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UK Department Stores Market Has Reached Its Highest Ever Value of GBP 14.1bn.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48619) has announced the addition of UK Department Stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores.  2006 to their offering.

Introduction:

Despite tough competition from supermarkets, value retailers and specialists the department store market grew again in 2006, by 3.6%, to just over [pounds sterling]14bn. Future expansion plans will impact on clothing, electricals and homewares retailers and suppliers, but stated department store expansion plans will need spend per head to grow by 22% by 2012 for sales densities to remain stable.

Scope:

In-depth market coverage - Ten year's data on consumer spending Consumer demand or consumption is also known as personal consumption expenditure. It is the largest part of aggregate demand or effective demand at the macroeconomic level.  trends in department stores - market size, value & volume growth and sector deflation deflation: see inflation.
deflation

Contraction in the volume of available money or credit that results in a general decline in prices. A less extreme condition is known as disinflation.
. Value of clothing & footwear, electricals, health & beauty, furniture & floorcoverings, and homewares sales through department stores (2001 and 2006). Profiles of the Top Ten retailers - market shares 2001-2006, key operating data, including sales per and profit per sq ft, store portfolio analysis. Five years retail space, value and like-for-like growth, average sales densities for last ten years and space allocation data by product category.

Highlights:

Growth has returned to the sector after two years of decline. With 3.6% growth the market has reached its highest ever value of [pounds sterling]14.1bn. A shakeout Shakeout

A situation in which many investors exit their positions, often at a loss, because of uncertainty or recent bad news circulating around a particular security or industry.

Notes:
During the dotcom boom and bust, numerous shakeouts occurred.
 of the weaker operators and consolidation in the sector has led to an improvement in sector performance. Average sales densities across the sector have increased by 6.1% to [pounds sterling]344 per sq ft per annum Per annum

Yearly.
. The Top Ten department store groups control over 90% of the sector following the shakeout of weaker operators.

Reasons to Purchase:

Benchmark and see growth trends in product categories through the department store channel. Robust proprietary market share and market size data of sales through department stores. Understand the potential and the challenges facing the department store sector.

CHAPTER 1 KEY FINDINGS

CHAPTER 2 MARKET ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 3 COMPANY DATA ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 4 BEALES

CHAPTER 5 DEBENHAMS

CHAPTER 6 FENWICK

CHAPTER 7 HARRODS

CHAPTER 8 HARVEY NICHOLS Harvey Nichols ("Harvey Nicks"), founded in 1813, is an upmarket department store chain. Its original store is in London, England, but it expanded to Leeds, England, and later to more cities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.  

CHAPTER 9 HOUSE OF FRASER House of Fraser is a British department store group with 61 stores (July 2007) across the country. The group was founded in Glasgow in 1849. The flagship London store is now the House of Fraser on Oxford Street whilst the largest is in Birmingham.  

CHAPTER 10 JOHN LEWIS

CHAPTER 11 MARKS & SPENCER

CHAPTER 12 SELFRIDGES

CHAPTER 13 TJ HUGHES

CHAPTER 14 GLOSSARY

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

Companies mentioned:

- Beales

- Debenhams

- Fenwick

- Harrods

- Harvey Nichols

- House of Fraser

- John Lewis

- Marks & Spencer

- Selfridges

- TJ Hughes

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c48619

Source: Verdict Research Verdict Research is a United Kingdom-based company founded by retail analyst Richard Hyman in 1984. It conducts research into all aspects of retailing and consumers. Acquisition by Datamonitor  Limited
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