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Global Briefing

The Department Store: Survival Strategies for a Struggling Format

Mar 2010

Price: US$2,000

About this Report

About this Report

Sales through department stores were hit hard by the global economic downturn and plummeted by 6% in 2009, but the channel has been fighting to survive a changing retail landscape for years. Threatened on all sides by the rise of general retailers, category specialists and, of course, the Internet, the department stores format is beginning to look like a retail dinosaur. Can the channel resist losing consumers in core markets? And can it find new ones, in luxury-hungry emerging regions?


What this report includes

  • Up-to-the minute analysis of the latest trends in the industry
  • New product development, forecasts and other themes
  • Unique graphics and illustrated case studies
  • Most recent brand and company news
  •  New insight into the size and shape of the market

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  • Clear, concise powerpoint format makes it easy to digest
  • Leading industry opinion keeps you abreast of latest news and trends
  • Forward-looking outlook on a category, market or issue affecting the industry
  • Latest five year forecasts assess how the market is predicted to develop
  • Understand the competitive environment, the leading players and brands

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

Scope

Key Findings

Market Background

Slow Growing Department Stores Format Hurt by Downturn

July 2008 to July 2009: A Bad Year for Department Stores

Competition from Rival Channels Has Impacted Sales

Decline o f Beauty Sales Through Department Stores 20 04 -0 8

Kill or Cure: Could Recession Help Department Stores?

Regional Performance, Key National Markets

Asia-Pacific: A Varied Market Offering Mixed Potential

Spotlight on China: Dynamic Department Stores Market

Asian Department Stores Retailers Expand Into China

Spotlight on Japan: Retail Strategies for a Declining Market

Australasia : Challenges on the Horizon for Department Stores

Eastern Europe – Shaking Off the Communist Retail Legacy

Old-style Stores Try to Adapt and Survive

Mass-Market Department Store Concept: Tesco My

Latin America: Recovery Already on the Horizon

Latin America Market Leader: El Puerto de Liverpool

Middle East and Africa Still to Develop Into Major Market

Interest in Arabian Markets Grows as Core Markets Decline

Department Stores Gets “Exclusive” Introduction to Nigeria

North America: Losing Its Influence on the Global Market

Spotlight on the US: Home to Department Stores Leaders

Global Market Leader, Macy’s Inc: Share Up, Sales Down

US: Competitive Landscape Shifts; Luxury Begins a Recovery

Not All Doom and Gloom for West European Market

Germany Looks to Life After Arcandor

Declines for Some, But Not All: Should Metro Buy Karstadt?

UK: “Super-Premium” Stores Perform Well in 2009

International Potential

Struggle to Find Department Store Markets of the Future

Urbanised Nations Lead Department Stores Market

Emerging Markets Lead Department Stores Growth Prospects

Internationalisation: Debenhams Targets Eastern Promise

Future Horizons: Threats and Stratagems

Competition Picks Holes in Department Stores’ Offer

Department Stores Take on the Internet

Making Concessions: Changes to the Business Model in 2009

Case Study: Private Label and John Lewis Partnership, UK

Rejuvenating the Department Stores Format

Key Future Strategies for Department Store Retailers

Definitions

Definitions

Samples

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