Plunkett's Retail Industry Almanac 2012
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Key Features:
•Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence
•Market forecasts and Industry Statistics
•Industry Associations and Professional Societies List
•In-Depth Profiles of hundreds of leading companies
•Industry Glossary
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A complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms.
You will gain vital insights that can help you shape your own strategy for business development, product development and investments.
•How is the industry evolving?
•How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?
•How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?
•What is the size of the market now and in the future?
•What are the financial results of the leading companies?
•What are the names and titles of top executives?
Contents, Statistics, Forecasts and Analysis Include:
Major Trends Affecting the Retail Industry
1) Wal-Mart Sales Improve After Two Year Slump
2) Department Stores Streamline While Outlet Stores Proliferate
3) Discounting and Discount Stores Evolve
4) Private Label Brands Grow in Share of Total Store Sales
5) Sophistication and Success for Direct Marketers and Non-Store Sales
6) Apple Sets the Bar for Showcase Stores and Super-Merchandisers
7) For the Long Term in the U.S., a Decline in Consumer Spending and Debt, along with an Increase in Saving
8) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Slows
9) Location-Based Advertising and Mobile Advertising on Cellphones Grow Quickly
10) Groupon and Other Coupon Firms Compete Aggressively for Consumers’ Attention
11) Retail Technologies Leap Ahead
12) RFID Drives Inventory Management Evolution
13) Self Service Retail and Travel Technologies Take Off
14) Retailers Eye Expanding Middle Class, Move into Emerging Markets, Including China, India and Brazil
15) Lifestyle Centers and Super-Regional Malls Falter/Mall Glut Anticipated
16) Entertainment-Based Retailing, including Power Towns
17) Retail Sales Begin to Rebound but Shopping Center Leasing Remains Problematic
18) Malls Morph to Stay Afloat
19) Luxury Item Sales Rebound
20) LOHAS-Socially Conscious Consumers Create Challenges and Opportunities for Advertisers and Marketers
Retail Industry Statistics
1) Annual Consumer Price Index, 1915-2011
2) Exports, General Imports & Trade Balance in Goods, U.S.: 1981-3rd Quarter 2011
3) Total U.S. Retail Sales & Annual Percent Change: 1992-2011
4) U.S. Retail Trade Corporation Statistics, Q2 2011
5) Total Estimates of Annual Sales of Merchant Wholesalers: 2005-2011
6) Total Monthly Sales and Inventories of Merchant Wholesalers: Monthly, through September 2011
7) Retail & Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: Monthly, through September 2011
8) Retail & Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: 2005-September 2011
9) Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total & E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2003-3rd Quarter 2011
10) Total U.S. Disposable Income, Expenditures & Gross Domestic & National Product Per Capita: 1960-2011
11) Average Annual U.S. Household Expenditures: 2005-2010
12) Distribution of Total U.S. Annual Household Expenditures, by Major Category: 2010
13) Top 10 Retail Websites, U.S.: November 12, 2011
14) Resident Population Estimates by Age, U.S.: 2004-2010
15) Employment in the Retail Industry, U.S.: 2005-October 2011
Table of contents
A Short Retail Industry Glossary
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Retail Industry
1) Introduction to the Retail Industry
2) Wal-Mart Sales Improve After Two Year Slump
3) Department Stores Streamline While Outlet Stores Proliferate
4) Discounting and Discount Stores Evolve
5) Private Label Brands Grow in Share of Total Store Sales
6) Sophistication and Success for Direct Marketers and Non-Store Sales
7) Apple Sets the Bar for Showcase Stores and Super-Merchandisers
8) For the Long Term in the U.S., a Decline in Consumer Spending and Debt, along with an Increase in Saving
9) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Slows
10) Location-Based Advertising and Mobile Advertising on Cellphones Grow Quickly
11) Groupon and Other Coupon Firms Compete Aggressively for Consumers’ Attention
12) Retail Technologies Leap Ahead
13) RFID Drives Inventory Management Evolution
14) Self Service Retail and Travel Technologies Take Off
15) Retailers Eye Expanding Middle Class, Move into Emerging Markets, Including China, India and Brazil
16) Lifestyle Centers and Super-Regional Malls Falter/Mall Glut Anticipated
17) Entertainment-Based Retailing, including Power Towns
18) Retail Sales Begin to Rebound but Shopping Center Leasing Remains Problematic
19) Malls Morph to Stay Afloat
20) Luxury Item Sales Rebound
21) LOHAS-Socially Conscious Consumers Create Challenges and Opportunities for Advertisers and Marketers
22) How to Interpret Reports of Retail Sales
Chapter 2: Retail Industry Statistics
U.S. Retail Industry Overview
Annual Consumer Price Index, 1915-2011
Exports, General Imports & Trade Balance in Goods, U.S.: 1981-3rd Quarter 2011
Total U.S. Retail Sales & Annual Percent Change: 1992-2011
U.S. Retail Trade Corporation Statistics, Q2 2011
Total Estimates of Annual Sales of Merchant Wholesalers: 2005-2011
Total Monthly Sales and Inventories of Merchant Wholesalers: Monthly, through September 2011
Retail & Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: Monthly, through September 2011
Retail & Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: 2005-September 2011
Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total & E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2003-3rd Quarter 2011
Total U.S. Disposable Income, Expenditures & Gross Domestic & National Product Per Capita: 1960-2011
Average Annual U.S. Household Expenditures: 2005-2010
Distribution of Total U.S. Annual Household Expenditures, by Major Category: 2010
Top 10 Retail Websites, U.S.: November 12, 2011
Resident Population Estimates by Age, U.S.: 2004-2010
Employment in the Retail Industry, U.S.: 2005-October 2011
Chapter 3: Important Retail Industry Contacts
(Addresses, Phone Numbers and Internet Sites)
Chapter 4: THE RETAIL 500:
Who They Are and How They Were Chosen
Industry List, With Codes
Index of Companies Within Industry Groups
Alphabetical Index
Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State
Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country
Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations
Index by Firms with International Operations
Individual Data Profiles on Each of THE RETAIL 500
Additional Indexes
Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities
Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations
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