Books, Music and Video Retailing - Europe
About this report
Mintel European Retail Intelligence provides independent, expert coverage of the major retail sectors throughout Europe. Each title in this series analyses retailing trends in up to 19 European markets, including the Scandinavian nations and Eastern European countries such as the Czech Republic and Poland as well as the major Western European markets.
The coverage provided by each report is as accurate, relevant and up-to-date as possible, combining in-house sector expertise with retailer performance data, taken directly from industry and trade sources.
With titles ranging from 'DIY Retailing in Europe' through to 'Food Retailing in Europe', each market examination includes studies of:
background economic and demographic data
market sizes
regional retailing trends and issues
market drivers
consumer expenditure
consumer trends
leading pan-European retailers
domestic retailers
market forecasts
Executive Summary – Europe
Market worth over €44 billion
Books steady
Music in decline
DVD boom drives video market
Amazon now European number four
More sales to move online in the future
European Outlook
Rising volumes and falling prices?
Change in channel structure contributing to price declines
RPM protects specialists in a number of markets
How to read the historical trend
Scenario 1 – Emerging Technology reinvigorates the market
Scenario 2 – Declining prices lead to a market slowdown
European Summary
The European book, music and video market
Books still dominate the European market
Video overtakes music
The breakdown of national markets varies dramatically
Germany is the largest book, music and video market in Europe
Ireland has the highest spending on books, music and video per capita
Books
Slow but steady growth for the European book market
Music
Growth in UK and Ireland props up ailing European music market
Video
DVD boom precipitates VHS decline
Retail concentration
Leading retailers
Market shares
E-commerce and music downloads
The story so far
Apple’s iPod leads the way
Music download market drivers
Broadband penetration
Leading paid-for music download sites
The future for music downloads
Report Scope
Definitions
Booksellers
Music retailers
Video retailers
Home shopping retailers
Countries and companies covered
Technical notes
Financial definitions
Currencies
Country codes
VAT
Other abbreviations
European Consumer Trends
Books
Music and video
France
Executive summary
Books hold their ground…
While music suffers…
Market dominated by Fnac
Mixed market for independents
Strong national market
Digital music market booming
Retail market to remain subdued overall
Background data – France
Population
Economy
The French Book, Music & Video Market
Market value and trends
Books
Sound recordings
DVD/VHS
Product breakdown
Books
Music
Video
Retail prices
Channels of distribution
Specialists
Grocers
Department stores
Home shopping
Online
Book, music and video retailers
Sales values and trends
Enterprise and outlet data
Consumer Trends – France
Introduction
Book buying
Visiting bookshops, reading and buying books
Music – CD, music DVD and mini-disc purchasing
Video – DVD and Video purchasing
Leading players
Market shares
Music downloads
Prospects and forecasts
Company profiles
Germany
Executive summary
Books and music falter, but video sales climb thanks to DVD
Relative importance of specialists declines
Highly fragmented sector
Leading specialists
Non-specialists are important players in the music market
Overseas presence very modest
The Internet will become a key channel
Prospects for German retailing remain grim
Background data – Germany
Population
Economy
The German Book, Music and Video Market
Market value and trends
Consumer spending on books, music and videos
Consumer spending on books
Consumer spending on pre-recorded music
Consumer spending on video
Channels of distribution
Books
Music
Video
Specialist book shops
Specialist music and video retailers
Department stores
Electrical retailers
Other retailers
Home shopping
Book, music and video retailers
Sales values and trends
Specialist book retailers
Specialist music and video retailers
Enterprise and outlet data
Consumer trends – Germany
Introduction
Book buying
Visiting book shops, reading and buying books
Music – CD, DVD and mini-disc purchasing
Video and DVD purchasing
Leading players
Market shares
Music downloads
Prospects and forecasts
Company profiles
Republic of Ireland
Executive summary
Consumer spending on books, music and video remains strong
Specialists dominate the sector
Concentrated market
New technologies offer new retailing channels
Music piracy hits sales
Book retailing forecast to outperform all retail sales
Background data – Republic of Ireland
Population
Economy
The Irish Book, Music and Video Market
Market value and trends
Consumer spending on books
Pre-recorded music sales
Consumer spending on video
Piracy
Channels of distribution
Specialists
Grocers
Department & variety stores
Home shopping
Book, music and video retailers
Sales values and trends
Enterprise and outlet data
Leading players
Market shares
Music downloads
Prospects and forecasts
Company profiles
Italy
Executive summary
Books and video market grow, but music sales are hit by piracy
Market very fragmented and dominated by specialists
Local players lead the market
Grocers to gain market share?
Books, news and stationery sector to follow non-food sales trend
Background data – Italy
Population
Economy
The Italian Book, Music and Video Market
Market value and trends
Consumer spending on books
Consumer spending on music
Consumer spending on video
Retail prices
Channels of distribution
Specialists
Grocers & other non-specialist retailers
Department & variety stores
Home shopping
Book, music and video retailers
Sales values and trends
Enterprise and outlet data
Leading players
Market shares
Music downloads
Prospects and forecasts
Company profiles
The Netherlands
Executive summary
Music market declining, books steady
Data on leaders scarce
Despite price protection…
Independents suffer across the board
Video market booms
Dutch economy forecast to improve
Background data – The Netherlands
Population
Economy
The Dutch Book, Music and Video Market
Market value and trends
Product breakdown
Books
Music
Video
Retail prices
Channels of distribution
Books
Music
Video
Book specialists
Music specialists
Department stores
Electrical retailers
Home shopping
Internet
Other
Book, music and video retailers
Sales values and trends
Enterprise and outlet data
Leading players
Market shares
Music downloads
Prospects and forecasts
Company profiles
Spain
Executive summary
Mixed performance
Combined market worth €4.1 billion
Specialists increase their share of the book market
Specialists less important in music and video
Foreign players lead among store based specialists
Mail order features some key players too
Non-specialist stores
Prospects for Spanish retailing quite promising
Background data – Spain
Population
Economy
The Spanish Book, Music and Video market
Market value and trends
Consumer spending on books, music and videos
Consumer spending on books
Consumer spending on pre-recorded music
Consumer spending on video
Channels of distribution
Books
Music and video
Specialists
Hypermarkets
Other non-specialists
Department stores
Home shopping
Book, music and video retailers
Sales values and trends
Enterprise and outlet data
Consumer trends – Spain
Introduction
Book buying
Visiting bookshops, reading and buying books
Music – CD, Music DVD and Mini-disc purchasing
DVDs
Leading players
Market shares
Music downloads
Prospects and forecasts
Company profiles
UK
Executive summary
DVD boom drives strong growth in books, music and video market
Buoyant book market as non-specialists continue to take market share
Beleaguered UK music market continues to struggle but outperforms global downturn
Music downloads expanding rapidly in line with installed base of technology
HMV Group leads the market
UK Premier Insight
Books
Music
DVD
Background data – United Kingdom
Population
Economy
The UK Book, Music and Video Market
Market value and trends
Other market data
2004 data
UK book, music and video retail sales
The UK book market
Channels of distribution
Outlets
The UK music market
Market size
Channels of distribution
Outlets
The UK video and DVD market
Market size
Channels of distribution
Consumer trends – UK
Introduction
Book buying
Visiting bookshops, reading and buying books
Music buying
Video & DVD buying
The Consumer
Key consumer findings
Books, Music & Video
Books
Music
Video (DVD)
Books – channels
Specialists continue to dominate…
The rise of the supermarkets
The Amazon Effect
Book clubs successful at reaching older consumers
Missed sales and new opportunities
Books – retailers
WH Smith continues to draw in book buyers
Waterstone’s dominates the specialist sector
Ottakar’s strategy proving successful
Borders’ urban stores finding favour with affluent consumers
Woolworths attracting younger book buyers
Supermarkets converting food shoppers into book buyers
Music
Specialists still the leading channel for music
Supermarkets limited offer delivering dividends
Internet players have lower penetration in music than in books
Missed sales & opportunities
Retailers
HMV is music market number one
WH Smith – broad appeal or lack of focus?
Woolworth’s finds favour with women
Almost half of ASDA food shoppers buy music in-store
Internet players appeal to a surprisingly broad range of music consumers
DVDs/videos
Supermarkets the main channel for DVD buying
Specialists slip to second place
Internet players weaker in DVD market than in books or music
Missed sales & opportunities
Retailers
HMV leads Virgin in the specialist stakes
High street generalists under-perform the market?
ASDA & Tesco dominate supermarket DVD retailing
Internet players attracting younger consumers
The Consumer – Detailed Consumer Demographics
Consumer attitudes and typologies
Key consumer findings
Books
Music
DVD
Book buying behaviour
A nation of book browsers?
Book bargain hunters
Impulse buying and fiction on the move
Women buy more books than men
Books as gifts
Borders converting the browsing faithful
Waterstone’s a serious bookshop?
Online vs. offline shopping
Book clubs and direct sellers
Book Buying Typologies
CD buying behaviour
CD Apathy: time for a change?
Music buyers not acting on impulse?
Online sales have the potential to grow
Are downloads the future music retailing?
Differences amongst the leading specialists
The High Street Generalists
Amazon
Music downloads and Internet shopping
CD gift buying behaviour
Albums remain the dominant format
Woolworths & WH Smith popular for gift buying
Internet players
DVD buying behaviour
DVD boom set to continue
DVD Consumer Demographics
Internet specialists big in gift market
New releases
Consumers agree supermarkets are hard to beat on price
DVD buying typologies
HMV
Supermarkets
Consumer Attitudes and Typologies – Detailed Consumer Demographics
Advertising Expenditure – UK
Total spending
Leading players
Market share
Music downloads
Prospects and forecasts
Company profiles
Major Company Profiles
amazon.com
Background
History
International expansion
Customer focus
Financial data
International division outperforms North America
Products
Operations and systems
Loyalty card
SWOT
Bertelsmann DirectGroup
Background
Financial data
Bertelsmann Group
Bertelsmann DirectGroup
DirectGroup operations
Europe
European book clubs
US
Asia
SWOT
Blockbuster
Background
Financial data
Outlets
E-commerce
Products
Non-European activities
SWOT
Fnac (PPR)
Background
PPR acquisition
Diversification
Financial data
Market share
Strategic direction
Outlets
France
International
E-commerce
Products
SWOT
Free Record Shop
Background
Financial data
Outlets
E-commerce
Products
SWOT
Hachette Distribution Services
Background
Acquisitions
Virgin Megastores
Focus/strategic direction
Financial data
2004
Outlets
Virgin Megastores
Other chains
E-commerce
Virgin
Furet du Nord/Payot
Products
Virgin Megastore
Mix shifting
Other chains
SWOT
HMV Group
Background
Financial data
Outlets
E-commerce
Music downloads
Products
SWOT
Thalia (Douglas Holding)
Background
Financial data
Outlets
E-commerce
Products
SWOT
Virgin Entertainment Group
Background
UK and Republic of Ireland
The demise of Our Price
Some converted…
…some sold
Continental Europe
France
Financial data
Outlets
Xpress comes…
…and goes
E-commerce
Products
Boosting depth of range
Loyalty card
Virgin Mobile concessions
SWOT
WH Smith
Background
Non-core retail activities
Refocusing
Latest developments
Financial data
Full-year performance
The worm turns
Focus on margins
Recent trading
Interim results
Outlets
Store portfolio strategy
E-commerce
Products
Books
Entertainment
Other
Loyalty card
SWOT
Mini Company Profiles
Borders
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Products
Britannia (Universal Group Direct)
Background
Financial data
Casa del Libro
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Crisol
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Eason & Son
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Gibert Joseph
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Golden Disc Group
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Hugendubel
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Il Libraccio
Background
Financial data
Outlets
La Feltrinelli
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Les Librairies Privat
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Madrid Rock
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Mayersche
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Mondadori
Background
Financial data
Outlets
MVC
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Ottakar’s
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Rigu Sound (Music Store)
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Stern Verlag Janssen & Co.
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Tiendas Tipo
Background
Financial data
Outlets
Weltbild
Background
Financial data
Outlets
WOM (KarstadtQuelle)
Background
Financial data
Outlets
