Footwear Retailing - Europe - August 2006

EUROPEAN INSIGHTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – EUROPE
Specialists under pressure
Fundamental change in attitudes to footwear
The specialists have failed to respond
Non-specialists capitalising on their advantages
Consumer research
Quotas
Margins under pressure
Market size
Forecast
EUROPEAN SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK
 REPORT SCOPE AND TECHNICAL NOTES
Footwear market
Footwear retailing vs footwear retailers
Technical notes
Financial definitions
Currencies
Figure 1: Exchange rates: National currencies against the Euro, 2003-05
Country codes
VAT
Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2006
 THE EUROPEAN FOOTWEAR MARKET
Market value
Figure 3: European footwear market: Estimated market sizes and spend per capita, 2005
Figure 4: Europe: Spending on shoes per capita, 2005
Marked variations in attitudes to footwear
Figure 5: Europe: Spending on footwear as % all clothing and footwear spending, 2005
Figure 6: Europe: Growth in spending on footwear, 2000-05
Retail sales
Figure 7: All footwear specialists: Sales as % all retail sales, 1994-2005
Figure 8: Europe: Specialist footwear retailers sales, 2005
Figure 9: Footwear retailers’ sales as % all retailers sales, 2005
Figure 10: Footwear specialists’ sales as % all clothing and footwear specialists’ sales, 2005
Channels of distribution
Figure 11: Footwear retailers’ sales as % all spending on footwear, 2005
Sector concentration
Figure 12: Europe: Market share of top 5 specialists by country, 2005
Leading players
Figure 13: Europe: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
 OUTLOOK
Far Eastern imports
Customer needs
Specialists
The shape of the sector to come
Superstores
High street specialists
Non-specialists
Figure 14: UK consumer types, May 2006
Margins
Forecasts
Figure 15: Europe: Footwear specialists sales, 2005-10F
AUSTRIA
 THE AUSTRIAN FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 16: Austria: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 17: Austria: Estimated footwear channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Volume sales steady
Figure 18: Austria: Footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 19: Austria: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 20: Austria: Leading footwear retailers’ market shares, 2005
Figure 21: Austria: Leading footwear retailers’ market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 22: Austria: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
Figure 23: Austria: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10
BELGIUM
 THE BELGIAN FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 24: Belgium: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Figure 25: Belgium: Spending on footwear as % all retail sales, 2001-05
Figure 26: Belgium: Spending on footwear as % all clothing and footwear spending, 1999-2004
Channels of distribution
Figure 27: Belgium: Estimated footwear channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 28: Belgium: Leading footwear retailers 2004/05
Market shares
Figure 29: Belgium: Leading footwear retailers’ market shares, 2004/05
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 30: Belgium: Clothing and footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
CZECH REPUBLIC
 THE CZECH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 31: Czech Republic: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Growing interest in shoes
Figure 32: Czech Republic: Spending on footwear as % all spending on clothing and footwear, 2000-04
Channels of distribution
Figure 33: Czech Republic: Footwear, estimated channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 34: Czech Republic: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 35: Czech Republic: Leading footwear specialists’ estimated market shares, 2005
Figure 36: Czech Republic: Leading footwear specialists’ estimated market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
DENMARK
 THE DANISH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 37: Denmark: Consumer expenditure on footwear, 2000-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 38: Denmark: Footwear specialists estimated share of footwear spending, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 39: Denmark: Footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 40: Denmark: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 41: Denmark: Leading footwear retailers’ market shares, 2005
Figure 42: Denmark: Leading footwear retailers’ market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 43: Denmark: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
Figure 44: Denmark: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10
FINLAND
 THE FINNISH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 45: Finland: Consumer expenditure on footwear, 2000-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 46: Finland: Footwear, channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 47: Finland: Footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 48: Finland: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 49: Finland: Leading footwear retailers’ estimated market shares, 2005
Figure 50: Finland: Leading footwear retailers’ estimated market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 51: Finland: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
Figure 52: Finland: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10
FRANCE
 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Consumer spending edging up
Footwear specialists steady
Specialists’ sales to rise, share to of total sales to fall
PAI to sell leading footwear retailer Vivarte
 THE FRENCH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
EU tariffs on footwear imports
Market value and trends
Figure 53: France: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Figure 54: France: Relative performance of footwear and total consumer spending, 2001-05(e)
Channels of distribution
Figure 55: France: Estimated channels of footwear distribution, 2005
Specialists
Sports stores
Hypermarkets and supermarkets
 THE CONSUMER
Where shoes are bought
Figure 56: Where consumers have bought shoes in the last 12 months, 2006
Market positioning
Figure 57: France: Market positioning of major footwear retailers, May 2006
Repertoire analysis
Figure 58: France: Number of shoe shops used by retailer bought from, May 2006
The Consumer – Detailed demographics
Figure 59: Where consumers bought shoes in last 12 months by gender, age, income and occupation, May 2006
Figure 60: Where consumers bought shoes in last 12 months by age, income and occupation, May 2006
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 61: France: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Figure 62: France: Footwear, specialists’ share of all footwear spending, 2001-05
Outlets and enterprises
Figure 63: France: Footwear: Outlet and enterprise data, 1998-2004
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 64: France: Leading footwear retailers, 2005
Market shares
Figure 66: France: Leading retailers’ estimated share of specialist sales, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 67: France: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
Figure 68: France: Footwear retailers’ share of total retail sales, 2001-10
GERMANY
 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Value retailers make all the running
Footwear spending levels stagnating
Deichmann puts best foot forward
Tariffs – sidestepping the issue?
Retail sales
Gloomy outlook
 THE GERMAN FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
The effect of tariffs on imports from China and Vietnam
Unemployment in Germany
Market value and trends
Figure 69: Germany: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Figure 70: Germany: Relative performance of footwear consumption and total consumer spending, 2001-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 71: Germany: Footwear - Estimated channels of distribution, 2005
Figure 72: Germany: Footwear: Comparison of growth of specialist sales and consumer spending, 2001-05
Retail prices
Figure 73: Germany: Footwear consumer price index, 2000-05
 THE CONSUMER
Where shoes are bought
Figure 74: Where consumers have bought shoes in the last 12 months, 2006
Market positioning
Figure 75: Germany Market positioning of major footwear retailers, May 2006
Repertoire analysis
Figure 76: Germany: Number of shoe shops used by retailer bought from, May 2006
The Consumer – Detailed demographics
Figure 77: Germany: Where consumers bought shoes by age, income and occupation, May 2006
Figure 78: Germany: Where consumers bought shoes by age , income, occupation, May 2006
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 79: Germany: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Outlet and enterprise data
Figure 80: Germany: Number of footwear retail enterprises, 2003
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 81: Germany: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 82: Germany: Leading retailers’ market shares, 2005
Figure 83: Germany: Leading footwear specialists’ share of footwear specialists’ sales, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 84: Germany: Footwear retailers’ sales forecast, 2005-10
Figure 85: Germany: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10
GREECE
 THE GREEK FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 86: Greece: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 87: Greece: Estimated footwear channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 88: Greece: Footwear retail sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 89: Greece: Identified footwear retailers, 2004/05
Market shares
Figure 90: Greece: Leading retailers’ market shares, 2005
Figure 91: Greece: Leading retailers’ market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 92: Greece: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
Figure 93: Greece: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10
HUNGARY
 THE HUNGARIAN FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Channels of distribution
Figure 94: Hungary: Estimated channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 95: Hungary: Retail sales, 2001-05
Outlet and enterprise data
Figure 96: Hungary: Footwear specialists, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 97: Hungary: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 98: Hungary: Leading retailers’ estimated market shares, 2005
Figure 99: Hungary: Leading retailers’ estimated market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
IRELAND
 THE IRISH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 100: Ireland: Breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2000-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 101: Ireland: Channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 102: Ireland: Clothing and footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 103: Ireland: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 104: Ireland: Leading footwear retailers’ estimated market shares, 2005
Figure 105: Ireland: Leading footwear retailers’ estimated market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 106: Ireland: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
Figure 107: Ireland: Footwear retailers’ sales as share of all retail sales, 2001-10
ITALY
 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Footwear market underperforms
Very fragmented market
Specialists retain strong hold on market
Fashionability and competition drive sales
Sector showing signs of recovery
Cheap imports from China and Vietnam
Footwear important to the Italian economy…
…and important to the Italians
 THE ITALIAN FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 108: Italy: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 109: Italy: Footwear market, estimated channels of distribution, 2005
Sports goods retailers
Department stores
Hypermarkets
Street markets
Buying groups
Clothing specialists
 THE CONSUMER
Where shoes are bought
Figure 110: Where consumers have bought shoes in the last 12 months, 2006
Market positioning
Figure 111: Italy: Market positioning of major footwear retailers, May 2006
Repertoire analysis
Figure 112: Italy: Number of shoes shops used, by retailer bought from, May 2006
The Consumer: Detailed demographics
Figure 113: Where consumers bought shoes in the last 12 months by age, income and occupation, May 2006
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 114: Italy: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Outlet and enterprise data
Outlets
Enterprises
Figure 115: Italy: Retail enterprise and outlet data, 2002-03
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 116: Italy: Leading footwear retailers, 2005
Bata Italia
Calturifizio Valleverde
Tod’s
Salvatore Ferragamo
Bruno Magli
Fratelli Rossetti
Geox
Market shares
Figure 117: Italy: Leading footwear retailers’ market shares, 2004/05
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Prospects
Forecasts
Figure 118: Italy: Footwear retailers’ sales forecast, 2005-10
Figure 119: Italy: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10 (f)
THE NETHERLANDS
 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Consumer spending on the back foot
Macintosh to move into leading place
Specialists dominate the retail scene
Footwear specialists' sales fall
Outlook grim
 THE DUTCH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
The effect of tariffs on imports from China and Vietnam
Market value and trends
Figure 120: The Netherlands: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Figure 121: The Netherlands: Relative performance of footwear and total consumer spending, 2001-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 122: The Netherlands: Footwear channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 123: The Netherlands: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Retail prices
Figure 124: The Netherlands: Footwear consumer price index, 2000-05
Outlet and enterprise data
Figure 125: The Netherlands: Number of footwear retail enterprises and outlets, 2001-04
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 126: The Netherlands: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Sports goods retailers
Market shares
Figure 127: The Netherlands: Leading retailers’ market shares, 2005
Figure 128: The Netherlands: Leading players’ share of footwear specialists' sales, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 129: The Netherlands: Footwear retailers’ sales forecast, 2005-10
Figure 130: The Netherlands: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10 (f)
NORWAY
 THE NORWEGIAN FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 131: Norway: Consumer spending on footwear, 2000-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 132: Norway: Footwear, channels of distribution, 2004
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 133: Norway: Footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 134: Norway: Leading footwear specialists, 2004
Market shares
Figure 135: Norway: Leading retailers’ market shares, 2004
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 136: Norway: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
Figure 137: Norway: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10
POLAND
 THE POLISH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 138: Poland: Consumer spending, 2001-05
Channels of distribution
Retail prices
Figure 139: Poland: Average retail prices of selcted leather footwear, 2000-04
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 140: Poland: Identified footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 141: Poland: Leading retailers’ estimated market shares, 2005
Figure 142: Poland: Leading retailers estimated market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
PORTUGAL
 THE PORTUGUESE FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 143: Portugal: Consumer expenditure on footwear, 1998-2002
Channels of distribution
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 144: Portugal: Estimated footwear retail specialists’ sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 145: Portugal: Leading footwear retailers, 2005/06
Foreva
Charles
Bata
Hera
Shoe Hyper
Mango, Inditex and Cortefiel (Spain)
El Corte Inglés
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Prospects
Forecasts
Figure 146: Portugal: Footwear retailers’ sales forecast, 2006-10
Figure 147: Portugal: Footwear retailers share of all retail sales, 2001-10
SPAIN
 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Spain’s retail sector remains robust…but footwear underperforms
Highly fragmented footwear retail sector
El Corte Inglés is the largest retailer of footwear…
…but faces increasing competition
 THE SPANISH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Cheap imports from China and Vietnam
Market value and trends
Figure 148: Spain: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 149: Spain: Footwear market, estimated channels of distribution, 2005
Department stores
Grocers
Footwear multiple stores
Clothing shops
Sports good retailers
Market stalls
 THE CONSUMER
Where shoes are bought
Figure 150: Where consumers have bought shoes in the last 12 months, 2006
Market positioning
Figure 151: Spain: Leading players market positioning, 2006
Repertoire analysis
Figure 152: Spain: Numbers of shoes shops used by retailer bought from, May 2006
The Consumer: Detailed demographics
Figure 153: Where consumers bought shoes in the last 12 months by age, income and occupation, May 2006
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 154: Spain: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2001-05
Outlet and enterprise data
Enterprises
Outlets
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 155: Spain: Leading footwear retailers, 2005
Inditex
El Corte Inglés
Carrefour
Alcampo
Bata
C&A
Fosco and Merkal (Vivarte)
Farrutx
Cortefiel
Mango
Pikolinos
Barrats
Market shares
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 156: Spain: Footwear retailers’ sales forecast, 2006-10
Figure 157: Spain: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10
SWEDEN
 THE SWEDISH FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 158: Sweden: Consumer expenditure on footwear, 2000-05
Channels of distribution
Figure 159: Sweden: Channels of distribution, 2005
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 160: Sweden: Footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 161: Sweden: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 162: Sweden: Footwear specialists’ estimated share of footwear specialists sales, 2005
Figure 163: Sweden: Leading footwear retailers’ estimated market shares, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 164: Sweden: Footwear retailers’ sales, 2005-10
Figure 165: Sweden: Footwear retailers’ share of all retail sales, 2001-10
SWITZERLAND
 THE SWISS FOOTWEAR MARKET
Economic background
Market value and trends
Figure 166: Switzerland: Consumer spending on footwear, 2001-05
Channels of distribution
 SECTOR VALUE AND TRENDS
Figure 167: Swiss footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
 LEADING RETAILERS
Figure 168: Switzerland: Leading footwear specialists, 2005
Market shares
Figure 169: Switzerland: Leading footwear retailers’ market shares, 2005
Figure 170: Switzerland: Leading footwear retailers’ shares of footwear specialists’ sales, 2005
 PROSPECTS AND FORECASTS
Figure 171: Switzerland: Footwear retailers’ sales forecast, 2005-10
Figure 172: Switzerland: Footwear retailers’ sales as % of all retail sales, 2001-10(f)
UK
 ISSUES IN THE MARKET
Definitions
 ABBREVIATIONS
 INSIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
 MARKET IN BRIEF
Footwear has moved centre-stage in fashion
Failure of the specialists to respond
What is driving market growth
Change in attitudes
Fashion – a key driver
Growth being taken by non-specialists
The specialists
Figure 173: Footwear: Leading retailers’ market positioning, May 2006
The future for the specialists
Service
Attributes
Spending up, but specialists losing share
Fragmented market
Figure 174: Footwear market: Channels of distribution, 2005
Top players
Figure 175: UK: Leading footwear retailers, 2005
Footwear has moved centre-stage in fashion
 OUTLOOK
Quotas
Figure 176: Footwear retailers’ sales as percentage of all clothing and footwear retailers’ sales, 2000-10
 INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Market challenges
Lack of fashion
Deflation
Crowded market
Specialists versus clothing retailers
Supermarkets
Service
Store design – an important factor?
Throw away fashion
Online – is it increasing?
What's new?
Quotas
 INTERNAL MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Quotas
Retail prices
Figure 177: UK: Inflation on clothing and footwear, 2001-05
Margins
Fast(er) fashion
Shoes moving centre stage in fashion
 BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Ageing population
Figure 178: UK female population, by age group, 2001-11
Strong consumer confidence
Figure 179: PDI and consumer expenditure, at current and constant 2001 prices, 2001-11
More affluent population
Figure 180: UK population, by socio-economic group, 2001-11
 MARKET IN CONTEXT
Fashion trends
Low barriers to entry
Shoes in the fashion context
Figure 181: Spending on fashion items, 2001-05
Figure 182: Growth in spending on fashion, by component, 2001-05
Shoes in the wider personal goods context
Figure 183: Growth in spending on footwear and other personal effects, 2001-05
Shoes in the total spending context
 MARKET STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
 WHO’S INNOVATING
Fast fashion
Fashion trainers
E-commerce
Store design
Camper
 MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST
Spending on footwear
Figure 185: UK: Spending on footwear, 2001-05
Figure 186: Footwear spending as % all spending of clothing and footwear, 1994-2005
Specialist vs non-specialist footwear retailers
Figure 187: UK: Footwear specialists sales, 2001-05
Falling share of fashion spend
Figure 188: UK: footwear specialists' sales as % all clothing and footwear retailers’ sales, 1994-2005
Growth in the non-specialists
Figure 189: Footwear specialists sales as % all spending on footwear, 1994-2005
Failure of the specialists to respond
Enterprise and outlet data
Figure 190: UK: Footwear retail enterprises data, 2000-04
Forecast – Spending on footwear
Growing interest in footwear as part of the fashion mix
Clouds on the economic horizon
Quotas
Further growth in demand
Figure 191: Spending on footwear, 2000-10
Figure 192: Spending on footwear as percentage of all retail sales, 2000-10
Footwear specialists sales
Figure 193: Footwear specialist's sales, 2000-10
Figure 194: Footwear retailers’ sales as percentage of all clothing and footwear retailers’ sales, 2000-10
The challenge for the specialists
 THE CONSUMER
 KEY CONSUMER FINDINGS
 THE CONSUMER – WHERE
Figure 195: Where consumers have bought footwear for self in last 12 months, May 2006
 TREND DATA
Figure 196: Where consumers have bought shoes, 2004 and 2006
Market positioning
Figure 197: Footwear: Leading retailers market positioning, May 2006
Figure 198: Where conumsers buy footwear, top 7, by gender, age and socio-economic groups, May 2006
Number of stores bought from
Figure 199: Number of stores shoes bought from, May 2006
Figure 200: Number of footwear retailers used, by retailers shopped at, May 2006
 THE CONSUMER – WHAT
How many pairs!
Figure 201: How many pairs of shoes consumers think they own, May 2006
Figure 202: Shoe ownership, men vs women, May 2006
Figure 203: Ownership of shoes, by age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Figure 204: Shoe ownership by region, May 2006
Where the shoe fans shop
Figure 205: Shoe ownership, by where people shop for shoes, May 2006
 WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Figure 206: Average price consumers are prepared to pay for a pair of shoes, May 2006
Figure 207: Average price consumers prepared to pay for shoes by age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Price paid and retailers used
Figure 208: Average amount consumers are prepared to spend on a pair of shoes, by where they shop, May 2006
 THE CONSUMER – DETAILED CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHICS
Figure 209: Where consumers buy footwear, top 7, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
Figure 210: Where conumser buy footwear, other, by gender, age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Figure 211: Where conumser buy footwear, other, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
Figure 212: Where else conumser buy footwear, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
Figure 213: Where else conumser buy footwear, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN categories, media usage, commercial TV viewing and store regulalry used for grocery shopping, May 2006
How many pairs
Figure 214: How many pairs of shoes consumer think they own, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing habits and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
Willingness to pay
Figure 215: Average price consumers are prepared to pay for a pair of shoes, by gender, age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Figure 216: Average price consumers are prepared to pay for a pair of shoes, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing habits and store regualrly used for gorcery shopping, May 2006
 CONSUMER ATTITUDES AND TYPOLOGIES
Key consumer findings
Key topics
 IDENTIFYING TARGETS
Figure 217: Consumer typologies, May 2006
Shoe-addicts (14%)
Price-led (22%)
Enduring-style (31%)
By Replacement (32%)
Consumer types by where they shop
Figure 218: Shop usage by customer typology, May 2006
Other attributes of consumer types
Figure 219: Number of outlets used by consumer typology, May 2006
Figure 220: Number of pairs of shoes owned by consumer typology, May 2006
Figure 221: Average price paid by consumer typology, May 2006
Loyalty of consumer types
Figure 222: Footwear buyer typology by number of stores used, May 2006
Number of pairs owned
Figure 223: Footwear buyer typology by number of pairs owned, May 2006
Price consumer type are prepared to pay
Figure 224: Footwear buyer typology by price prepared to pay, May 2006
 THE CONSUMER – HOW
Figure 225: Footwear shopping habits, May 2006
Figure 226: Shopping habits, by gender, age and socio-economic groups, May 2006
Figure 227: Shopping habits, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing habits and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
 THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE
Figure 228: How consumers feel about shoe shopping, May 2006
Figure 229: Shoe shopping – key attitudes by age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Figure 230: How consumers feel about shoe shopping, by gender, age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Shopping habits by shops used
Figure 231: How consumers feel about shoe shopping by shops used, May 2006
Figure 232: How consumers feel about shoe shopping by shops used (continued), May 2006
 WISH LIST
Figure 233: What services would consumers like to see offered, May 2006
Figure 234: What services would consumers like to see offered, by gender, age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Wish list by consumer typology
Figure 235: Wish list by consumer typology, May 2006
Wish list by shops used
Figure 236: Wish list by shops used, May 2006
 CONSUMER ATTITUDES AND TYPOLOGY GROUPS – DETAILED CONSUMER DEMOGRAPHICS
Shopping habits
Figure 237: Shopping habits, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing habits and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
Figure 238: Shopping habits, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing habits and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
Figure 239: Shopping habits, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing habits and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
The shopping experience
Figure 240: How consumers feel about shoe shopping, by gender, age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Figure 241: How consumers feel about shoe shopping, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing habits and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
Wish List
Figure 242: What services would consumers like to see offered, by gender, age and socio-economic group, May 2006
Figure 243: What services would consumers like to see offered, by lifestage, presence of children, Mintel's Special Groups, working status, region, ACORN category, media usage, commercial TV viewing habits and store regularly used for grocery shopping, May 2006
 CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
Figure 244: UK: Footwear market: Channels of distribution, 2005
The independents
 RETAIL COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
Leading players – specialists
Figure 245: UK: Leading specialist footwear retailers, 2004-05
Specialists vs non-specialists
Non-specialists
Market shares
Figure 246: Footwear retailers, market shares, 2005
Retailer prospects
Figure 247: Footwear market leaders’ prospects, 2006
Recommendations for retailers to maximise their potential
 SPECIALISTS
Dune
Bally
Ecco
Scholl
Office
Qube
Sole Trader
Instep
LK Bennett
Aldo
Foot Locker
 NON SPECIALISTS
Clothing specialists
Arcadia
Figure 248: Arcadia, fascia and store numbers, 2000-05
Bhs
M&S
New Look
Next
River Island
Summary of other clothing specialists
Department stores
House of Fraser
Debenhams
John Lewis
Supermarkets and value retailers
Asda
Tesco
Matalan
Peacocks
Primark
Factory outlets
Mail order/Internet
 SPORTS RETAILERS
JJB Sports
John David Group (incorporating Allsports)
SportsWorld
 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Financial definitions used are:
Commercial TV viewing definitions:
MAJOR COMPANY PROFILES
BATA LIMITED
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Bata Canada
Store portfolio
Figure 249: Bata: European outlet data, July 2006
Store formats
Store renovation and redesign
Bata store in Prague
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Brands
Figure 250: Bata: Sample of available brands in European Bata stores, July 2006
Pricing
Operational issues
e-commerce & home shopping
BRANTANO
Figure 251: Brantano: UK sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 252: Brantano: Financial performance, 2001-05
UK and Belgium
Denmark and Netherlands
Figure 253: Brantano: Performance by region, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 254: Brantano: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offering
Figure 255: Brantano: Product offer – percentage of all products stocked, 2005
Pricing
Brands
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
C&J CLARK GROUP
Figure 256: C&J Clark: Total UK Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2000-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 257: C&J Clark Group: Group financial performance, 1999/2000-2004/05
Store portfolio
Figure 258: C&J Clark Group: Outlet data, 2000-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
DEICHMANN
Figure 259: Deichmann: Estimated share of German footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Expansion?
Acquisitions?
Background
Financial performance
Figure 260: Deichmann: Sales performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 261: Deichmann: Outlet data, 2005
Retail offering
Germany
US
Switzerland
Other countries
Market positioning
Products and prices
Brands
e-commerce and home shopping
EL CORTE INGLÉS
Figure 262: El Corte Inglés: Total estimated footwear sales as share of footwear spending in Spain, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 263: El Corte Inglés: Financial performance, 2000/01-2004/05
Store portfolio
Figure 264: El Corte Inglés: Hipercor and department stores outlet data (Spanish stores only), 2002-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Figure 265: El Corte Inglés: Footwear brands sold in department stores, June 2006
Product offer
Pricing
e-commerce and home shopping
LEDER UND SCHUH AG
Figure 266: Leder und Schuh: Share of Footwear specialists’ sales in Austria, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 267: Leder und Schuh: Sales performance 2001-05,
Figure 268: Leder und Schuh: Sales performance in selected markets, 2005
Store portfolio
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
SCHUH LTD
Figure 269: Schuh Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2000-04
Strategic evaluation
Financial performance
Figure 270: Schuh Ltd: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 271: Schuh Ltd: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
SHOE STUDIO GROUP LTD
Figure 272: Shoe Studio Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2000-04
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 273: Shoe Studio Group Ltd: Financial performance, 2001/02-2004/05
Store portfolio
Figure 274: Shoe Studio Ltd: Outlet data, 2002-05
Retail offering
SHOE ZONE LTD
Figure 275: Shoe Zone Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 276: Shoe Zone Group Ltd: Financial performance, 2001/02-2004/05
Store portfolio
Figure 277: Shoe Zone Ltd: Outlet data, 2002-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer/pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
STEAD & SIMPSON
Figure 278: Stead & Simpson Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 279: Stead & Simpson Ltd: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 280: Stead & Simpson Ltd: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer/pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
STYLO PLC
Figure 281: Stylo Plc: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 282: Stylo Plc: Group financial performance, 2001/02-2005/06
Store portfolio
Figure 283: Stylo Plc: Outlet data, 2002-06
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
VIVARTE
Figure 284: Vivarte: Estimated share of French footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
PAI looks to sell Vivarte
Financial performance
Figure 285: Vivarte: Sales performance, 2001-05
Figure 286: Vivarte: Breakdown of total sales by divison, 2003
Store portfolio
Figure 287: Vivarte: Outlet data, 2005
Retail offering
Market positioning
e-commerce & home shopping
MINI COMPANY PROFILES
Dolcis Ltd
Figure 288: Dolcis Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 289: Dolcis Ltd: Group financial performance, 2000/01-2005/06
Store portfolio
Figure 290: Dolcis: Outlet data, 2001-06
Retail offering
Eram
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Store portfolio
Figure 291: Eram: Footwear outlets by fascia, 2005
Retail offering
Euro Sko Norge AS
Figure 292: Euro Sko Norge: Share of Norwegian footwear specialists retail sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Financial performance
Figure 293: Euro Sko Norge: Sales performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 294: Euro Sko Norge: Outlet data, 2001-05
Retail offering
F&K Lemonis
Figure 295: Lemonis: Share of footwear retailers’ sales in Greece, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 296: Lemonis: Financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 297: Lemonis: Outlet data by fascia , 2001-05
Retail offering
Faith Footwear Ltd
Figure 298: Faith Footwear Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2000-04
Strategic evaluation
Financial performance
Figure 299: Faith Footwear Ltd: Group financial performance, 2000-04
Store portfolio
Figure 300: Faith Footwear Ltd: UK outlet data, 2000-04
Retail offering
Hamm-Reno
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Store portfolio
Jones Bootmaker
Figure 301: A Jones & Sons Plc (Jones Bootmaker): Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2000-04
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 302: A Jones & Sons Plc: Group financial performance, 2000-04
Store portfolio
Figure 303: A Jones & Sons Plc: Outlet data, 2000-04
Retail offering
Kurt Geiger Ltd
Figure 304: Kurt Geiger Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Financial performance
Figure 305: Kurt Geiger Ltd: Group financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 306: Kurt Geiger Ltd: Outlet data, 2002-06
Retail offering
Ludwig Görtz
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Store portfolio
Retail offering
Macintosh Retail Group
Figure 307: Macintosh Footwear Retail: Share of footwear specialists sales in The Netherlands, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 308: Macintosh: Financial performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 309: Macintosh: Outlet data, 2005
Retail offering
Nilson Group AB
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 310: Nilson Group: Sales performance, 2002-05
Store portfolio
Figure 311: Distribution of Nilson Group stores by business division and country, 2005
Retail offering
Russell & Bromley Ltd
Figure 312: Russell & Bromley Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2000-04
Strategic evaluation
Financial performance
Figure 313: Russell & Bromley Ltd: Group financial performance, 2000-04
Store portfolio
Figure 314: Russell & Bromley Ltd: Outlet data, 2000-05
Retail offering
Shoefayre Ltd
Figure 315: Shoefayre Ltd: Sales as share of UK footwear specialists’ sales, 2000-04
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 316: Shoefayre Ltd: Group financial performance, 2000-05
Store portfolio
Figure 317: Shoefayre Ltd: Outlet data, 2000-05
Retail offering
Skoringen AMBA
Figure 318: Skoringen: Share of Danish footwear specialists’ sales, 2001-05
Strategic evaluation
Background
Financial performance
Figure 319: Skoringen: Sales performance, 2001-05
Store portfolio
Figure 320: Skoringen: Number of stores operating under group banners in Denmark, 2005
Retail offering
APPENDIX: BACKGROUND DATA
 AUSTRIA
Population
Figure 321: Austria: Population trends, 2000-04
Figure 322: Austria: Population, by age group and sex, 2004
Figure 323: Austria: Households, 1999-2003
Figure 324: Austria: Regions, 2001-04
Figure 325: Austria: Major cities, 2001 and 2004
Economy
Figure 326: Austria: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 327: Austria: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 328: Austria: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 329: Austria: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2000-04
 BELGIUM
Population
Figure 330: Belgium: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 331: Belgium: Population, by age group and sex, 2004
Figure 332: Belgium: Households, 2000-04
Figure 333: Belgium: Population of major regions, 2003-05
Figure 334: Belgium: Population, by province, 2003-2005
Figure 335: Belgium: Population of major cities, 2003-05
Economy
Figure 336: Belgium: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 337: Belgium: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 338: Belgium: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 339: Belgium: Detailed breakdown of household expenditure, 2000-04
 CZECH REPUBLIC
Population
Figure 340: Czech Republic: Population trends, 2000-04
Figure 341: Czech Republic: Population, by age group and sex, 2003
Figure 342: Czech Republic: Households, 1991-2001
Figure 343: Czech Republic: Major cities, 2002-04
Economy
Figure 344: Czech Republic: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 345: Czech Republic: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 346: Czech Republic: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 347: Czech Republic: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 1999-2003
 DENMARK
Population
Figure 348: Denmark: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 349: Denmark: Population, by age group and sex, 2005
Figure 350: Denmark: Households, 2001-05
Figure 351: Denmark: Major regions, 2001-05
Figure 352: Denmark: Major cities, 2001-05
Economy
Figure 353: Denmark: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 354: Denmark: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 355: Denmark: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 356: Denmark: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2000-04
 FINLAND
Population
Figure 357: Finland: Population trends, 2000-04
Figure 358: Finland: Population, by age group and sex, 2004
Figure 359: Finland: Households, December 2000-2003
Figure 360: Finland: Major regions and cities, 2004
Economy
Figure 361: Finland: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 362: Finland: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 363: Finland: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
Figure 364: Finland: Breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2000-2004
 FRANCE
Population
Figure 365: France: Population trends, 2002-06
Figure 366: France: Population, by age group and sex, 2006
Figure 367: France: Households, 2005
Figure 368: France: Regions and major cities, 1999 and 2004/05
Economy
Figure 369: France: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Figure 370: France: Consumer prices, 1998-2005
Figure 371: France: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
Figure 372: France: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2000-04
 GERMANY
Population
Figure 373: Germany: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 374: Germany: Population, by age group and sex, 2001-05
Figure 375: Germany: Households, 2003-05
Figure 376: Germany: Regions and major cities, 2004
Economy
Figure 377: Germany: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Figure 378: Germany: Consumer prices, 1998-2005
Figure 379: Germany: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
Figure 380: Germany: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2001-05
 GREECE
Population
Figure 381: Greece: Population trends, 2000-05
Figure 382: Greece: Population, by age group and sex, 2005
Figure 383: Greece: Households, 2001
Figure 384: Greece: Regions, 2005
Economy
Figure 385: Greece: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 386: Greece: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 387: Greece: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 388: Greece: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2000-04
 HUNGARY
Population
Figure 389: Hungary: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 390: Hungary: Population, by age group and sex, 2001-05
Figure 391: Hungary: Population, by region, 2001-05
Economy
Figure 392: Hungary: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 393: Hungary: Consumer prices, 1998-2004
Figure 394: Hungary: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 395: Hungary: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2002 and 2003
 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Population
Figure 396: Republic of Ireland: Population by sex, 2001-05
Figure 397: Republic of Ireland: Population age profile, 2004 and 2005
Figure 398: Households in the Republic of Ireland, 1991 and 2002
Figure 399: Republic of Ireland: Average household size, 1998-2002
Figure 400: Ireland: Counties and major cities, 2002
Economy
Figure 401: Republic of Ireland: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 402: Republic of Ireland: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 403: Republic of Ireland: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 404: Republic of Ireland: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2000-04
 ITALY
Population
Figure 405: Italy: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 406: Italy: Population, by age group and sex, 2005
Figure 407: Italy: Households, by number of members, 1998-2003
Figure 408: Italy: Population, by region, 2001-05
Figure 409: Italy: Population of major cities, 2001-05
Economy
Figure 410: Italy: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Figure 411: Italy: Consumer prices, 1998-2005
Figure 412: Italy: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
Figure 413: Italy: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2001-05
 THE NETHERLANDS
Population
Figure 414: The Netherlands: Population trends, 2002-06
Figure 415: The Netherlands: Population, by age group, 2005 and 2006
Figure 416: The Netherlands: Households, January 2005
Figure 417: The Netherlands: Major regions and cities, 2005 and 2006
Economy
Figure 418: The Netherlands: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Figure 419: The Netherlands: Consumer prices, 2001-05
Figure 420: The Netherlands: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 421: The Netherlands: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2001-04
 NORWAY
Population
Figure 422: Norway: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 423: Norway: Population, by age group and sex, 2005
Figure 424: Norway: Households, 2001
Figure 425: Norway: Population by region, 2001-05
Figure 426: Norway: Major cities, 2001-05
Economy
Figure 427: Norway: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 428: Norway: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 429: Norway: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 430: Norway: Detailed breakdown of expenditure on consumer goods, 2000-04
 POLAND
Population
Figure 431: Poland: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 432: Poland: Population, by age group and sex, 2005 (f)
Figure 433: Poland: Household size, 2002-05
Figure 434: Poland: Major cities, 2001-05
Economy
Figure 435: Poland: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 436: Poland: Consumer prices, 1998-2004
Figure 437: Poland: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 438: Poland: Consumer spending, by category, 1999-2003
Figure 439: Poland: Breakdown of average monthly per capita expenditure of households, 1999-2003
 PORTUGAL
Population
Figure 440: Portugal: Population trends, 2000-04
Figure 441: Portugal: Population, by age group, December 2004
Figure 442: Portugal: Households, 2001
Figure 443: Portugal: Regions and major cities, 2003
Economy
Figure 444: Portugal: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 445: Portugal: Consumer prices, 1997-2004
Figure 446: Portugal: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
Figure 447: Portugal: Consumer spending breakdown, by category, 1999-2003
 SPAIN
Population
Figure 448: Spain: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 449: Spain: Population, by age group and sex, 2005
Figure 450: Spain: Households by number of members, 2001
Figure 451: Spain: Population by region, 2001-05
Figure 452: Spain: Population of major cities, 2001-05
Economy
Figure 453: Spain: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Figure 454: Spain: Consumer prices, 1998-2005
Figure 455: Spain: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
Figure 456: Spain: Detailed breakdown of expenditure on consumer goods, 2000-04
 SWEDEN
Population
Figure 457: Sweden: Population trends, 2000-04
Figure 458: Sweden: Population, by age group and sex, 2004
Figure 459: Sweden: Households, 2000-02
Figure 460: Sweden: Counties, 2000-04
Figure 461: Sweden: Population of major cities, 2000-04
Economy
Figure 462: Sweden: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 463: Sweden: Consumer prices, 1998-2004
Figure 464: Sweden: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 465: Sweden: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2000-04
 SWITZERLAND
Population
Figure 466: Switzerland: Population trends, 2000-04
Figure 467: Switzerland: Population, by age group and sex, 2004
Figure 468: Switzerland: Number of households, 2000
Figure 469: Switzerland: Population cantons, 2004
Figure 470: Switzerland: Population major cities 2003 and 2004
Economy
Figure 471: Switzerland: Gross domestic product, 1995-2004
Figure 472: Switzerland: Consumer prices, 1998-2004
Figure 473: Switzerland: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2004
Figure 474: Switzerland: Consumer expenditure, by category, 1999-2003
Figure 475: Switzerland: Breakdown of household monthly expenditure on consumer goods, 2000-02
 UNITED KINGDOM
Population
Figure 476: UK: Population trends, 2001-05
Figure 477: UK: Population, by age group and sex, 2005
Figure 478: UK: Households, 2005
Figure 479: UK: Regions and major cities, 2004
Economy
Figure 480: UK: Gross domestic product, 1995-2005
Figure 481: UK: Consumer prices, 1998-2005
Figure 482: UK: Consumer expenditure, 1995-2005
Figure 483: UK: Detailed breakdown of consumer expenditure, 2001-05