Abstract
The report offers a comprehensive picture of the major household appliances
market in the United States, providing data on household appliances production
and consumption, imports and exports, as well as data on the supply structure,
reference prices and distribution channels.
Trade of major appliances by country and by geographical area are given in
value and units for refrigerators and freezers, microwave ovens, ranges, hobs,
ovens, washers and driers, dishwashers and hoods. The chapter on the supply
structure provides reference prices for each appliance product mentioning,
where available, the retailer, brand, size and features.
The chapter dedicated to the household appliances distribution channels
contains profiles of the main players in the household appliances distribution
present on the US market including the categories: mass merchants, home
improvement centers, electronic appliance stores and home furnishings stores.
The competitive system analyses the major US household appliances
manufacturers, providing profiles and estimated market shares.
The report also includes an overview of the US kitchen furniture market
providing trends in kitchen furniture production and consumption, imports and
exports, as well as data on the supply structure, reference prices and
distribution channels. Short profiles of the leading kitchen furniture
manufacturers are included.
The research is based on trade data, desk analysis about major players (both
on production and distribution) and 80 interviews with key testimonials, major
appliance manufacturers, appliance retailers and kitchen furniture
manufacturers, carried out at the KBIS fair in 2007 (Las Vegas) and 2006
(Chicago).
Addresses of around 120 household appliances and 90 kitchen furniture
companies are included.
Among the considered products: household appliances, refrigerators and
freezers, cooking appliances (ranges, hobs, ovens), hoods, microwave ovens,
dishwashing machines, clothes washers and driers, kitchen furniture,
countertops.
Table of Contents
PART I: The major household appliances market in the United States
1. Research field and methodology
2. Market size and segmentation
- Breakdown of major appliances production, international trade and
consumption by segment, 2006
3. Activity trend and forecasts
- Trend of the major appliances business by product, 1995-2006 and forecasts
2007
- United States: macroeconomic data
4. International trade
- US exports and imports of major appliances by segment, by country and by
geographical area, 2001-2006
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Microwave ovens
- Ranges, hobs, ovens
- Washers and driers
- Dishwashers
- Hoods
5. Supply structure
- Household appliances sales breakdown and reference prices:
- Ranges, cooktops, ovens, microwaves and hoods
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Clothes washers and driers and dishwashing machines
6. Distribution channels: profiles of the major household appliances manufacturers and distributors
- The top 100 major appliance retailers: ranking by sales
- Company profiles: Sears Holding Corporation, Lowe?s, Home Depot, Best Buy,
Wal-Mart, PC Richard & Son, American TV & Appliance, BJ?s Wholesale,
BrandsMart USA, Conn?s, CostCo Wholesale, Gregg Appliances
- Distribution channels
7. The competitive system
- Top 3 players
- Top 3 followers
- High End players
- Hood specialists
- Microwave specialists
- Ranges specialists
- Refrigeration specialists
- New comers from Europe
- New comers from China
Appendix: list of interviewed companies and other key contacts
PART II: The kitchen furniture market in the United States
1. Basic data and business performance
- Trend of the kitchen furniture production, international trade and
consumption, 1997-2006
2. International trade
- US Imports and exports of kitchen furniture by country and by geographical
area, 2001-2006
3. Supply structure
- Breakdown of Kitchen furniture production by cabinet type in a sample of
companies, 2006
- Breakdown of Kitchen furniture production by kind of wood used by a sample
of companies, 2006
- Breakdown of Kitchen furniture production by kind of doors used by a
sample of companies, 2006
- Countertops: kitchen furniture market breakdown by countertop material,
2006
4. Distribution and marketing mix of kitchen furniture
- Distribution channels in a sample of companies, 2006
- Reference prices of countertops and appliances by market segment, 2006
- Reference prices of kitchens in a sample of companies, 2006
- Main media: magazines, fairs and Internet sites
5. Competitive system
- Holdings
- Top 50 companies: kitchen furniture sales and market shares, 2006
- The upper end market: kitchen furniture sales in the middle-upper and
upper end segment and market shares in a sample of companies, 2006
- Kitchen furniture. Number of models/door styles and sales per model in a
sample of companies, 2006
- The contract market: kitchen furniture sales in the contract market and
market shares in a sample of companies, 2005
Appendix: list of interviewed companies and other key contacts
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