Retail
Company Benchmarking Analysis Report
Leading North American Clothing,
Footwear, Accessories and Luxury
Goods Retailers – Company
Benchmarking Analysis Report
Reference code: RT0016CB
Published: December 2011
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 What is this Report About? ............................................................................................................... 7
1.2 Peer Group ...................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3 Retail Channel Definitions ................................................................................................................ 8
1.4 Financial and Operational Metric Definitions .................................................................................... 9
1.5 Summary Methodology ...................................................................................................................11
1.5.1 Overall Research Methodology ................................................................................................................ 11
1.5.2 Scorecard and Heat Chart Methodology .................................................................................................. 12
2 Peer Group Summary Analysis .......................................................................................... 17
2.1 Leading North American Clothing, Footwear, Accessories and Luxury Goods Retailers – Heat
Chart ......................................................................................................................................................17
2.2 Leading North American Clothing, Footwear, Accessories and Luxury Goods Retailers – Insights
from Competitive Benchmarking Analysis ..............................................................................................19
2.2.1 Scale and growth competitive benchmarks .............................................................................................. 19
2.2.2 Operational efficiency competitive benchmarks ....................................................................................... 19
2.2.3 Financial performance competitive benchmarks ...................................................................................... 20
2.3 Limited Brands Companies Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard ...........................................21
2.4 Coach, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard ..........................................................................22
2.5 Nordstrom, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard ....................................................................23
2.6 Ross Stores, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard .................................................................24
2.7 The Gap, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard .......................................................................25
2.8 Foot Locker, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard ..................................................................26
2.9 Collective Brands, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard .........................................................27
2.10 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard......................................................28
2.11 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard ............................................29
2.12 Saks Incorporated – Company Benchmarking Scorecard ...............................................................30
3 Leading North American Clothing, Footwear, Accessories and Luxury Goods
Retailers – Company Benchmarking........................................................................................ 31
3.1 Scale and Growth Competitive Benchmarks ...................................................................................31
3.1.1 Leading North American clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers by revenue, 2006–
2010 31
3.1.2 Leading North American clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers by revenue growth,
2007–2010 ............................................................................................................................................................ 33
3.1.3 Leading North American clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers by retail floor
space, 2006–2010................................................................................................................................................. 35
3.1.4 Leading North American clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers by retail floor
space growth, 2007–2010 ..................................................................................................................................... 37
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3.1.5 Leading North American clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers by store count,
2006–2010 ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
3.1.6 Leading North American clothing, footwear, accessories and luxury goods retailers by store count
growth, 2007–2010 ....................................................................................................................................