Abstract
Introduction
Verdict Research: This report provides in-depth insight into the rapidly changing UK footwear market including detailed profiles of the leading footwear retailers across the specialist, sportswear and clothing sectors. The report studies current market trends, highlighting opportunities and threats with action points for all types of footwear retailer.
Scope of this report
- Ten years' data on market value and growth rates in men' s, women' s and children' s footwear. Five years' data on footwear distribution channels.
- Market shares of major operators five years' historical data. Market share estimates for 2007.
- Key operating statistics of each retailer, including footwear sales per sq ft, trading record, operating margins and store portfolio analysis.
Research and analysis highlights
We estimate that the growth rate in the footwear market will be 4.6% in 2007 to reach £5,484m; a considerable improvement on 2006' s increase of just 0.7%. This is the fastest rate of growth since 2003 and comes despite subdued expectations for this year due to an expected downturn in consumer spending.
Specialists lost 1.1 percentage points to reach just 41.8% share. Over half of this market share was lost by Stylo, Shoe Zone and Stead & Simpson who each declined by 0.2 percentage points. There were some moves towards consolidation with the closure of Ravel by Clarks and Shoe Zone buying the Co-op Group' s footwear business Shoefayre.
Footwear retailers have seen a severe impact from the anti-dumping tariffs on their margins and so on their profitability. Although the clothing specialists also face the same problems, they are generally larger organisations, with higher profitability and so better able to withstand this shock to their systems.
Key reasons to read this report
- Understand how the UK footwear market is changing.
- Benchmark your performance against key competitors.
- Identify how the successful retailers are growing their share of the market.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Key Findings
- Main Conclusions
Chapter 2 MARKET ANALYSIS
- Footwear Market Trends
- Market Dynamics
- Clothing & Footwear Expenditure
- Footwear Expenditure by Sub Category
- Footwear Channels of Distribution
Chapter 3 COMPANY DATA ANALYSIS
- Market Shares - Overview
- Specialist Footwear Retailers
- Non-specialists
- Sales Densities
- Key Operating Statistics
- Advertising Expenditure
Chapter 4 OUTLOOK
- Market Issues
- Growth Picks Up
- Competition Intensifies
- Impact of Internet
- Tariffs and Deflation
- Direct Sourcing
- Location and Store Format
- Cost inflation
- Key Success Factors for Footwear Specialists
- Success Factors for Non-specialists
- Success Factors for Sportswear Specialists
- The Market Into 2009
Chapter 5 BRANTANO
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to December 2006
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Management, Marketing & Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 6 C&J CLARK
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to January 2007
- Year to January 2008
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Clarks Space Allocation
- Management, Marketing & Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 7 KURT GEIGER
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- 53 Weeks to 3 February 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Management, Marketing & Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 8 THE SHOE STUDIO
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to January 2007e
- Year to January 2008e
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Propositions
- Management, Marketing & Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 9 SHOE ZONE
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to December 2006
- Year to December 2007
- Store Portfolio - Shoe Zone
- Store Portfolio - Shoefayre
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Marketing & Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 10 STEAD & SIMPSON
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to December 2006
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Propositions
- Space Allocation
- Management, Marketing & Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 11 STYLO
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- 53 Weeks to January 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Propositions
- Space Allocation
- Management, Marketing & Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 12 FAITH
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to June 2006
- Year to June 2007
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Management and Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 13 OFFICE
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to January 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Operations & Management
- Space Allocation
- Outlook
Chapter 14 SCHUH
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to March 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 15 JD GROUP
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to January 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Outlook
Chapter 16 JJB SPORTS
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to January 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Management, Marketing & Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 17 SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL
- Company Overview & Market Shares
- Trading Record
- Year to April 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Operations
- Outlook
Chapter 18 GEORGE AT ASDA
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to December 2006
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Outlook
Chapter 19 MARKS & SPENCER
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to March 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Outlook
Chapter 20 NEW LOOK
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Outlook
Chapter 21 NEXT
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to January 2007
- Results for the half year ended July 2007
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Outlook
Chapter 22 RIVER ISLAND
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to December 2006
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Operations & Management
- Outlook
Chapter 23 TESCO
- Company Overview & Market Share
- Trading Record
- Year to February 2007
- Current Trading
- Store Portfolio
- Retail Proposition
- Space Allocation
- Outlook
Chapter 24 GLOSSARY
- Financial Statistics - VAT
- Trading Profile
- Key Operating Ratios
- Physical Development
- Abbreviations
List of Tables
- Table 1: Footwear market definition 2007
- Table 2: Footwear market value and volume 1997-2007e
- Table 3: Footwear expenditure by sub category 1997-2007e
- Table 4: Retail distribution of footwear 2002-2007e
- Table 5: Footwear retailers market shares 2002-2007e
- Table 6: Specialist footwear retailers key operating statistics 2006/07
- Table 7: Footwear specialists UK advertising spend 2002-2007
- Table 8: Footwear specialists advertising spend by medium 2005-06
- Table 9: Increasing competition 2007-08
- Table 10: Brantano company overview 2008
- Table 11: Brantano key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 12: Brantano trading record 2002-2007e
- Table 13: Brantano sales mix 2002-2007e
- Table 14: Brantano UK store portfolio 2002-2007e
- Table 15: Brantano retail proposition 2008
- Table 16: Brantano footwear space allocation 2007
- Table 17: C&J Clark company overview 2008
- Table 18: C&J Clark key operating statistics 2003-2008e
- Table 19: C&J Clark trading record 1997-2008e
- Table 20: C&J Clark store portfolio 1997-2008e
- Table 21: Store portfolio by brand, UK & Eire 2003-2007
- Table 22: Clarks retail proposition 2008
- Table 23: Clarks space allocation 2007
- Table 24: Kurt Geiger company overview 2008
- Table 25: Kurt Geiger key operating statistics 2003-2008e
- Table 26: Kurt Geiger trading record 1998-2008e
- Table 27: Kurt Geiger store portfolio 2003-2008e
- Table 28: Kurt Geiger retail proposition 2008
- Table 29: Kurt Geiger space allocation 2007
- Table 30: The Shoe Studio company overview 2008
- Table 31: The Shoe Studio key operating statistics 2003-2008e
- Table 32: The Shoe Studio trading record 1999-2008e
- Table 33: The Shoe Studio UK store portfolio November 2007e
- Table 34: Pied A Terre retail proposition 2008
- Table 35: Nine West retail proposition 2008
- Table 36: Bertie retail proposition 2008
- Table 37: Shoe Zone company overview 2008
- Table 38: Shoe Zone key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 39: Shoefayre key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 40: Shoe Zone trading record 1997-2007e
- Table 41: Shoefayre trading record 1997-2007e
- Table 42: Shoe Zone store portfolio 2002-2007e
- Table 43: Shoefayre store portfolio 2002-2007e
- Table 44: Shoe Zone retail proposition 2008
- Table 45: Shoe Zone space allocation 2007
- Table 46: Stead & Simpson company overview 2008
- Table 47: Stead & Simpson key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 48: Stead & Simpson trading record 1997-2007e
- Table 49: Stead & Simpson store portfolio 1997-2007e
- Table 50: Stead & Simpson fascias 2001-2006e
- Table 51: Stead & Simpson retail proposition 2008
- Table 52: Shoe Express retail proposition 2008
- Table 53: Stead & Simpson space allocation 2007
- Table 54: Shoe Express space allocation 2007
- Table 55: Stylo company overview 2008
- Table 56: Stylo key operating statistics 2003-2008e
- Table 57: Stylo trading record 1998-2008e
- Table 58: Stylo store portfolio 1998-2008e
- Table 59: Stylo store portfolio by brand 2005/06-2007/08e
- Table 60: Barratts retail proposition 2008
- Table 61: PriceLess retail proposition 2008
- Table 62: Shellys retail proposition 2008
- Table 63: Barratts space allocation 2007
- Table 64: Priceless space allocation 2007
- Table 65: Shellys space allocation 2007
- Table 66: Faith company overview 2008
- Table 67: Faith key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 68: Faith trading record 1997-2007e
- Table 69: Faith store portfolio 1997-2007e
- Table 70: Faith retail proposition 2008
- Table 71: Faith space allocation 2007
- Table 72: Office company overview 2008
- Table 73: Office key operating statistics 2003-2008e
- Table 74: Office trading record 2001-2008e
- Table 75: Office UK store portfolio 2001-2008e
- Table 76: Store portfolio by brand, UK & Eire 2003-2008e
- Table 77: Office retail proposition 2008
- Table 78: Office space allocation 2007
- Table 79: Schuh company overview 2008
- Table 80: Schuh key operating statistics 2002-2007
- Table 81: Schuh trading record 1997-2007
- Table 82: Schuh UK store portfolio 1998-2007e
- Table 83: Schuh retail proposition 2008
- Table 84: Schuh space allocation 2007
- Table 85: John David Group company overview 2008
- Table 86: JD Group key operating statistics 2003-2008e
- Table 87: JD Group trading record 1998-2008e
- Table 88: JD Group store portfolio 1998-2008e
- Table 89: JD Group store numbers and space by type 2003-2007e
- Table 90: JD Sport retail proposition 2008
- Table 91: JD Sport space allocation 2007
- Table 92: JJB Sports company overview 2008
- Table 93: JJB key operating statistics 2003-2008e
- Table 94: JJB Sports trading record 2001-2008e
- Table 95: JJB Sports store portfolio 2001-2008e
- Table 96: JJB store analysis by format 2001-2008e
- Table 97: JJB Sports retail proposition 2008
- Table 98: JJB Sport footwear space allocation 2007
- Table 99: Sports Direct International company overview 2008
- Table 100: Sports Direct International key operating statistics 2002-2007
- Table 101: Sports Direct International trading record 2001-2007e
- Table 102: Sports Direct International UK store portfolio 2001-2007e
- Table 103: Sports Direct retail proposition 2008
- Table 104: Sports Direct space allocation 2007
- Table 105: George (Asda) company overview 2008
- Table 106: Asda key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 107: Asda trading record 1997-2007e
- Table 108: Asda store profile 1997-2007e
- Table 109: George standalone and Asda Living openings 2003-2007
- Table 110: George retail proposition 2008
- Table 111: Asda space allocation 2007
- Table 112: Marks & Spencer company overview 2008
- Table 113: Marks & Spencer UK key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 114: Marks & Spencer UK trading record 1997-2007
- Table 115: Marks & Spencer store portfolio 1997-2007e
- Table 116: Marks & Spencer retail proposition 2008
- Table 117: Marks & Spencer space allocation 2007
- Table 118: New Look company overview 2008
- Table 119: New Look UK key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 120: New Look Group trading record 1997-2007e
- Table 121: New Look UK store portfolio 1997-2007e
- Table 122: New Look retail proposition 2008
- Table 123: New Look space allocation 2007
- Table 124: Next company overview 2008
- Table 125: Next key operating statistics 2003-2008
- Table 126: Next Group trading record 1998-2008e
- Table 127: Next Brand turnover and profits 2001-2008
- Table 128: Next UK store profile 1998-2008e
- Table 129: Next retail proposition 2008
- Table 130: Next space allocation 2007
- Table 131: River Island company overview 2008
- Table 132: River Island key operating statistics 2002-2007e
- Table 133: River Island trading record 2001-2007e
- Table 134: River Island UK store portfolio 2002-2007e
- Table 135: River Island retail proposition 2008
- Table 136: River Island space allocation 2007
- Table 137: Tesco company overview 2008
- Table 138: Tesco UK key operating statistics 2003-2008e
- Table 139: Tesco UK trading record 1998-2008e
- Table 140: Tesco UK store portfolio 1998-2008e
- Table 141: Tesco retail proposition 2008
- Table 142: Tesco space allocation 2007
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Price deflation/inflation in the footwear market 1997-2007e
- Figure 2: Footwear market dynamics 2007
- Figure 3: Y-o-Y change in sales (%) footwear vs clothing 1997-2007e
- Figure 4: Channels of distribution 2007e
- Figure 5: Footwear market shares 2002 and 2007e
- Figure 6: Winners and losers in footwear market share 2007e on 2006
- Figure 7: Estimated footwear retailer sales densities (nearest financial year ending in) 2007
- Figure 8: Footwear market - key issues 2008
- Figure 9: Estimated total costs and revenues for Top 10 footwear specialists 2002-2007
- Figure 10: Action points for footwear specialists 2008
- Figure 11: Action points for non-specialists 2008
- Figure 12: Action points for sportswear specialists 2008
- Figure 13: Footwear market growth 2004-2009e
- Figure 14: Brantano footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 15: Brantano UK footwear sales and year-on-year growth - years to December 2002-2007e
- Figure 16: Brantano footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 17: C&J Clark footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 18: C&J Clark footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to January 2002e-2007e
- Figure 19: Clarks footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 20: Kurt Geiger footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 21: Kurt Geiger footwear sales and year-on-year growth - years to January 2003-2008e
- Figure 22: Kurt Geiger footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 23: The Shoe Studio market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 24: The Shoe Studio footwear sales and year-on-year growth - years to January 2003-2008e
- Figure 25: Shoe Zone footwear market shares 2002-2007e
- Figure 26: Shoe Zone footwear sales and year-on-year growth - years to December 2002-2007e
- Figure 27: Shoefayre footwear sales and year-on-year growth - years to December 2002-2007e
- Figure 28: Shoe Zone footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 29: Stead & Simpson footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 30: Stead & Simpson footwear sales and year-on-year growth - years to December 2002-2007e
- Figure 31: Stead & Simpson footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 32: Shoe Express footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 33: Stylo footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 34: Stylo footwear sales to year end Jan 2003-2008e
- Figure 35: Barratts footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 36: Priceless footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 37: Shellys footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 38: Faith footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 39: Faith footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to June 2002-2007e
- Figure 40: Office footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 41: Office UK footwear sales and year-on-year growth - years to January 2003-2008e
- Figure 42: Office footwear space allocation 2006-2007
- Figure 43: Schuh footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 44: Schuh UK footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to March 2002-2007e
- Figure 45: Schuh footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 46: JD Group footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 47: JD Group footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to January 2003-2008e
- Figure 48: JD Sport footwear space allocation 2006-2007
- Figure 49: JJB Sports footwear market shares 2002-2007e
- Figure 50: JJB footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to January 2003-2008e
- Figure 51: JJB Sport footwear space allocation 2006-2007
- Figure 52: Sports Direct International footwear market shares 2002-2007e
- Figure 53: Sports Direct International footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to April 2002-2007e
- Figure 54: Sports Direct footwear space allocation 2006-2007
- Figure 55: George footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 56: George footwear sales & year-on-year growth years to December 2002-2007e
- Figure 57: Asda footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 58: Marks & Spencer footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 59: Marks & Spencer footwear sales (ex VAT) & year-on-year growth years to March 2002-2007e
- Figure 60: Marks & Spencer footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 61: New Look footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 62: New Look UK footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to March 2002-2007e
- Figure 63: New Look footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 64: Next footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 65: Next UK footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to January 2003-2008e
- Figure 66: Next footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 67: River Island footwear market shares 2002-2007e
- Figure 68: River Island footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to December 2002-2007e
- Figure 69: River Island footwear space allocation 2005-2007
- Figure 70: Tesco footwear market share 2002-2007e
- Figure 71: Tesco UK footwear sales & year-on-year growth - years to February 2003-2008e
- Figure 72: Tesco footwear space allocation 2005-2007

