Dear Colleague,

Convergence is a major theme across business activities in the EU however the European out-of-town market is still characterised by huge differences. These lie in development, ownership structure, retail formats, integration into a wider infrastructural framework, environmental standards, planning legislation and age and quality of stock. Verdict estimates that sales in the European out-of-town market (across France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK) grew by 19.1% to €420.0bn between 2002 and 2007 period.
 
European Out-of-Town Retailing 2008 is a new report published by Verdict providing a definitive guide to out-of-town retailing across the EU. This new report examines the latest changes occurring in the out-of-town retail sector, detailing out-of-town market sizes and trends, in depth analysis of the key out-of-town issues, five year forecasts and analysis and profiles of the key retailers in the sector.

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• Benchmark your competitive strategies using the company profiles contained in this report for key retailers including Auchan, Carrefour, E.Leclerc, ITM, IKEA, Kingfisher, Metro, Rewe, Schwarz and Tesco.
   
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Key questions answered by this report include:

• To what extent are hard discounters targeting German
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• Is there more potential for 'furniture boulevards' in the Netherlands?
• What are the key issues affecting UK out-of-town retailing at present?
• Why is Italy set to outperform the other EU out-of-town retail markets over the next five years?
• Will Spain’s buoyant out-of-town performance continue against the backdrop of an overall slowing property market?
• Going forward will France witness the revival of the hypermarché or will the centre ville be the real winner?

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Yours sincerely

Matt Green
Marketing Manager
Verdict Research
 
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