Books in the United Kingdom

Introduction

Books in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United Kingdom books market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

-The books market includes atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, text books, guidebooks, musical scores, maps, fiction and non-fiction. All physical books sold from internet sites like Amazon.com are included but e-books are not included. The market is valued at retail selling price (RSP) with any currency conversions calculated using constant annual average 2010 exchange rates.

-The UK books market is forecast to generate total revenue of $3.6 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -2.3% between 2007 and 2011.

-Sales by music, video, books and stationery retailers proved the most lucrative for the UK books market in 2011, with total revenues of $1.7 billion, equivalent to 48.2% of the market's overall value.

-The performance of the market is forecast to decline, with an anticipated CARC of -5% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $2.8 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key books market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the United Kingdom books market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United Kingdom books market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the United Kingdom books market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United Kingdom books market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 6
Market definition 6
Market analysis 6
MARKET DATA 7
Market value 7
MARKET SEGMENTATION 8
Geography segmentation 8
Market distribution 9
MARKET OUTLOOK 10
Market value forecast 10
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 11
Summary 11
Buyer power 12
Supplier power 13
New entrants 14
Threat of substitutes 15
Degree of rivalry 16
LEADING COMPANIES 17
Amazon.com, Inc. 17
Blackwell, UK Ltd 20
HMV Group plc 21
WH Smith PLC 24
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 27
Country Data 27
APPENDIX 29
Methodology 29
Industry associations 30
Related Datamonitor research 30

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom books market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Table 2: United Kingdom books market geography segmentation : $million, by value, 2011(e) 8
Table 3: United Kingdom books market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Table 4: United Kingdom books market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Table 5: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts 17
Table 6: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financials ($) 18
Table 7: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financial ratios 18
Table 8: Blackwell, UK Ltd: key facts 20
Table 9: HMV Group plc: key facts 21
Table 10: HMV Group plc: key financials ($) 21
Table 11: HMV Group plc: key financials (£) 22
Table 12: HMV Group plc: key financial ratios 22
Table 13: WH Smith PLC: key facts 24
Table 14: WH Smith PLC: key financials ($) 24
Table 15: WH Smith PLC: key financials (£) 25
Table 16: WH Smith PLC: key financial ratios 25
Table 17: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2007–11 27
Table 18: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007–11 27
Table 19: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007–11 27
Table 20: United Kingdom inflation, 2007–11 27
Table 21: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2007–11 28
Table 22: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2007–11 28

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom books market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Figure 2: United Kingdom books market geography segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e) 8
Figure 3: United Kingdom books market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Figure 4: United Kingdom books market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the books market in the United Kingdom, 2011 11
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the books market in the United Kingdom, 2011 12
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the books market in the United Kingdom, 2011 13
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the books market in the United Kingdom, 2011 14
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the books market in the United Kingdom, 2011 15
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the books market in the United Kingdom, 2011 16
Figure 11: Amazon.com, Inc.: revenues & profitability 18
Figure 12: Amazon.com, Inc.: assets & liabilities 19
Figure 13: HMV Group plc: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 14: HMV Group plc: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 15: WH Smith PLC: revenues & profitability 25
Figure 16: WH Smith PLC: assets & liabilities 26