Abstract
Mintels Market Intelligence series currently consists of 120 reports annually, divided into two UK-focused sectors:
Food & Drink
Non-food (Essentials)
These two complementary sectors combine to give you ultimate flexibility in your researching, whether you want an industry-focused base of information, or a complete picture covering a wide range of consumer-based markets.
For each sector, every report provides a thorough analysis of the market, looking at:
- Market Drivers
- Market Size and Trends
- Market Segmentation
- The Supply Structure
- Advertising and Promotion
- Distribution
- The Consumer
- The Future
- Forecast
Table of Contents
- Introduction and Abbreviations
- Definitions
- Consumer research
- ACORN
- Advertising data
- Abbreviations
- Executive Summary
- UK car parc continues to rise
- Arrival of Sat Nav boosts market
- Sat Nav dominates convenience and styling sector
- Supply structure is highly fragmented
- Advertising spend on the rise as Sat Nav moves into mainstream
- Signs of some consolidation in distribution
- Middle-aged men the key targets
- Technology to become more integrated
- Market Drivers
- Rising car parc increases potential sales
- Figure 1: Trends in the UK car parc, byvolume, 1995-2004
- Figure 2: Expenditure on cars, by type,1995-2005
- Growing number of female and older drivers
- Figure 3: Full driving licence holders, byage and gender, 1985/96-1999/2001
- PDI and consumer expenditure
- Figure 4: PDI and consumer expenditure, atconstant 2000 prices, 2000-10
- Improved specification and developments in technology
- Distances travelled decreasing
- Brits on holiday at home provide some hope
- Market Size and Trends
- Arrival of new technology provides welcome boost to market
- Figure 5: UK retail sales of caraccessories, 2000-05
- Convenience and styling segment grows to dominate overall sales
- Figure 6: UK retail sales of caraccessories, by product type, 2001-05
- Market Segmentation
- Convenience and styling accessories
- Figure 7: UK retail sales of convenienceand styling accessories, 2000-05
- The Sat Nav boom
- Figure 8: UK retail sales of convenienceand styling accessories, by product type, 2001-05
- A sizeable market in its own right
- Figure 9: UK retail sales of satellitenavigation/safety camera units, 2002-05
- Other convenience/styling accessories showing some growth
- Car mats
- Roof bars/boxes and cycle carriers
- Decoratives
- Styling and other accessories
- Safety/emergency accessories
- A more challenging market
- Figure 10: UK retail sales ofsafety/emergency accessories, 2000-05
- Supply Structure
- Highly fragmented supply base
- Companies and brands
- Halfords
- Figure 11: Halfords, company turnover,2004
- TomTom
- Garmin
- Navman
- Blackspot Interactive
- Distribution
- Halfords dominates distribution
- Figure 12: Retail distribution of the caraccessories market, by outlet type, 2003 and 2005
- Halfords
- Motorworld
- Wilco Motor Spares
- Others
- The Internet
- Advertising and Promotion
- Advertising expenditure expands with the arrival of Sat Nav
- Figure 13: Main monitored mediaadvertising expenditure on car accessories, 2001-05
- Figure 14: Main monitored mediaadvertising expenditure on car accessories, by outlet type, 2000-05
- Press advertising dominates Halfords spending
- TomTom focuses on outdoor and radio
- Garmin invests in TV, while Navman prefers the press
- Halfords remains the biggest spender despite entrance of Sat
Navmanufacturers
- Figure 15: Advertising expenditure on caraccessories, by leading suppliers, 2001-05
- The Consumer
- Average miles driven per year
- Figure 16: Average miles personally drivenper year, 2001-05
- Men and middle-aged drivers travel long distances
- Minimal use for the youngest and oldest
- Out and about with the family
- Safety/emergency accessories
- Figure 17: Car accessories/tools owned forsafety/emergency use, October 2005
- Under 35 and under-prepared
- C2Ds ready to pop the bonnet
- Convenience/styling accessories
- Figure 18: Car accessories/tools owned forconvenience and styling use, October 2005
- Music accessories high on the agenda
- Youngest consumers are the key targetsStyling accessories have substantial appeal
- Exterior styling -- the preserve of boy racers?
- Families maximise space
- The Consumer -- Detailed Demographics
- Figure 19: Average miles personally drivenper year, by gender, age, socio-economic group, presence of children,marital status, working status, household size, region, lifestage andMintels Special Groups, 2005
- Safety/emergency accessories
- Figure 20: Ownership of caraccessories/tools for safety/emergency use, by gender, age,socio-economic group, region, working status and marital status, October2005
- Figure 21: Ownership of caraccessories/tools for safety/emergency use, by presence of children,lifestage, Mintels Special Groups and media usage, October 2005
- Figure 22: Ownership of caraccessories/tools for safety/emergency use, by ACORN category,supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, October 2005
- Convenience and styling accessories
- Interior accessories
- Figure 23: Ownership of interioraccessories, by gender, age, socio-economic group, region, workingstatus and marital status, October 2005
- Figure 24: Ownership of interioraccessories, by presence of children, lifestage, Mintels Special Groupsand media usage, October 2005
- Figure 25: Ownership of interioraccessories, by ACORN category, supermarket usage and commercial TVviewing, October 2005
- Exterior styling/other external accessoriesFigure 26: Ownership of
exterior stylingand other external accessories, by gender, age, socio-economic
group,region, working status and marital status, October 2005
- Figure 27: Ownership of exterior stylingand other external accessories, by presence of children, lifestage,Mintels Special Groups and media usage, October 2005
- Figure 28: Ownership of exterior stylingand other external accessories, by ACORN category, supermarket usage andcommercial TV viewing, October 2005
- The Future
- OE or not OE?
- Technology key to market growth
- Portability and integration
- Adapting to change
- Internet and grocery multiples to increase their shares
- Forecast
- Figure 37: Forecast of the UK retail caraccessories market, 2005-10
- Technology drive
- Comfort and convenience to dictate market growth
- Safety/emergency accessories to continue decline
- Figure 38: Indexed growth of caraccessories, by sector, 2005-10
- Factors incorporated in the forecast
