Retail/Wholesale Industry-Specific Applications Adoption and Investment Plans in

Retail/Wholesale Industry-Specific Applications Adoption and Investment Plans in Western Europe: an IDC Survey

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: October 2006
Product Code: R104-36048

Description

This report presents the key findings of IDC's European Vertical Market Survey, carried out in June/August 2006 in the top 5 Western European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K.) among 169 retail and wholesale companies with more than 20 employees. The purpose of this report is to understand the following:

Industry-specific IT solutions adoption trends Short-term industry-specific solution priorities and investment plans Industry-specific solutions implementation preference (packaged software versus custom development) Industry-specific solutions implementation strategy

This study presents findings for retail/wholesale-specific solutions including:

Point of sale/point of service (PoS) Merchandizing Store operations RFID Online shopping applications/platforms Mobile workforce solutions Inventory/materials management Warehouse management Transportation routing Purchasing/order entry Digital signage Planning (category/assortment/critical path management) Data standardization/alignment: MDM (master data management), GDS (global data synchronization), EPC (electronic product code) Self-checkouts Electronic shelf label

The results are presented for the top 5 Western European countries, for retail and wholesale respondents, and for total Western Europe.

"Manufacturing Insights believes that the enhancement of customer-facing strategies and of retail profit optimization management are the key drivers to growing investments in industry-specific applications in the Western European retail and wholesale sector," said Ivano Ortis, program manager, Manufacturing Insights. "Overall, retail and wholesale respondents are indicating the strongest short-term investment plans on applications that drive supply chain execution efficiencies, while showing strong investment plans for demand-side and store operation management solutions. Going into 2007 it will be interesting to assess how the industry-specific applications investment focus would change, both on a country and retail sub-segment level, also as a consequence of raising short-term expectations on RFID and online shopping platforms."

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Manufacturing Insights Opinion

In This Report

Methodology

Conceptual Framework

Sample Design

Sampling Unit: IDC's Economic Entity

Sample Quotas

Table: Vertical Market Quotas

Table: Company size quotas

Sample Frame and Sampling Method

Table: Number of completes by country

Respondents

Interviews

Questionnaires

Interview Schedule

Confidence Intervals

Weighting

Analysis of the Data

Definitions

Vertical Markets

Solution Areas

Executive Summary

Situation Overview

Introduction

Table: IDC's Vertical Market Survey, 2006, Respondent Company Distribution by Country, Western Europe (% of Companies)

Figure: Western Europe Retail/Wholesale, Survey Respondent Profiles by Company Size, (% of Companies)

Table: Western Europe, Retail/Wholesale, Survey Respondent Profiles by Functional Area and Country (% of Companies)

Table: Western Europe, Retail/Wholesale, Survey Respondent Profiles by Job Title and Country (% of Companies by Country)

Table: Western Europe, Retail/Wholesale, Survey Respondent Profiles by Location and Country (% of Companies)

Current Industry-Specific Solutions Adoption Status

Figure: Western Europe, Retail/wholesale, IT Solutions Adoption (% of Companies)

Table: Western Europe, Retail/Wholesale, IT Solutions Adoption by Country (% of Companies)

Industry-Specific IT Solutions Implementation Preference

Figure: Western Europe, Retail/Wholesale, Industry-Specific Applications Implementation Choice (% of Companies)

Table: Western Europe, Retail/wholesale, Industry-Specific Solution Implementation Preference (% Share)

Future Outlook

Industry-Specific Solutions - Investment Intentions

Industry-Specific IT Solutions Investment Plans

Figure: Western Europe, Retail/Wholesale, 2006-2007 Industry-Specific Applications Plans for Investment (% of Companies)

Table: Western Europe, Retail/Wholesale, Industry-Specific Applications Investment Plans by Country (% of Companies)

Figure: Retail and Wholesale Investment Matrix Industry-Specific IT Solutions - Western Europe

Industry-Specific Solutions - Primary IT Implementation Strategy

Figure: Western Europe, Retail/Wholesale, Industry-Specific Applications IT Implementation Strategy (% of Companies)

Essential Guidance

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Synopsis

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