Table of Contents
Overview
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- What you need to know
- Covered in this Report
Executive Summary
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- The market
- Overall growth
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- Figure 1: The total ceramic tile market, 2012-17
- Market segmentation
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- Figure 2: Segmentation of glazed and unglazed tiles, by volume, 2017
- Distribution
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- Figure 3: Distribution of ceramic tiles, 2017
- Complex set of market drivers
- Market trends
- Market prospects
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- Figure 4: Forecast segmentation of ceramic tiles, 2018-22
- Companies and brands
- Manufacturing
- Distribution
- What we think
Issues and Insights
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- Specialist retailer opportunities
- The facts
- The implications
- The digital opportunity
- The facts
- The implications
- Flooring growing faster than walls
- The facts
- The implications
The Market – What You Need to Know
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- The UK – An atypical market
- Shift in demand
- Brexit impact
Market Size
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- Growth slows in 2017
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- Figure 5: The total ceramic tile market
Market Segmentation
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- Primary types
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- Figure 6: Segmentation of glazed and unglazed tiles, by volume, 2017
- Figure 7: Segmentation of glazed and unglazed tiles, by value, 2017
- Glazed tiles
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- Figure 8: Glazed tile market, 2012-17
- Unglazed tiles
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- Figure 9: Unglazed tile market, 2012-17
Market Forecast
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- The major influences
- Tile usage
- New housing construction – A growth area
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- Figure 10: Forecast private housing output, 2018-22
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- Figure 11: Forecast public housing output, 2018-22
- Housing repair, maintenance and improvement
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- Figure 12: Forecast repair & maintenance in private housing, 2018-22
- Figure 13: Forecast repair & maintenance in public housing, 2012-22
- Other macro influences
- Market prospects, 2018-22
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- Figure 14: Forecast market for ceramic tiles, 2018-22
- Market segmentation, 2018-22
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- Figure 15: Forecast segmentation of ceramic tiles, 2018-22
The Impact of the Economy
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- Brexit impact
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- Figure 16: Euro/pound exchange rates, May 2016-April 2018
- Interest rates
- House price inflation
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- Figure 17: House price changes, 2006-18
Market Trends
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- The fundamentals
- Mixed and industrial look
- Inside out
- Wood effects
- Contrasting open plan and dark kitchens
- Bold patterns and rugging
Market Drivers
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- Home ownership
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- Figure 18: UK home ownership trends, 2006-17
- Housing transactions
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- Figure 19: Residential property transactions, by country, 2013-17
- New private housing construction
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- Figure 20: Private housing construction activity, 2013-17
- Figure 21: Private housing construction output in Great Britain, 2013-17
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- Figure 22: Private sector housing completions, 1978-2017
- New public housing construction
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- Figure 23: New public housing construction output, 2013-17
- Figure 24: Public sector housing completions, 1978-2017
- Private sector housing repair & maintenance
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- Figure 25: Repair, maintenance and improvement output in the private housing sector, 2013-17
- Public sector housing repair & maintenance
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- Figure 26: Repair, maintenance and improvement output in the public housing sector, 2013-17
- DIY activity
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- Figure 27: DIY retail sales, 2012-17
- Positive fashion trends
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- Figure 28: Kitchen furniture sales, 2012-17
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- Figure 29: Bathroom product sales, 2013-17
- Substitute products
Companies and Brands – What You Need to Know
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- Manufacturing
- Distribution
Industry Structure
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- A confined manufacturing industry
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- Figure 30: Changes in the ceramic tile industry structure, 2013-17
- A changing distribution sector
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- Figure 31: Distribution of ceramic tiles, 2017
- A fragmented fixing industry
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- Figure 32: Composition of the floor and wall covering fixing trade, by size of company, 2017 (number of businesses)
Competitive Strategies
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- Manufacturing combined with trading
- Johnson Tiles and British Ceramic Tiles use imports to support local production
- Retail sourcing
- Imports widely available
- Specialist growth/DIY consolidation
- Topps Tiles expansion plans
- Digital activity
- Walls and Floors an Internet Retailing Top 500 company
Company Profiles
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- The manufacturing sector
- The distribution sector
Appendix – Data Sources, Abbreviations and Supporting Information
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- Abbreviations
- Methodology
Further Sources and Contacts
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- Trade associations
- The Tile Association
- Trade magazines
- Bathroom Journal
- Bathroom & Kitchen Update
- The Designer
- Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Review
- Local Government News
- Tile & Stone Journal
- Tile UK
- Trade events
- BBC Good Homes Live
- Interiors Birmingham
- EXPOTILE
- INTERBUILD
- KBB
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