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Clothing Retailing - France - November 2010

MARKET IN BRIEF
REPORT SCOPE
 TECHNICAL NOTES
Definitions
Financial definitions
Currencies
Country codes
Figure 1: Country codes
VAT
Figure 2: Europe: Standard VAT rates, 2010
Other abbreviations
BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Population
Economy
COMPETITIVE CONTEXT
Key points
Figure 3: France: Consumer spending on clothing and selected other goods, 2005-09
Consumer attitudes
Figure 4: France: Attitudes to buying clothes, 2009
Figure 5: French shopping attitudes: Socio economic profile of respondents, 2009
Figure 6: Agreement with selected lifestyle statements, France, 2005-09
 CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTION
Figure 7: France: Estimated channels of distribution, 2009
SECTOR SIZE AND FORECAST
Key points
Economic outlook
Retail sales
Figure 8: France: Clothing specialists’ retail sales, 2005-10
Figure 9: France: Clothing specialists’ retail sales, 2010-15
Enterprise data
Figure 10: France: Clothing specialists, enterprise data, 2003-07
RETAIL COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Slow consolidation
Value comes to the fore
Fast fashion
Building scale
Online arrivals
Figure 11: France: Leading clothing retailers, 2009/10
Market shares
Figure 12: France: Clothing specialists’ market shares, 2009
Internet usage
Figure 13: France: Clothing website visitors, June 2010
BENETTON GROUP
Figure 14: Benetton Group: Sales as share of clothing, footwear & textiles in Europe, 2005-09
Strategic evaluation
Growth opportunities mostly outside Europe
Competition increasing
Vertical integration still a strength
Lack of internet strategy worrying
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 15: Benetton Group: Group financial performance, 2005-09
Market performance
Brand performance
First half of 2010
Store portfolio
Figure 16: Benetton Group: Outlet data, 2005-09
Retail offering
Figure 17: Benetton Group: Sales, by brand, 2009
Advertising and marketing
e-commerce and home shopping
C&A EUROPE
Figure 18: C&A Germany: Sales as share of clothing retailers’ sales in Germany, 2005-09
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 19: C&A Europe: Group sales performance, 2005/06-2009/10
Figure 20: C&A Europe: estimated sales, by country, 2008/09-2009/10
Figure 21: C&A europe: Share of group sales, by country, 2009/10
Store portfolio
Figure 22: C&A Europe: Outlet data, 2005/06-2009/10
Figure 23: C&A: Fascias operated by C&A in Europe, April 2010
Retail offering
Figure 24: C&A Europe: Own brands, 2010
e-commerce and home shopping
CORTEFIEL
Figure 25: Cortefiel: Sales as share of clothing, footwear & textiles in Europe, 2005-09
Strategic evaluation
Flexible in moving into new markets, but a late mover
Online will add sales and help expansion
Rapid foreign growth needed to overcome slide in home market
Prospects at home still not good
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 26: Grupo Cortefiel: Group financial performance, 2005-09
Sales by fascia
Figure 27: Grupo Cortefiel: Sales by brand, percentage share, 2009/10
Store portfolio
Group
Europe
Figure 28: Grupo Cortefiel: Outlet data, 2006-10
Figure 29: Grupo Cortefiel: Outlet data, 2008-10
Retail offering
e-commerce and home shopping
GAP (EUROPE)
Figure 30: Gap (Europe): Sales as share of clothing, footwear & textiles in Europe, 2004-09
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 31: Gap (Europe): Group financial performance, 2006-10
Store portfolio
Figure 32: Gap (Europe): Outlet data, 2005-10
Retail offering
e-commerce
GRUPO INDITEX
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 33: Grupo Inditex: Group financial performance, 2005/06-2009/10
Figure 34: Grupo Inditex: Sales growth, 2005/06-2009/10
Figure 35: Grupo Inditex: Estimated sales in key European markets, 2005/06-2009/10
Figure 36: Europe: Grupo Inditex: Sales by retail brand, 2005/06-2009/10
H1 2010/11
Figure 37: Grupo Inditex: Sales H12009/10 and 2010/11
Store portfolio
Figure 38: Grupo Inditex: Outlet data, 2006-10
Figure 39: Grupo Inditex: Outlet numbers, by fascia, 2005/06-2009/10
Figure 40: Grupo Inditex: Other outlet data, by fascia, 2009/10
Figure 41: Grupo Inditex: European Stores by country and by fascia, 2009/10
Retail offering
e-commerce and home shopping
H&M HENNES & MAURITZ
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 42: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Group financial performance, 2004/05-2008/09
First half 2009/10
Store portfolio
Figure 43: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Outlet data, 2004/05-2008/09
Retail offering
e-commerce
MANGO GROUP
Figure 44: Mango Spain: Sales as share of all clothing specialists’ sales in Spain, 2005-09
Strategic evaluation
Global presence – too big?
Distinct from its competitors and staying true to the core brand message
Developing a multi-brand strategy?
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 45: Mango Group: Group sales performance, 2005-09
Figure 46: Mango: Estimated performance, by major markets, 2009
Store portfolio
Figure 47: Mango Group: Outlet data, 2005-09
Figure 48: Mango Group: Breakdown of stores in Europe, 2006-10
Retail offering
e-commerce and home shopping
NEW LOOK RETAIL GROUP LTD
Figure 49: New Look Group Plc: Sales as share of clothing, footwear & textiles in UK, 2005-09
Strategic evaluation
Can New Look really double in size?
Strength of value fashion proposition is key
Widening range offers growth
Ambitious multi-channel expansion plans
International expansion opportunities
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 50: New Look Group Plc: Group financial performance, 2006-10
Store portfolio
Figure 51: New Look Group Plc: Outlet data, 2005-09
Retail offering
e-commerce
VIVARTE
Figure 52: Vivarte: Estimated sales as share of clothing specialists’ sales in Europe, 2005-09
Strategic evaluation
Recent history
Financial performance
Figure 53: Vivarte: Estimated group financial performance, 2005-09
Store portfolio
Figure 54: Vivarte: European outlet data, 2009
Retail offering
e-commerce and home shopping
APPENDIX – BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT
Population
Figure 55: Europe: Population, by age group, 2005
Figure 56: Europe: Population, by age group, 2010
Figure 57: Europe: Population, by age group, 2015
Figure 58: Europe: Population, by age group, 2020
GDP
Figure 59: Europe: GDP (in current prices), 2000-10Q2
Figure 60: Europe: GDP Growth rates (in constant prices), 2000-10Q2
Consumer spending
Figure 61: Europe: Consumer spending (in current prices), 2001-10Q2
Figure 62: Europe: Consumer spending growth rates (in constant prices), 2001-10Q2
Consumer prices
Figure 63: Europe: Consumer prices, 2000-Q3 2010
Unemployment
Figure 64: Europe: Average rate of unemployment, 2000-Q2 2010
Interest rates
Figure 65: Europe: Interest rates, 2004-Q1 2010
Consumer confidence
Figure 66: Europe: Consumer confidence, Aug 2009-Sept 2010

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