Music & Video Retailers

The boom of the music and video market is over and will not return. Retailers saw demand surge for DVD, but growth is in sharp retreat - 2004 was the slowest since 1999. Competition will intensify - grocers and online retailers have raised sales from 1 in every 9 spent on music & video to 1 in 3 in five years. Only retailers that lead on price will make long term gains.

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

Slow market growth will raise the competitive stakes for the numerous retailers that now supply the 4.7bn music & video market. Only those retailers that have the capability to lead on price will make long term market share gains.Music has become a devalued commodity. In contrast to video, the music market has only grown by 4.1% over the last five years, making it the slowest growing retail sector.Digital downloading already accounts for 1.6% of music sales and will grow 10-fold by 2009.

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