“Fashion & Apparel Retailing in China 2010: A Market Analysis”

This new report covers fashion and apparel retailing in China, including sectors: footwear; knitwear; men's wear; hosiery, underwear and nightwear; children's wear; and women's wear; sports and casual wear. The report coves sales via department stores as well as branded chains and sportswear outlets.

This new report includes:

• Total and per capita retail apparel sales to 2009.
• Fashion & apparel retail industry network and sales data to 2009.
• Fashion & apparel sector volume and value sales data to 2009.
• Casual wear sales value per sector to 2009.
• Sports wear sales value per sector to 2009.
• Apparel consumption by urban and rural consumers by income group to 2009.
• Urban and rural apparel consumption by province to 2009.
• Leading 20 fashion and apparel retailers ranked by turnover, profits and margin to 2009.
• Market forecasts to 2014.
• Current issues including latest six financial quarters key retailer developments.
• Key background consumer market data to 2009.
• Profiles of 27 of the leading fashion and apparel retailers in China, with financial and network data to 2009.
• Key demographic data, including detailed age group and by habitation and province.

The total apparel retail market is estimated to have reached a value of RMB895.4bn in 2009, and the market is expected to surpass RMB1trn in 2010. Retail sales value increased by 132% between 2003 and 2009.

Per capita apparel items sales grew by 137.8% between 2003 and 2009 thanks to increased spending power across a wider section of the population, in turn thanks to strong increases in average wages. However, volume sales surpassed value sales due to retail price weakness, with average prices by almost 10% across the 2003 to 2009 period.

The weakness of retail prices, caused by intense competition, continues to put pressure on retailers margins, forcing them to improve operational efficiency and to market more heavily in order to increase store footfall and raise purchasing rates.

The strong levels of competition in the tier-1 and -2 cities is driving retailers to up their plans for regional expansion, ranging from modest, selective targeting to some retailers outlandishly forecasting as many as 1,000 new stores over five years. As well as new stores, there is a steady stream of new foreign and domestic entrants adding to the competitive frenzy. Smaller, successful brands and chains will likely become targets for increased mergers and acquisitions activity in a market that will need to begin consolidation.

Chinas consumers are increasingly wealthy, but they are also very price conscious. A strong sense of value for money does not automatically mean they prefer cheap, and they tend to be willing to pay more for better quality. The rapid growth of the Chinese economy means that things change fast, including fashion trends, and this means that Chinese consumers are very fickle about fashion. Already, sportswear has peaked (from a high point in 2008/09, in the wake of the Beijing Olympics) and outdoor wear is increasingly the sector where growth is accumulating.

Women continue to be the main target market, not only being higher per capita consumers by volume, but also because they are often the main decision makers and purchasers of childrens wear and have a strong influence on what their male partners buy. Thus it is that most marketing, even for mens wear, tends to be directed at women. Younger professional women are the most significant of all the consumer segments, being the ones buying the most volume, and the highest average value per item.

The future market looks set for continued steady growth, helped by continued average wage increases, as well as the emergence of significant consumption within rural communities, and the continued rapid urbanisation of the Chinese population. The latter factor is helping to increase urban population concentration, bringing more people closer to more retail outlets, raising footfall and purchasing frequency. However, retail price weakness will continue to be a problem, thanks to strong competition in all sectors.

Access Asia forecasts that the total market value will grow to approximately RMB1.4trn in 2014, up from RMB1.0trn in 2010, in constant 2009 price terms. Footwear will continue to be the strongest growth sector, but womens wear will persist as the largest sector overall.

Key Topics Covered:

1 CHINAS APPAREL RETAIL MARKET

1.1 Overview

1.2 The Wider Retail Market

1.3 Apparel & Fashion Retail Industry Structure

1.4 Apparel & Fashion Product Sectors

1.5 Casual Wear Product Sectors

1.6 Sports Wear Product Sectors

1.7 Clothing Consumption by Income Group

1.8 Clothing Consumption by Region

1.9 Leading Retailers

1.10 Retail Prices & Operational Costs

1.11 Outlook

2 CURRENT ISSUES

2.1 Recent Retailer Activity

2.2 Childrens Clothing

2.3 The Relative Potential Markets in Urban Areas

2.4 Does Rural China Have a Potential?

2.5 Defining The Potential Market

2.6 The Domestic Economy (Q4 2009 and H1 2010)

2.7 The Chinese Governments Five-point Plan for Domestic Economic Growth

2.8 Private Label

3 COMPANY PROFILES

3.1 361 Degrees International

3.2 adidas Group China

3.3 ANTA Sports Products

3.4 Belle International Holdings

3.5 Bosideng International Holdings

3.6 China Dongxiang (Group)

3.7 China Hongxing Sports

3.8 China Lilang

3.9 Daphne International Holdings

3.10 Dickson Concepts (International)

3.11 Embry Holdings

3.12 Esprit China

3.13 Foshan Saturday Shoes

3.14 Fujian Septwolves Industry

3.15 Giordano International

3.16 Glorious Sun Enterprises

3.17 Li Ning

3.18 Nike China

3.19 Ningbo Shanshan Co., Ltd.

3.20 Peak Sport Products

3.21 Ports Design

3.22 Pou Sheng International Holdings

3.24 Texwinca Holdings

3.25 Xtep International Holdings

3.26 Youngor Group Co., Ltd.

3.27 Zhejiang Baoxiniao Garment

4 CONTACTS

4.1 Trade Organisations

4.2 Government Departments

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