Table of Contents
Executive Summary
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- What we think
Report Scope and Technical Notes
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- Coverage
- 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, 2010-13
Spending, Unit Sales and Inflation
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- Key points
- Consumer spending and unit sales
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- Figure 3: France: Consumer spending, incl. VAT, 2008-12
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- Figure 4: France: Unit volume sales by electrical goods category, 2011-13
- Figure 5: Market definitions for unit volume sales data
- Inflation
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- Figure 6: France: Harmonised indices of consumer prices: annual % change, Jan 2011-Dec 2012
Channels of Distribution
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- Figure 7: France: Estimated distribution of spending on electrical/electronic goods, 2012
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Sector Size and Forecast
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- Key points
- Specialists’ sales and forecasts
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- Figure 8: France: Retail sales, excl. VAT, 2008-12
- Figure 9: France: Retail sales forecasts (excl. VAT), 2013-18
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- Figure 10: France: Electrical goods specialists’ sales represented as percentage of consumer spending on electrical goods, 2008-12
Enterprise and Employee Numbers
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- Figure 11: France: Retail enterprise numbers, 2009-10
- Figure 12: France: Retail employee numbers, full-time equivalent units, 2009-10
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The Retailers: Financials and Outlets
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- Key points
- Leading retailers
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- Figure 13: France: Leading electrical goods specialists’ revenues, 2010-12
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- Figure 14: France: Leading electrical goods specialists’ outlet numbers, 2010-12
- Figure 15: France: Leading electrical goods specialists’ annual sales per outlet, 2010-12
The Retailers: Market Shares
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- Figure 16: France: Leading electrical goods specialists’ market shares, 2010-12
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Online
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- Key points
- The consumer: shopping online
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- Figure 17: France: Percentage of individuals who have purchased online in the last 12 months, 2008-12
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- Figure 18: France: Percentage of all individuals having purchased electricals online in the past 12 months, selected categories, 2011
- Online retailers
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- Figure 19: France: Most popular retailers used for online purchases of electrical goods in the past 12 months, January 2013
The Consumer: Where They Shop
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- Key points
- Where they shop
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- Figure 20: France: The consumer: Where they shop, whether online or in-store, in the last 12 months, January 2013
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- Figure 21: France: The consumer: Where they shop, online versus in-store, January 2013
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- Figure 22: France: The consumer: Where they shop, average age/socio-economic group, January 2013
Boulanger (group)
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- What we think
- Pushing through growth to improve economies of scale
- Differentiating through a focus on services
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 23: Boulanger (group): Group financial performance, 2008-12 (e)
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- Figure 24: HTM Group/Boulanger: Outlet data, 2008-12
- Retail offering
Conrad
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- What we think
- Strengthen the multi-channel offer
- Facing intensifying competition from pureplay specialists
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 25: Conrad: Estimated group sales performance, 2008-12
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- Figure 26: Conrad: Outlet data, 2008-2012
- Retail offering
Darty plc
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- What we think
- Slimming down – and more to come?
- France is the focus
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 27: Darty plc: Estimated contribution to segment revenues by country, 2011/12
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- Figure 28: Darty plc: Group financial performance, 2007/8-2012/13
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- Figure 29: Darty plc: Outlet data, 2008-13
- Retail offering
E-Square
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- What we think
- Company background
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- Figure 30: E-Square: Members and websites by country of operation, 2013
- Online
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- Figure 31: E-Square: Affiliated online stores, 2013
- History
- Company performance
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- Figure 32: E-Square: Estimated retail sales and approximate store numbers by country, 2011
- EP
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- Figure 33: ElectronicPartner: Group financial performance, 2007-11
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- Figure 34: ElectronicPartner: Membership data, 2007-11
- Figure 35: ElectronicPartner: Estimates of Affiliated branded stores and membership, by country, 2011
- Spain
- France
- Italy
- Germany
- Ukraine
- UK
- Portugal
- Greece
- Finland
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Retail offering
- EP
- MEDIMAX
Euronics International
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- What we think
- Company background
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- Figure 36: Euronics: Members, countries and trading names, 2013
- Online
- Company performance
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- Figure 37: Euronics: International sales, 2001-12
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- Figure 38: Euronics: Estimated sales ex-warehouse, inc VAT, by country, 2008-12
- Figure 39: Euronics: Outlet data, 2008-12
- Retail offering
Expert International (Europe)
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- What we think
- Company background
- Online
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- Figure 40: Expert International, online shopping availability, 2013
- Company performance
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- Figure 41: Expert: Estimated group retail sales performance, 2009-12
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- Figure 42: Expert: Outlet data, 2009-12
- Expert Germany
- Expert Italy
- Expert Spain
- Expert France
- Expert Norway (Expert AS)
- Expert Greece
- Retail offering
Fnac
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- What we think
- Worsening conditions for Fnac in Europe
- Technological change
- Creating destination stores to maintain footfall
- Demerger
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 43: Fnac: Group financial performance, 2008-12
- Figure 44: Fnac: Sales, by product category, 2011
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- Figure 45: Fnac: Outlet data, 2008-12*
- Retail offering
Media-Saturn
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- What we think
- Management
- Online
- Development
- Where next?
- Company background
- Ownership
- Store manager stakes
- Company performance
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- Figure 46: Media Saturn: Group financial performance, 2007-12
- Figure 47: Media Saturn: Outlet data, 2007-12
- Retail offering
Appendix – Broader Market Environment
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- Population
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- Figure 48: Europe: Population, by age group, 2005
- Figure 49: Europe: Population, by age group, 2010
- Figure 50: Europe: Population, by age group, 2015
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- Figure 51: Europe: Population, by age group, 2020
- GDP
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- Figure 52: Europe: GDP (current prices), 2011
- Figure 53: Europe: GDP growth rates (current prices), 2001-11
- Figure 54: Europe: GDP growth rates (constant prices), 2001-11
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- Figure 55: Europe: Year-on-year GDP growth rates (constant prices), Q1 2012-Q3 2012
- Consumer spending
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- Figure 56: Europe: Households’ consumer spending (current prices), 2011
- Figure 57: Europe: Households’ consumer spending growth rates (current prices), 2001-11
- Consumer prices
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- Figure 58: Europe: Harmonised index of consumer prices, 2002-12
- Unemployment
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- Figure 59: Europe: Average rate of unemployment, 2001-11
- Figure 60: Europe: Average rate of unemployment, Q1 2012-Q3 2012
- Interest rates
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- Figure 61: Europe: Interest rates, 2005-Q4 2012
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 62: Europe: Consumer confidence, Jan-Dec 2012
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