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Clothing Retailing - France - September 2008

MARKET IN BRIEF
The future
Market size and performance
The competitive landscape
REPORT SCOPE
 TECHNICAL NOTES
Definitions
Financial definitions
Currencies
Country codes
Figure 1: Country codes
VAT
Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2007
BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Positive factors
Negative factors
Gradual population growth
Figure 3: France: Population trends, 2003-08
Figure 4: France: Population projections, by age group, 2005-45
Economy
GDP – improvement but inflation is proving costly
Figure 5: France: Gross domestic product, 1996-2007
Undermining consumer confidence
Figure 6: France: Household consumer expenditure, 1995-2007
Extended period of consumer malaise
Figure 7: France: Consumer confidence, January 1996-May 2008
Inflation set to increase
Figure 8: France: Consumer prices, 2002-07
THE MARKET IN CONTEXT
Key findings
Disappointing clothing performance
Figure 9: France: Consumer spending on selected categories of goods, 2003-07
Prices fall to encourage demand
Figure 10: France: Consumer price indices for major product categories, 1998-2007
Figure 11: France: Consumer price indices for clothing by product type, 1998-2007
 CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
SECTOR SIZE AND FORECAST
Key findings
Economic outlook
Retail prospects
Figure 12: France: Retail sales, 2003-12
Recent trends in French clothing retail
Enterprise data
Figure 13: France: Furniture retailers, enterprise numbers, 2001-05
RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Key findings
Home grown talent
Vivarte top of the class
Inditex closing the gap
Other foreign players looking to make inroads
Figure 14: France: Leading players in the clothing sector, 2007/08
Market shares and evaluation
Figure 15: France: Leading clothing specialists’ market shares, 2007
BENETTON GROUP
Figure 16: Benetton (Europe): Sales as share of clothing specialists in Europe, 2003-07
Strategic evaluation
History
Financial performance
Figure 17: Benetton Group: Group financial performance, 2003-07
Store portfolio
Figure 18: Benetton Group: Outlet data, 2003-07
Retail offering
Market positioning
Product offer
Figure 19: Benetton Group: Sales by brand, 2007
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
C&A
Figure 20: C&A: Sales as share of clothing retailers’ sales in Europe, 2005-07
Figure 21: C&A Germany: Sales as share of clothing retailers’ sales in Germany, 2003-07
Strategic evaluation
History
Financial performance
Figure 22: C&A: Group sales performance, 2005/06-2007/08
Figure 23: C&A: Share of group sales by market, 2007/08
Store portfolio
Figure 24: C&A: Outlet data, 2003/04-2007/08
Figure 25: C&A, Sales per Outlet in selected countries, 2005-07
Figure 26: C&A: Fascias operated by C&A in Europe, 2008
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands and product offer
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
DIRAMODE
Recent history
Financial performance
Store portfolio
Figure 27: Diramode: Outlet data, 2006
Retail offering
Market positioning, products and brands
Operational issues
e-commerce and home shopping
ESPRIT
Figure 28: Esprit: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2003-07
History
Financial performance
Figure 29: Esprit: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
Figure 30: Esprit: Sales performance by channel and region, 2002/03-2006/07
Figure 31: Esprit: Sales performance by region, 2002/03 and 2006/07
Store portfolio
Figure 32: Esprit: Outlet data, 2002/03-2006/07
Figure 33: Esprit: Store network by region and type, June 2007
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands and product offer
Figure 34: Esprit: Product mix, 2006/07
Pricing
e-commerce and home shopping
ETAM GROUP
Figure 35: Etam Group: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2003-07
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 36: Etam Group: Group financial performance, 2003-07
First half 2008
Store portfolio
Figure 37: Etam Group: Outlet data, 2003-07
Figure 38: Etam: Outlet numbers by brand, 2003-07
Retail offering
Market positioning and brands
Figure 39: Etam Group Brands, 2007
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
GAP
Figure 40: Gap Inc: Sales as share of clothing specialists in UK, 2002-06
History
Financial performance
Figure 41: Gap Inc: Group financial performance, 2003/04-2007/08
Store portfolio
Figure 42: Gap Inc: Outlet data, 2004-08
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer/pricing
e-commerce and home shopping
GRUPO INDITEX
Figure 43: Grupo Inditex: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2003-07
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 44: Grupo Inditex: Group financial performance – continuing operations, 2003/04-2007/08
Figure 45: Grupo Inditex: Sales growth by type, 2003/04-2007/08
Figure 46: Grupo Inditex: Estimated sales in key European markets, 2004/05-2007/08
Figure 47: Grupo Inditex: Consolidated sales by geographic region, year to January 2004-08
Figure 48: Grupo Inditex: Sales performance by fascia, 2003/04-2007/08
Store portfolio
Figure 49: Grupo Inditex: Outlet and country numbers, 2003/04-2007/08
Figure 50: Grupo Inditex: Outlet numbers by fascia, 2003/04-2007/08
Figure 51: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data by fascia, 2003/04-2007/08
Figure 52: Grupo Inditex: European outlet numbers by country and fascia, January 2008
Figure 53: Grupo Inditex: Breakdown of proportion of company owned and franchise stores, by fascia, 2006-07
Figure 54: Grupo Inditex: Expansion plans, 2008
Retail offering
Market positioning
Zara
Massimo Dutti
Bershka
Figure 55: Grupo Inditex: Company websites, 2008
H&M HENNES & MAURITZ
Figure 56: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2003-07
Figure 57: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in the UK, 2003-07
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 58: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
Figure 59: H&M Hennes & Mauritz Sales by: country, 2002/03-2006/07
Store portfolio
Figure 60: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Outlet data, 2003-07
Figure 61: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Sales per outlet, 2003-07
Figure 62: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Comparison of percentage increase in sales vs percentage increase in outlet numbers, European markets, 2005/06-2006/07
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Figure 63: H&M, own brand portfolio, 2008
Product offer/pricing
H&M – Cos
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
Figure 64: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Breakdown of advertising expenditure in the UK, 2007
e-commerce and home shopping
MANGO GROUP
Figure 65: Mango Group: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2003-07
Figure 66: Mango Spain: Sales as share of all clothing specialists’ sales in Spain, 2003-07
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 67: Mango Group: Group financial performance, 2003-08
Figure 68: Mango: Estimated performance by major markets, 2007
Store portfolio
Figure 69: Mango Group: Outlet data, 2002-07
Figure 70: Mango Group: Breakdown of stores in Europe, 2004-08
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands
Product offer
Pricing
Advertising and marketing
Figure 71: Mango: Breakdown of advertising expenditure in the UK, 2007
e-commerce and home shopping
NEW LOOK
Figure 72: New Look: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2003-07
Figure 73: New Look: Sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in UK, 2003-07
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 74: New Look Group Plc: Group financial performance, 2003/04-2007/08
Store portfolio
Figure 75: New Look Group Plc: Outlet data, 2004-08
Figure 76: New Look Group: Outlet data by country, 2007-08
Retail offering
Market positioning
Brands/product offer
Figure 77: New Look womenswear own brand clothing portfolio, 2008
Pricing
Operational issues
Advertising and marketing
Figure 78: New Look: Breakdown of advertising expenditure in the UK, 2007
e-commerce and home shopping
VIVARTE
Figure 79: Vivarte: Sales as share of clothing, footwear and textiles specialists’ sales in Europe, 2003-07
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 80: Vivarte: Group financial performance, 2002/03-2006/07
Store portfolio
Figure 81: Vivarte: Clothing Outlet data, 2008
Retail offering
Market positioning/Product offer
e-commerce and home shopping

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