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VERD - Verdict Market Research





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Verdict is the UK's leading authority on retailing and publishes
unrivalled independant analysis of the retail industry.
Verdict reports
combine comparative and statistical data on markets, companies
and products with an in-depth commentary on recent and current
developments. An informed overview of future prospects provides an
invaluable aid to business planning.

VERD contains the full text of Verdicts retail reports series.
Each series covers nine core sectors, five year forecasts, strategic
issues, key locations, How Britain Shops consumer surveys and the
main European retail markets.

Verdict publishes four types of series retail reports.
Sector reports: cover leading retailers, emphasising product
offers, competitive positioning, store profiles, market share etc.
Forecast reports: contain five year forecasts by sector of retail
sales, products, channels of distribution and net selling space.
Location reports: provide statistics and analysis of the dynamics of
the locations and retailers. They include Out-of-Town retailing,
the High Street, Neighbourhood retailing, Electronic shopping and
Home shopping.
Consumer reports: How Britain Shops identifies the key drivers of
customer loyalty, covering Range, Price, Convenience, Quality,
Service, Store Layout, Store Environment, Ambience, Facilities etc.

VERD is used by UK retailers, manufacturers, service suppliers, city
analysts, consultants and the media to inform their strategic
planning

Use it to:
- trading performances
- conduct strategic planning
- make cross market comparisons
- assess advertising effectiveness
- carry out consumer analysis
- track company performance
- research mergers/acquisitions

Sources:
Verdict is the leading authority on retailing, with reports
written by an in-house team of analysts. They maintain a regular
programme of store visits and meetings with senior executives, from
the top 300 retailers, keeping informed of developments in all
of the main retail sectors.



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Datamonitor
108-110 Finchley Rd
London, NW3 5JJ
UK
Tel: +44 161 238 4079
Fax: +44 161 238 4141
Contact: Craig Pickering
E-mail: craig.pickering@datamonitor.com.



Sample Document



AN Q42063 200509 20060220.
TI E-RETAIL.
SO DATAMONITOR 108-110 FINCHLEY RD LONDON NW3 5JJ
TEL: +44 20 7675 7000
FAX: +44 20 7675 7500
PUBLICATION DATE: 2005/01/01.
DT 20050101.
LE 198,107 Characters, approximately 117 PC screens.
TC 1.1 MAIN CONCLUSIONS TX (1)
1.2 MARKET ANALYSIS MARKET DEFINITION TX (2)
1.3 MARKET ANALYSIS ONLINE SHOPPER POPULATION TX (3)
1.4 MARKET ANALYSIS EXPENDITURE PER HEAD TX (4)
1.5 MARKET ANALYSIS SPEND BY AGE AND GENDER TX (5)
1.6 MARKET ANALYSIS SHOPPING FREQUENCY TX (6)
1.7 MARKET ANALYSIS TRANSACTION SIZE TX (7)
1.8 MARKET ANALYSIS EXPENDITURE BY MARKET TX (8)
1.9 MARKET DATA ANALYSIS BETTER INTERNET ACCESS TX (9)
continues to 1.101 TX (100)

X 18 OF 100.
1.18 FORECAST & OUTLOOK SPENDING FORECASTS

Retail spending online by sector 2004 & 2009 forecast
(table continued below)
2004
Online Spending All Retail Spending
OnlineShare
% pounds m pounds m

Electricals 1,485 22,369
6.6
Food & Grocery 1,386 99,361
1.4
Clothing & Footwear 701 37,980
1.8
Music & Video 555 5,250
10.6
Homewares 421 10,397
.1
DIY 377 13,109
2.9
Books 317 3,193
9.9
Furniture
& Floorcoverings 287 14,999
1.9
Health & Beauty 160 13,654
1.2
Other 661 41,873
1.6
Total 6,350 262,185
2.4
Source: Verdict Analysis


Over the past five years online spending has grown rapidly -the market
is now worth over six times as much as it was in 1999. During this
period the value of the online market has increased from under pounds
1.0bn to pounds 6.4bn.
Looking forward, the rate of growth will continue to be rapid as
higher quality and more widespread Internet access makes it easier to
shop online.
However there will be substantial variations between retail sectors.
Growth will be fastest in sectors where the development of online
service is a recent phenomenon. We expect the strongest growth in the
DIY market where online penetration is still under 3% and there are
clear advantages for consumers in buying online. Growth will also be
strong in the related home markets of homewares and furniture.
Despite the rapid growth of these smaller sectors, electricals will
remain the largest online retail sector. The price advantage of online
electricals retailing means they will account for almost pounds 1 in
every pounds 6 spent on electricals by 2009.

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Source : Verdict Analysis

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AN Accession number 1_: Q42063.AN.
& update 2_: 20060101.AN.
TI Title 3_: BAKERY WITH CEREAL.TI.
SO Source 4_: VERDICT.SO.
DT Date 5_: DATE=20051201
6_: MONTH=200512
7_: YEAR=2005
CN Country 8_: GBR.CN.
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TC Table of contents 9_: CONSUMER ADJ
ANALYSIS.TC.
TX Text 10_: BAKERY WITH CEREAL.TX.
IR Industry terms 11_: PERSONAL ADJ CARE.IR.
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Notes on VERD


Delivery of Verdict Reports to DataStar:
There is no embargo on the delivery of Verdict Reports to
DataStar. Any delay in reports appearing online will be due to the
processing of them by Datamonitor for electronic delivery.

Datamonitor are committed to supplying all third-party hosts with
reports at the same time.

Depending on complexity of the processing required, you should
expect to see reports on DataStar anytime between 4 to 12 weeks
after publication of the original hardcopy.

Full text searching and printing in VERD:
For best results use WITH or ADJ to combine terms, rather than
AND, e.g.:

1_: BREAD WITH SALES

Print title, occurrence table and table of contents to determine
relevance of article:

2_: ..P TI, OC, TC 1

then, print either specific paragraphs:

3_: ..P TX(7-9,13) 1

or all paragraphs where search terms occur with HITS:

4_: ..P HITS 1


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