Abstract
Summary: Highlights of this Report
This market research offers a comprehensive evaluation of home furniture
retail market in 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium-Luxembourg, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom).
The report provides trends in home furniture consumption, analysis of the
furniture distribution system by channel, retail formats and leading players
sales performances.
Home furniture import flows are analyzed by country of origin and by product
segment (upholstered furniture, non-upholstered seats, kitchen furniture,
dining and living room furniture, bedroom furniture).
The furniture retail market is broken down by the following distribution
channels: furniture chains, franchises, buying groups; independent furniture
retailers; non-specialist distributors (department stores, multi-stores,
hypermarkets, DIY, mail order); direct sales and craftsmen.
The analysis of furniture distribution by product/segment covers kitchen
furniture.
Short profiles of top furniture retailers are also provided.
The report includes addresses of about 490 furniture distributors.
Among the products considered: home furniture, upholstered furniture,
kitchen furniture, living room furniture, dining room furniture, bedroom
furniture.
About Publisher
As Europe's leading furniture and furnishing industry research institute, CSIL
prepares more than 100 market reports a year, focusing on specific sub-sectors
of the wood-furniture-furnishings industry: office furniture, kitchen
furniture, upholstered furniture, upper-end furniture, lighting fixtures,
bathroom furniture, built-in appliances as well as semi-finished products,
parquet flooring and woodworking machinery.
CSIL's analyses cover about 60 countries worldwide, selected on the basis of
their relevance in terms of size and growth expectations in this sector.
Table of Contents
- Economic overview: macroeconomic indicators by country
- Home furniture consumption
- Consumption at retail prices and Per capita consumption at retail prices
- Consumption and imports/consumption ratio
- Home furniture market breakdown by country
- Home furniture distribution channels
- Home furniture sales by distribution channel. Analysis by country.
- Focus on kitchen distribution
- Main distribution retail format
- Uphcolstery specialists- Kitchen and bathroom specialists- Bedroom
specialists- Large-scale furniture specialists- Furniture discount stores-
Specialists in RTA furniture/Jeune Habitat- Equipment du foyer- Furniture
and decoration specialists- Department stores- DIY
- Leading furniture distributors
- Market concentration
- The main events over the period 2005-2011
- Home furniture sales and number of stores in a sample of distributors
- FOR AUSTRIA, BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY,
ITALY, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM:
- Economic overview
- Macroeconomic indicators
- Regional indicators
- Home furniture consumption
- Home furniture consumption and per capita consumption at retail prices
- Consumption and imports/consumption ratio
- Home furniture imports
- Home furniture imports by country
- Home furniture imports by segment: Upholstered furniture,
Non-upholstered furniture, Bedroom furniture, kitchen furniture, Furniture
for dining and living rooms and Other furniture.
- Home furniture distribution channels
- Home furniture sales by distribution channels
- Retail formats and distributors
- Leading furniture distributors
- Home furniture sales and number of stores in a sample of distributors
- Profiles of Specialist furniture distributors Non-specialist distributors
- Addresses of the leading distributors
