Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Retail Sales
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- Figure 1: All retail sales, at current and constant 1990 prices, 1990-98
- Figure 2: Indexed sales growth, at current prices, 1990-98
- Figure 3: Indexed sales growth, at constant 1990 prices, 1990-98
- Figure 4: Sales through specialist clothing businesses, by size, at current prices, 1990-98
- Figure 5: Sales through specialist clothing businesses, by size, at constant 1990 prices, 1990-98
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Sector Structure
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- Figure 6: Number of clothing businesses, employees and outlets, 1993-96
- Figure 7: Number of womenswear clothing businesses, by turnover band, 1993-97
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Consumer Expenditure
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- Figure 8: Consumer expenditure on clothing and women's clothing, at current prices, 1992-97
- Figure 9: Consumer expenditure on clothing and women's clothing, at constant 1992 prices, 1992-97
- Figure 10: Consumer expenditure on womenswear, by garment type, 1995-97
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Regional Shopping Variations
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- Figure 11: Index of regional weekly household expenditure on clothing and womenswear, 1997/98
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Market Factors
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- Figure 12: Age profile of the female population, 1992-2002
- Figure 13: Structure of the working population by gender, 1992-2002
- Figure 14: Female employment trends, 1992-2002
- Figure 15: Personal disposable income, at current and constant 1992 prices, 1992-2002
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Consumer Shopping
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- Figure 16: Source of purchase of women's outerwear, during the last 12 months, 1992-98
- Figure 17: Women's purchasing of outerwear, from a variety or department store or C&A, during the last 12 months, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, April 1998
- Figure 18: Women's purchasing of outerwear, from a specialist fashion chain store during last 12 months, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, April 1998
- Figure 19: Women's purchasing of outerwear, from a leading specialist womenswear chain store, during the last 12 months, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, April 1998
- Figure 20: Women's purchasing of outerwear, from other leading womenswear chains, during the last 12 months, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, April 1998
- Figure 21: Women's purchasing of outerwear, from other types of shopping outlet, during the last 12 months, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, April 1998
- Figure 22: Women's attitudes towards clothes buying, April 1998
- Figure 23: Frequent clothes shoppers, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, April 1998
- Figure 24: Price conscious clothes shoppers, by demographic group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, April 1998
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Market Shares
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- Figure 32: Estimated share of womenswear market held by leading retailers, 1998
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Specialist Multiples
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- Figure 33: Turnover and profitability of the Burton Group*/Arcadia fashion multiples, 1993-97
- Figure 34: Dorothy Perkins, turnover and trading profit, 1993-97
- Figure 35: Top Shop/Top Man, turnover and trading profit, 1993-97
- Figure 36: Evans, turnover and trading profit, 1993-97
- Figure 37: Principles, turnover and trading profit, 1993-97
- Figure 38: Sears plc, womenswear turnover and trading profit, 1994-98
- Figure 39: Sears Womenswear store portfolio, 1994-98
- Figure 40: Austin Reed, retail turnover and pre-tax profits, 1994-98
- Figure 41: Etam, turnover and profitability, 1994-98
- Figure 42: Coats-Viyella, fashion retail & branded clothing, turnover and profits, 1993-97
- Figure 43: Forminster plc, turnover and profits, 1994-98
- Figure 44: Laura Ashley, turnover and profits, 1994-98
- Figure 45: Laura Ashley garment sales, 1996-98
- Figure 46: Monsoon plc, turnover and profits, 1993-97
- Figure 47: Next Retail, turnover and pre-tax profits, 1994-98
- Figure 48: Next Retail, store profile, 1994-98
- Figure 49: Next Directory, turnover and profits, 1995-98
- Figure 50: Next Directory, customer base, 1996-98
- Figure 51: Oasis plc, turnover and profits, 1994-98
- Figure 52: Oasis, UK store portfolio, 1994-98
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Discount Retailers and Factory Outlets
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- Figure 53: Epcoscan (Bay Trading), turnover and profits, 1993-97
- Figure 54: New Look, turnover and profits, 1994-98
- Figure 55: New Look, store portfolio, 1994-98
- Figure 56: Matalan, turnover and profits, 1993-97
- Figure 57: Matalan, store portfolio, 1993-97
- Figure 58: Matalan stores by geographical location and type, May 1998
- Figure 59: QS, turnover and profits, 1994-98
- Figure 60: WEW Group, turnover and profits, 1993-97
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From Concessions to Standalone Stores
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- Figure 61: Alexon Group, turnover and profits, 1994-98
- Figure 62: French Connection, group and retail turnover and profits, 1994-98
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Promising New Entrants
Variety Stores
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- Figure 63: Bhs, turnover and profits, 1994-98
- Figure 64: Bhs store profile, 1994-97
- Figure 65: Littlewoods stores, turnover and profits, 1994-98
- Figure 66: Marks & Spencer, UK sales by product sector*, 1994-98
- Figure 67: Marks & Spencer, UK store profile, 1998
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Department Stores
Mail Order Companies
Supermarkets
Retail Performance
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- Figure 68: Indexed comparison of sales growth of leading womenswear retailers, 1994-98
- Figure 69: Indexed comparison of operating profits, of leading womenswear retailers, 1994-98
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Retail Practices and Operational Issues
The Future
Forecast
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- Figure 70: Forecast of the womenswear clothing market, 1997-2002
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