-11
- Figure 66: Europe: GDP growth rates, at constant prices, 2001-11
- Consumer spending
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- Figure 67: Europe: Households’ consumer spending, at current prices, 2011
- Figure 68: Europe: Households’ consumer spending growth rates, at current prices, 2001-11
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- Figure 69: Europe: Households’ consumer spending growth rates, at constant prices, 2001-11
- Consumer prices
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- Figure 70: Europe: Harmonised index of consumer prices, 2001-11
- Unemployment
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- Figure 71: Europe: Average rate of unemployment, 2001-11
- Interest rates
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- Figure 72: Europe: Interest rates, 2005-Q4 2011
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 73: Europe: Consumer confidence, Apr 2011-Mar 2012
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