Menswear Retailers

Menswear is missing out on 1bn additional sales. Menswear's share of total retail expenditure has been on a downward trend since the mid '90s. Had the market managed only to maintain its share of expenditure level, in 2004 it would have commandeered an additional 1bn worth of sales - a sum equivalent to the menswear turnover of Next, Arcadia and Gap combined.

Scope

• Market size, sales including category sales and growth rates.
• Sales through channels of distribution, share of total retail spend.
• Analysis by retailer, with market shares, store profile statistics and sales densities.

Highlights

For the second year running the menswear market achieved growth above 2.5%, improving on the trend of the previous four consecutive years and increasing by 2.6% to 8.4bn.However, almost one-third of UK male adults still do not actively shop for clothing. According to Verdict's cDNA data on How Britain Shops for Clothing only 68.3% of male consumers shop for clothing.The growth achieved in 2004 benefited only a few of the largest menswear operators. Six key players - Next, George, TK Maxx, Primark, Debenhams and Matalan - accounted for 96.2% of total menswear market growth.

Reasons to Purchase

• Assess the market's dynamics through robust exclusive market share and market size data.
• Identify the growth prospects through detailed analysis of the key issues and drivers of the market.
• Understand each retailer's store portfolio, retail proposition and future outlook