Plunkett's Retail Industry Trends and Statistics 2011 (Summary)

PLUNKETT'S RETAIL INDUSTRY TRENDS & STATISTICS 2011

Key Features:

- Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence
- Market forecasts and Industry Statistics
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Pages: 62
Statistical Tables Provided: 17
Geographic Focus: Global

A condensed market research report excerpted from Plunkett?s Retail Industry Almanac 2011, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and vital statistical tables. You will gain significant insights that can help you shape your own strategy for business development, product development and investments.

-How is the industry evolving?
-How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?
-How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?
-What is the size of the market now and in the future?

Contents, Statistics, Forecasts and Analysis Include:

Major Trends Affecting the Retail Industry
1) Wal-Mart Dominates as the World?s Biggest Retailer (and now America?s Biggest Grocer)
2) Discounting and Discount Stores Evolve
3) Private Label Brands Boom
4) Sophistication and Success for Direct Marketers and Non-Store Sales
5) Rise of Showcase Stores and Super-Merchandisers
6) For the Long Term in the U.S., a Decline in Consumer Spending and Debt, along with an Increase in Saving
7) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Slows
8) Location Based Advertising and Mobile Advertising on Cellphones Grow Quickly
9) Retail Technologies Leap Ahead
10) RFID Drives Inventory Management Evolution
11) Self Service Retail and Travel Technologies Take Off
12) Retailers Eye Expanding Middle Class, Move into Emerging Markets, Including China, India and Brazil
13) Lifestyle Centers and Super-Regional Malls Falter/Mall Glut Anticipated
14) Malls Morph to Stay Afloat
15) Luxury Item Sales Rebound
16) LOHAS- Socially Conscious Consumers Create Challenges and Opportunities for Advertisers and Marketers
17) How to Interpret Reports of Retail Sales

Retail Industry Statistics
1) U.S. Retail Industry Overview
2) Annual Consumer Price Index, 1915-2010
3) Exports, General Imports & Trade Balance in Goods, U.S.: 1981-2nd Quarter 2010
4) Types of U.S. Shopping Centers
5) Total U.S. Retail Sales & Annual Percent Change: 1992-2010
6) U.S. Retail Trade Corporation Statistics, Q2 2010
7) Total Estimates of Annual Sales of Merchant Wholesalers: 2003-2009
8) Total Monthly Sales and Inventories of Merchant Wholesalers: Monthly, through August 2010
9) Retail & Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: Monthly, through Sepember 2010
10) Retail & Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: 2004-Sepember 2010
11) Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total & E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2002-3rd Quarter 2010
12) Total U.S. Disposable Income, Expenditures & Gross Domestic & National Product Per Capita: 1960-2010
13) Average Annual U.S. Household Expenditures: 2004-2009
14) Distribution of Total U.S. Annual Household Expenditures, by Major Category: 2009
15) Top 10 Retail Websites, U.S.: November 13, 2010
16) Resident Population Estimates by Age, U.S.: 2003-2009
17) Employment in the Retail Industry, U.S.: 2004-Sepember 2010