Sunday, November 29, 2009

UK Home Delivery market to decline by 2% in 2009: Market Study

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 29, 2009 – Verdict Research: UK Home Delivery & Fulfilment 2009 provides detailed analysis of the home delivery market.  It includes both market and consumer data and uses a survey of nearly 2,000 customers to examine the key trends within nine retail sectors.  With the home delivery market becoming increasingly competitive this report offers real insight into the opportunities and threats in the market.

Scope

* Detailed analysis of the channels within home delivery including store based, e-retail, mail order and TV shopping.

* Thorough examination of the key characteristics of home delivery shoppers including demographic profile and motivation for using home delivery.

* Analysis of nine retail sectors including clothing & footwear, electricals, food & grocery, furniture & floorcoverings and music & video.

* Overview and competitive assessment of leading logistics and fulfilment operators.

Highlights

We predict that the home delivery market will decline by 2.0% in 2009. This is largely due to a substantial decline in sales through the store-based channel, with items in the electricals and furniture & floorcoverings sectors badly impacted by the recession.

Sales via the internet will overtake store-based sales as the largest component of home delivery in 2009.  While sales growth is slowing, at 12.0% it will outstrip the only other home delivery channel in positive ground  TV shopping.

Amazon has increased its lead over eBay, as the retailer most used for home delivery.  24.3% of home delivery shoppers mentioned it compared with 18.6% in the previous year  almost four times that of eBay

Reasons to Purchase

* Understand how the home delivery customer is changing and adapt strategies to reflect this.

* Use consumer data on home delivery usage to identify which sectors offer the most growth potential.

* Identify the key issues for both retailers and operators within the home delivery market and develop strategies to overcome these challenges.

Partial Table of Contents:

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CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Key findings

Main conclusions

Town centre summary

CHAPTER 2 RETAIL ISSUES

Recession confirms long term decline line

High street turmoil turns slowdown into downturn

Heightened frugality drives polarisation of demand

Consumer spending on non-food becomes much more considered

Traditional high street specialists struggle to remain relevant

Specialists fight waning relevance vs grocers, non-specialists and online

Much secondary retail space disappears

New premium space further damages secondary locations

Don’t pin hopes on planning and competition legislation

Favourable legislation will do little to aid town centres

Dealing with unwanted space through closer collaboration

Vacancy rates rise

Pop-up stores fill vacant spaces

Other landlord-led innovations emerge

CHAPTER 3 STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS

Retailers need to be lean and competive as market contracts

Landlord flexibility will protect rental income and asset value

CHAPTER 4 TOP 100 TOWN CENTRES & MALLS

Methodology

Top 10

Central London

Glasgow

Manchester

Birmingham

Leeds

Newcastle

Edinburgh

Nottingham

Kingston-upon-Thames

Milton Keynes

CHAPTER 5 TOWN CENTRE VS OTHER LOCATIONS

Growing pressure on town centre hits high street in particular

Retail sales by location

Town centre suffers from exposure to discretionary non-food retailers

Retail spend by location

Sales and sources of growth

Deflation and space closure drive declines

Space by location

Significant decline due to closures, collapses and cautious approach

Sales densities by location

Store numbers by location

Forecast

Continuing sector shakeout will see town centre diminish in significance

CHAPTER 6 SECTOR SUMMARIES

Shakeout in some sectors changes high street retailing forever

Books, news & stationery specialists

To bottom out in 2011-12 as liking for high street bookshop endures

Clothing & footwear specialists

Premium new space helps prop up sales growth

Department stores

Retailers seek new routes to growth as consumers become more frugal

Electricals specialists

Retailers close unprofitable high street stores

Food & grocery specialists

Impressive growth despite space consolidation

Furniture & floorcoverings specialists

Market in throes of painful contraction

General merchandisers

Woolworths collapse has major impact but value operators show growth

Health & beauty specialists

Recession proof sector achieves huge growth in sales densities

Music & video specialists

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About Verdict Group

With over 20 years' experience, Verdict Research is the UK’s leading authority on retailing, and publishes unrivalled independent analysis. Verdict reports, forecasts, briefings, consumer research and bespoke consulting services provide clients with a complete picture of the UK and international retail arena, helping retailers, manufacturers, service suppliers, city analysts and consultants to fully exploit opportunities within the sector.  View more research from Verdict Research at http://www.fastmr.com/catalog/publishers.aspx?pubid=1005

About Fast Market Research

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