UK Market for Beds and Bedding
This report provides a collection of statistical data and forecasts on the UK Market for Beds and Bedding. It contains information on the value of manufacturers' deliveries for all sectors of this market. The report also covers distribution channels, advertising and trade exhibitions. Major important manufacturers are profiled.
Growth in the UK domestic furniture industry continued in 2004, with sales increasing by 3.1% (or £145m in value terms), reaching a value of £5000m. However, 2005 proved to be an extremely poor year for the industry, with sales declining by around 4% and several major companies going into liquidation. Preliminary estimates for 2006 suggest that sales reached £4950m. This is up from £4870m in 2005, an increase of only £80m or 1.6%. Producer prices advanced by around 1-2% during the year.
Few manufacturers improved sales in 2005 or 2006 and margins were again under pressure, although the major retailers such as Ikea, DFS, Argos and John Lewis improved their positions in the market. To some extent they had been helped by the previous demise of competitors such as Uno, World of Leather, Kingsway, Landmark and more recently Courts Allders, and Furnitureland.
Sales of beds reached £605m in 2006, compared to £600m in 2005 and £620m in 2004, accounting for 12% of the total market in 2006. This is marginally less than the 13% market share that this product group held in 1990.
In value terms sales of divan sets reached £235m in 2006, accounting for 39% of the total market, whereas sales of bedsteads with mattress reached £135m in that year, accounting for 22% of the market.
In volume terms sales of divan sets reached 1.14m in 2006, accounting for 30% of the total market, whereas sales of bedsteads with mattress reached 0.85m in 2005, accounting for 22% of the market.
It is estimated that 60% of double divans and 55% of single divans consist of storage products, with the majority of the former containing 4 drawers and the majority of the latter having 2 drawers.
The leading retailers of beds in 2005 were Bensons for Beds (15.2%), Argos (11.0%), Dreams (9.0%) and Ikea (7.6%).
The leading manufacturers of beds are Soundersleep Ltd, previously known as Silentnight (with the Silentnight, Sealy, Perfecta, Pocket Spring, Rest Assured brands and so on), Steinhoff UK Beds Ltd (Relyon and Sprung Slumber), Hilding Anders UK plc (Slumberland and Dunlopillo and Simmons Bedding Group plc (Sleepeezee,Nestledown and Cumfilux).
Imports of beds reached £81.4m (at Manufacturers’
The market for beds is forecast to reach £620m in 2007 and £635m in 2008, indicating an annual increase of 2.5% in 2007 and a further increase of 2.4% in 2008. By the end of the period beds are expected to account for 12.3% of the total domestic furniture market.
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