Discount, Variety Store, and General Merchandise Retailers in Finland

Discount, Variety Store, and General Merchandise Retailers in Finland

Introduction

Datamonitor's retail databooks are based on key market value data for eight major product sectors, 16 core retail distribution channels and 62 countries. This profile focuses on discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers in Finland and provides data on channel size. It also offers information on main product groups sold through the channel, and includes growth forecasts up to 2012.

Scope

*An overview of total retail value in this country segmented by retail channel

*The value of sales through this key retail channel from 2002 to 2007 and forecasts to 2012

*Channel value segmented by the major product groups sold through it

Highlights

Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format in Finland increased at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.6% between 2002 and 2007.

Home improvement product sales accounted for a 50.9% share of the discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format in 2007.

Reasons to Purchase

*Discover which retail channels have been growing and declining in popularity within this country

*Understand the value of major product groups sold through this channel

*Uncover the future direction of the retail channel with reliable historical data and full five year forecasting

TABLE OF CONTENTS
DATAMONITOR VIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Methodology 1
DISCOUNT, VARIETY STORE, AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE RETAILERS IN FINLAND 5
Retail format overview 5
Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers – value 8
Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers versus other key retail formats 11
Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, segmentation by markets 14
APPENDIX 18
Methodology 18
Market definition 19
Related research 23
Datamonitor consulting 23
Disclaimer 24



LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Retail market, Finland, value by format (%), 2007 5
Figure 2: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format versus retail market, Finland, growth comparison, %, 2007–12 7
Figure 3: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, Finland, value ($bn), 2002–07 8
Figure 4: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, Finland, value ($bn), 2007–12 10
Figure 5: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format versus other key retail formats, Finland, comparison, 2002–12 11
Figure 6: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format versus other key retail formats, Finland, growth (%), 2003–07 13
Figure 7: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, Finland, segmentation by markets (%), 2007 14
Figure 8: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, Finland, segmentation by markets (%), 2012 16



LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Retail market, Finland, value by format ($bn and €bn), 2007 6
Table 2: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format versus retail market, Finland, growth comparison, %, 2007–12 7
Table 3: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, Finland, value ($bn and €bn), 2002–07 9
Table 4: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, Finland, value ($bn and €bn), 2007–12 10
Table 5: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format versus other key retail formats, Finland, comparison, 2002–12 ($bn) 12
Table 6: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format versus other key retail formats, Finland, growth (%), 2003–07 13
Table 7: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, Finland, segmentation by markets ($m), 2002–07 15
Table 8: Discount, variety store, and general merchandise retailers format, Finland, segmentation by markets ($m), 2007–12 17
Table 9: Retail sector definitions 19
Table 10: (Part 1) Retail format definitions 20
Table 11: (Part 2) Retail format definitions 21
Table 12: (Part 3) Retail format definitions 22