Market Report, "Retail Futures Q4 Furniture & Floorcoverings", published

PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 04, 2010 – Verdict Research: Retail Futures is a unique forecasting tool providing dynamic forecasts and analysis of market demand and price pressures every three months. Seven UK sectors forecasts are available (Clothing & Footwear, DIY & Gardening, Electricals, Furniture & Floorcoverings, Food & Grocery, Health & Beauty and Homewares). Also available is an e-Retail forecast and a Sector Summary report.

Scope

* Brief review of economic trends and how they impact retail, explaining how we believe key economic metrics will evolve over the next two years.

* Forecasts of how overall retail and retail sectors will fare over the next eight quarters, examining volume, inflation and overall growth rates.

* Category level forecasts are provided to fully inform growth strategies.

* Forecast for online retailing, analysing total online spend, split down into food and non-food.

Highlights

The recession has driven an increased polarisation of spend. While easing somewhat in food; the Big Four grocers having successfully enticed consumers back from discounters, this trend is most marked in non-food with mid-market retailers still being squeezed as consumers mix premium and value as they take a more cautious approach to spending.

The supermarkets are emerging as the big winners of the recession; benefitting from the essential nature of their core product offer and frugal consumers gravitating towards their non-food categories. While there are some positive results elsewhere, the majority of non-food sectors are suffering, especially discretionary home-related sectors.

Falling commodity prices, less seasonal price fluctuations and intense price competition are causing inflation in food to subside significantly. While inflationary pressures are mounting in non-food, price rises are being pursued with caution with discretionary consumer demand remaining weak.

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Report Table of Contents:

OVERVIEW

About Verdict

Introduction

Scope

Methodology

Principle Sources

Definitions

Current Prices

Constant Prices

Volume Growth

Inflation

Total Growth

Percentage point difference with Total Retail

Help and tips to use the quarterly forecasts

Printing

Copying data to Excel

Viewing

Inserting slides into your own presentations

Executive Summary

List of Tables  

Table 1: Principle sources of data and information

List of Figures  

Figure 1: Verdict forecasting methodology

About Verdict Group

With over 20 years' experience, Verdict Research is the UK’s leading authority on retailing, and publishes unrivalled independent analysis. Verdict reports, forecasts, briefings, consumer research and bespoke consulting services provide clients with a complete picture of the UK and international retail arena, helping retailers, manufacturers, service suppliers, city analysts and consultants to fully exploit opportunities within the sector.  View more research from Verdict Research at http://www.fastmr.com/catalog/publishers.aspx?pubid=1005

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