Distribution and Retailing Industry

GMS, supermarkets, department stores, convenience stores, internet/catalog/mail order companies, drugstores, hardware stores,specialty stores and chains, SC/outlets/station buildings/SA/airports, co-ops, wholesalers, trading companies, overseas retail companies

Part 1   Overview

1. Latest Trends in Distribution and Retailing Industry in 2013

1. Distribution and retailing market 2012 - 2014
2. Structure of 133.4-trillion-yen distribution and retailing market
3. Economic recovery from stagnant consumption, Shift in strategies of retailing companies

2. Competition among Different Business Forms, Hybrid Business Forms, and Development of New Business Forms

1. Changes in the business forms developed by retailing businesses
2. Latest power relations by business form in 2013
3. Competitive status and potential of new business forms and attention-winning business forms

3. Trends in Consumption, Fusion of Mail Order and Service Industries

1. Relations between service and product consumption expenditure
2. Competition or cooperative relations between service and retailing industries
3. Strategies on services of business forms at leading retailers

4. Trends of Global Retailers, Strategies by Japanese Retailers on Overseas Market

1. Latest trends in overseas retail market 2013 - 2014
2. Overseas retail market and positioning of Japanese retailers within the World
3. Trends in foreign-affiliated retailing businesses at Japanese Market
4. Status of Japanese retailers of various business forms entering overseas market
5. Private brands from overseas companies
6. Chinese EC market and Japanese companies

Part 2 Market Trends by Business Category

1. GMS (General Merchandise Stores)

1. Latest trends in GMS market 2013 – 2014
2. Transition of GMS market and latest trends in 2013
3. Restructuring of GMS-centered distribution and retailing market
4. Trends in local GMS market
5. Trends in leading GMS companies
6. Individual trends of local GMS markets
7. Future outlook of GMS market

2. Supermarkets

1. Supermarket in 2013 and 2014
2. Group structures in supermarket industry
3. Trends in supermarkets by area
4. Leading supermarkets on business performance, store development, future perspectives
5. Sales ranking among supermarkets
6. Future outlook of supermarkets

3. Department stores (DP)

1. Latest trends in department-store market from 2013 to 2014
2. Transition of department-store market and market structure
3. New companies entered into department-store market and market structure
4. Case Studies of leading department store groups
5. Current status on local department stores

4. Convenience Stores (CVS)

1. Latest trends in CVS market from 2013 to 2014
2. Top three convenience stores in 2013
3. New business styles to survive and M&A trends
4. Store and competitive status of CVS by region
5. Trends in overseas business developments by leading CVS
6. Trends in leading CVS

5. Market of Mail Orders, Internet and Catalog Shopping

1. Latest trends in mail order market from 2013 to 2014
2. Current status of mail order market
3. Trends in mail order market by media (catalog, TV, internet)
4. Trends in internet retailing business
5. PV products in mail order market
6. Future outlook of mail order market

6. Drugstores

1. Latest trends in drugstore market from 2013 to 2014
2. Transition of drugstore market and market structure
3. Trends in online sales of over‐the‐counter drugs
4. Trends in entering overseas market by drugstores
5. Trends in leading drugstores

7. Hardware Stores (home improvement stores or DIY stores)

1. Latest trends in hardware store market from 2013 to 2014
2. Transition of hardware stores and market structure
3. PB and other development by hardware stores
4. Trends in leading hardware stores

8. -1   Specialty stores, franchise chains

1. Latest trends in specialty stores from 2013 to 2014
2. Current status and positioning of specialty stores among retail market
3. Trends in strategies of specialty stores on opening new stores
4. Large specialty store chains leading the market and those companies on the rise
5. PB products in specialty stores market
6. Future outlook on specialty stores market

8. -2   Franchise Chains

1. Latest trends in FC market from 2013 to 2014
2. Transition of FC market and market structure
3. Trends in FC industry by business category/business form

9. Shopping Centers, Outlet Malls

1. Latest trends in shopping center market from 2013 to 2014
2. Current status and transition of shopping center market
3. Characteristics and trends of shopping centers by type
4. Station buildings and “Stores within a station”
5. New location of shopping centers
6. Trends in shopping center development companies
7. Future outlook of shopping center market

10. Consumer cooperative (Co-op)

1. Latest trends in co-op from 2013 to 2014
2. Current status of consumer cooperative and trends in retail (supplier) business
3. Trends in door-to-door delivery business which has been on the growth path
4. Current status of PB from co-op and competition with online supermarket
5. Competition among the leading co-op, Consumers’ Cooperative Union Group and leading retailers

11. Wholesalers, Trading Companies

1. Latest trends in trading companies and wholesalers from 2013 to 2014
2. Size and structures of intermediate distribution market
3. Distribution market by product
4. Restructuring of wholesalers and changes in retailing companies
5. Sales ranking among wholesalers by product
6. Future outlook of wholesalers and trading companies in the distribution and retailing market

Reference Materials

• Sales ranking among 600 retailers
• Sales ranking among 400 wholesalers
• Number of stores by prefecture