Introduction

Books in Spain 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 Spain 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 Spanish books market is forecast to generate total revenue of $2,621.1 million in 2011, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -2.6% between 2007 and 2011.

*Sales by music, video, books and stationery retailers proved the most lucrative for the Spanish books market in 2011, with total revenues of $1.9 billion, equivalent to 72.8% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to continue to decline, with an anticipated CARC of -0.3% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $2,585.5 million by the end of 2016.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the books market in Spain

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the books market in Spain

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 Spain books market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Spain economy

Key Questions Answered

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

What will be the size of the Spain books market in 2016?

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

How has the market performed over the last five years?

How large is Spain’s books market in relation to its regional counterparts?
 

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
Fnac SA 17
Grupo Planeta 18
Lagardère SCA 19
Santana Books 23
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 24
Country Data 24
APPENDIX 26
Methodology 26
Industry associations 27
Related Datamonitor research 27

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Spain books market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Table 2: Spain books market geography segmentation : $million, by value, 2011(e) 8
Table 3: Spain books market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Table 4: Spain books market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Table 5: Fnac SA: key facts 17
Table 6: Grupo Planeta: key facts 18
Table 7: Lagardère SCA: key facts 19
Table 8: Lagardère SCA: key financials ($) 21
Table 9: Lagardère SCA: key financials (€) 21
Table 10: Lagardère SCA: key financial ratios 21
Table 11: Santana Books: key facts 23
Table 12: Spain size of population (million), 2007–11 24
Table 13: Spain gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007–11 24
Table 14: Spain gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007–11 24
Table 15: Spain inflation, 2007–11 24
Table 16: Spain consumer price index (absolute), 2007–11 25
Table 17: Spain exchange rate, 2007–11 25

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Spain books market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Figure 2: Spain books market geography segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e) 8
Figure 3: Spain books market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Figure 4: Spain books market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the books market in Spain, 2011 11
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the books market in Spain, 2011 12
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the books market in Spain, 2011 13
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the books market in Spain, 2011 14
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the books market in Spain, 2011 15
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the books market in Spain, 2011 16
Figure 11: Lagardère SCA: revenues & profitability 21
Figure 12: Lagardère SCA: assets & liabilities 22