Research and Markets: Leading European Clothing, Footwear, Accessories and Luxury Goods Retailers - Company Benchmarking Analysis Report 2012

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/af5aa2/leading_european_c) has announced the addition of Canadean Ltd's new report "Leading European Clothing, Footwear, Accessories and Luxury Goods Retailers - Company Benchmarking Analysis Report" to their offering.

This report contains a competitive company benchmarking analysis based on key financial and operating parameters and ratios of a select peer group of companies, compared to one another and to overall global averages for their retail channel. The analysis highlights the companies that are performing the best among the peer group, and in which areas, and therefore clarifies leading performance standards and the strengths and weaknesses of companies covered.

The report compares the strength of the leading clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers in Europe relative to each other and international averages for retailers in the clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers channel.

The benchmark analysis is based on key parameters and ratios that explain the performance of a particular company against that of its immediate peers and its overall channel of operation. As such, it provides an easy-to-use analysis which highlights the companies that are setting the benchmark performance in their channel of operation.

The report provides a peer group benchmarking analysis of leading clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers in Europe. The peer group is selected from the Retailer Company Benchmark Database which covers the leading 1,000 global retailers. The peer group covered includes leading public clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers based in Europe.

The retailers covered in the report are:

• PPR
• Inditex S.A.
• H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
• Next plc
• Macintosh Retail Group NV
• Etam Developpement SCA
• JD Sports Fashion Plc
• Charles Voegele Holding AG
• KappAhl Holding AB
• RNB RETAIL AND BRANDS AB

Key Highlights:

• H & M was the strongest performer of the leading clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers in Europe. The company's strong performance was driven by the high scores it received for all the pillars.
• Next plc was the top performer under the operational efficiency pillar. The company also performed strongly under the scale and growth, and financial performance pillars.
• RNB Retail was the weakest performer of the leading clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers in Europe. The company's poor performance was driven by the weak scores it received for metrics across all the pillars.
• The European clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retail market is highly fragmented and no single retailer had a market of 5% at the regional level. The market is dominated by the retail chains based in Western Europe.

Key Topics Covered:

1 Introduction

2 Peer Group Summary Analysis

3 Leading European Clothing, Footwear, Accessories and Luxury Goods Retailers - Company Benchmarking

4 Appendix

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