Table of Contents
Executive Summary
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- Sector size and forecast
- Leading specialists
- Online
- The consumer – Where they shop
- The consumer – What they want
- What we think
Spending, Inflation and Unit Sales
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- Key points
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- Figure 1: France: Households consumption expenditure (incl. VAT), at current prices, 2009-13
- Unit volumes
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- Figure 2: France: Unit volume sales by electrical gods category, 2009-14
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- Figure 3: Market definitions for unit volume sales data
- Inflation
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- Figure 4: France: Harmonised indices of consumer prices: Annual % change, Jan 2012-Nov 2013
Channels of Distribution
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- Figure 5: France: Estimated distribution of spending on electrical/electronic goods, 2013
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Sector Size and Forecast
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- Key points
- Specialists’ sales and forecasts
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- Figure 6: France: Retail sales, (excl. VAT), 2009-13
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- Figure 7: France: Retail sales forecasts (excl. VAT), 2013-18
- Figure 8: France: Electrical goods specialists’ sales represented as percentage of consumer spending on electrical goods, 2009-13
- Enterprise and employee numbers
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- Figure 9: France: Retail enterprise numbers, 2009-11
- Figure 10: France: Retail employee numbers, full-time equivalent units, 2009-11
The Leading Specialists – Financials and Outlets
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- Key points
- Leading retailers
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- Figure 11: France: Leading electrical goods specialists’ revenues, 2011-13
- Figure 12: France: Leading electrical goods specialists’ outlet numbers, 2011-13
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- Figure 13: France: Leading electrical goods specialists’ annual sales per outlet, 2011-13
Leading Specialists – Market Shares
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- Figure 14: France: Leading electrical goods specialists’ market shares, 2011-13
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Online
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- Key points
- Market size
- Leading online retailers
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- Figure 15: Major internet retailers’ sales of electrical goods online, (excl vat), 2013 (est)
- The consumer
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- Figure 16: France: Percentage of all individuals (aged 16-74) having purchased electricals online in the past 12 months, selected categories, 2009-13
- Figure 17: France: The consumer: Retailers from which electrical goods were purchased online in the past 12 months, leading options, January 2014
The Consumer – Where they Shop
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- What we asked
- What we asked
- Where they shop
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- Figure 18: France: The consumer: Types of stores from which electrical goods were purchased in the past 12 months, whether in-store or online, January 2014
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- Figure 19: France: The consumer: stores from which electrical goods were purchased in the past 12 months, whether in-store or online, January 2014
- In-store/online split
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- Figure 20: France: The consumer: Types of stores from which electrical goods were purchased in the past 12 months, whether in-store or online, January 2014
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- Figure 21: France: The consumer: Stores from which electrical goods were purchased in the past 12 months, by in-store or online, January 2014
- Customer profiles
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- Figure 22: France: Leading retailers customer profile by age and income, January 2014
The Consumer – What’s Important
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- Key points
- What we asked
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- Figure 23: France: The consumer: Most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, January 2014
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- Figure 24: France: The consumer: Ranking of important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, January 2014
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- Figure 25: France profile of who rates which factor, January 2014
Amazon Europe
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- What we think
- Ease of transaction, excellence of fulfilment
- €8 billion electricals sales
- A brand as well as a retailer
- Popularity across Europe
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- Figure 26: The consumer: Percentage of respondents having bought electrical goods from Amazon in the past 12 months, November 2013
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 27: Amazon Europe: Group sales performance, excl. sales tax, 2008-13
- Retail offering
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- Figure 28: Number of products listed on Amazon.co.uk, by category, December 2013
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- Figure 29: Amazon.co.uk: Product mix, by number of SKUs, December 2013
Boulanger (group)
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- What we think
- Full integration of the Saturn stores yet to be completed
- Continuing to grow foothold in France by expanding the network
- Focus on online offer development to push growth
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 30: Boulanger (group): Group sales performance, excl. sales tax, 2009-13
- Figure 31: HTM Group/Boulanger: Outlet data, 2009-13
- Retail offering
Conrad Electronic
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- What we think
- Benefitting from the rise of online shopping
- Acquisitions to strengthen synergies in marketing, sales and purchasing
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 32: Conrad: Estimated group sales performance, excl. sales tax, 2009-13
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- Figure 33: Conrad: Outlet data, 2009-13
- Retail offering
Darty plc
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- What we think
- Consolidating the business with a focus on the core France and Benelux markets
- Growth opportunities
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 34: Darty plc: Group financial performance, 2008/09-2012/13
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- Figure 35: Darty plc: Outlet data, 2008/09-2012/13
- Retail offering
E-Square
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- What we think
- Company background
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- Figure 36: E-Square: Members and websites, by country of operation, 2014
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- Figure 37: E-Square: Affiliated online stores, 2014
- Company performance
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- Figure 38: E-Square: Members’ estimated retail sales, by country/region, 2011-13
- Figure 39: E-Square: Members’ approximate store numbers, by country/region, 2011-13
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Portugal
- Spain
- UK
- Ukraine
- Retail offering
Euronics International
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- What we think
- Company background
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- Figure 40: Euronics: Members, countries and trading names, 2014
- Company performance
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- Figure 41: Euronics International: Group sales performance (excl. VAT), 2009-13
- Figure 42: Euronics International: Outlet data, 2009-13
- Figure 43: Euronics International: Sales per outlet, 2009-13
- Retail offering
Expert International (Europe)
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- What we think
- A tough market place for all
- Challenging conditions in some markets
- Behaving more like a multiple
- Company background
- Online
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- Figure 44: Expert International, online shopping availability, 2014
- Company performance
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- Figure 45: Expert: Estimated sales at retail (excl. sales tax), 2009-13
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- Figure 46: Expert: Outlet data, 2009-13
- Expert Germany
- Expert Italy
- Expert Spain
- Expert France
- Expert Norway (Expert AS)
- Expert Denmark
- Expert Finland
- Expert Sweden
- Expert Greece
- Expert Czech Republic
- Expert Hungary
- Retail offering
- Store formats
Fnac
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- What we think
- A disappointing float
- Slow to respond to market changes
- Building on its reputation
- In better shape as economy improves
- Company background
- Company performance
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- Figure 47: Fnac: Group financial performance, 2008-13
- Figure 48: Fnac: Sales breakdown, 2009-12
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- Figure 49: Fnac: Group interim financial performance, 2012 and 2013
- Figure 50: Fnac: Sales breakdown, Interim period 2012 and 2013
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- Figure 51: Fnac: Outlet data, 2008-12
- Figure 52: Fnac: Store types, 2012
- Retail offering
Appendix – Broader Market Environment
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- Online
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- Figure 53: Europe: Percentage of households with a broadband internet connection, by country, 2009-13
- Figure 54: Europe: Percentage of all individuals accessing the internet daily, 2009-13
- Consumer confidence
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- Figure 55: Europe: Consumer confidence levels, February 2013-January 2014
- Population
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- Figure 56: Europe: Population, total and by age group, 2010
- Figure 57: Europe: Forecast population, total and by age group, 2015
- Figure 58: Europe: Forecast population, total and by age group, 2020
- Gross domestic product
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- Figure 59: Europe: Gross domestic product, at current prices, 2012
- Figure 60: Europe: Real-terms year-on-year GDP growth, 2009-14
- Consumer spending
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- Figure 61: Europe: Consumer spending, at current prices, 2012
- Figure 62: Europe: Real-terms year-on-year growth in consumer spending, 2009-12
- Inflation
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- Figure 63: Europe: Harmonised indices of consumer prices – Annual % change, all items, 2009-13
- Figure 64: Europe: Harmonised indices of consumer prices – Annual % change, personal care products, 2009-13
- Interest rates
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- Figure 65: Europe: Central bank interest rates, 2009-13
Appendix – The Consumer – France
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- Figure 66: Most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store/Online, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 67: Next most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store/Online, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 68: Other stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store/Online, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 69: Least popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store/Online, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 70: Most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 71: Next most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 72: Other stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 73: Most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – Online, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 74: Next most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – Online, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 75: Other stores from where electrical goods were purchased – Online, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 76: Least popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – Online, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 77: Most popular most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 78: Next most popular most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, by demographics, France, January 2014
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- Figure 79: Most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, by most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store/Online, France, January 2014
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- Figure 80: Most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, by next most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store/Online, France, January 2014
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- Figure 81: Most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, by most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store, France, January 2014
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- Figure 82: Most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, by next most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – In-store, France, January 2014
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- Figure 83: Most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, by most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – Online, France, January 2014
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- Figure 84: Most important factors in choosing the retailer for electrical goods, by next most popular stores from where electrical goods were purchased – Online, France, January 2014
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