Footwear Retailing - Italy - August 2010

MARKET IN BRIEF
Market size and performance
The competitive landscape
REPORT SCOPE
Company coverage
Definitions
Retail sector sales
Market sizes
Abbreviations
Technical notes
Financial definitions
Currencies
Country codes
Figure 1: Country codes
VAT
Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2010
BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Key points
Implications for footwear retailers
COMPETITIVE CONTEXT
Key points
Figure 3: Italy: Consumer expenditure on footwear and selected related categories, 2005-09
Low inflation for footwear
Figure 4: Italy: Consumer price index for selected categories, 2000-09
CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
SECTOR SIZE AND FORECAST
Key points
Economic outlook
Retail sales forecasts
Figure 5: Italy: Retail sales forecast, 2005-15
Footwear specialists’ prospects
Enterprise data
Figure 6: Italy: Footwear retailers, enterprise numbers, 2003-07
RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Key points
A fragmented sector
Bata is the market leader
Manufacturers’ branded outlets
Opportunities for value-led players
Figure 7: Italy: Leading players in the footwear sector, 2008/09
Market shares
BATA LIMITED
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Store portfolio
Figure 8: Bata: European outlet data, 2006 and 2010
Store formats
Figure 9: Bata: Main retail formats, 2010
Retail offering
Figure 10: Bata: Major own brands, 2010
e-commerce
DEICHMANN
Figure 11: Deichmann: Estimated share of German footwear specialists sales, 2005-09
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 12: Deichmann: Sales performance, 2005-09
Store portfolio
Figure 13: Deichmann: Outlet data, 2010
Retail offering
e-commerce
APPENDIX – BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Population
Figure 18: Top five European countries: Population, by age group, 2005
Figure 19: Top five European countries: Population, by age group, 2010
Figure 20: Top five European countries: Population, by age group, 2015
Figure 21: Top five European countries: Population, by age group, 2020
GDP
Figure 22: Top five European countries: GDP (in current prices), 2000-10
Figure 23: Top five European countries: GDP growth rates (in constant prices), 2000-10
Consumer spending
Figure 24: Top five European countries: Consumer spending (in current prices), 2001-10
Figure 25: Top five European countries: Consumer spending growth rates (in constant prices), 2001-10
Consumer prices
Figure 26: Top five European countries: Consumer prices, 2000-Q1 2010
Unemployment
Figure 27: Top five European countries: Average rate of unemployment, 2000-Q1 2010
Interest rates
Figure 28: Europe: Interest rates, 2004-Q1 2010
Consumer confidence
Figure 29: Top five European countries: Consumer confidence, May 2009-June 2010