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GLOBAL INVESTOR 1.16 — 36<br />
1.378<br />
trilli n<br />
Global apparel<br />
retail market 2015<br />
In 2015, the value of the<br />
global apparel retail market<br />
was USD 1.378 trillion and<br />
equaled Spain’s GDP in 2014.<br />
Source: Marketline, World Bank<br />
USD<br />
3.3<br />
3.7 USD bn<br />
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH USA<br />
8.2 USD bn<br />
PHV USA<br />
USD bn<br />
AMERICAN EAGLE<br />
OUTFITTERS USA<br />
6.2 USD bn<br />
NEXT UK<br />
7.6 USD bn<br />
RALPH LAUREN USA<br />
11.4 USD bn<br />
LIMITED BRANDS USA<br />
USA 11.07%<br />
20.3 USD bn<br />
ZARA SPAIN<br />
World’s biggest<br />
fashion retailers<br />
in 2014<br />
Six of the world’s ten<br />
biggest retailers of<br />
private label apparel<br />
(private labels cover the<br />
whole value chain from<br />
retailing down to producing)<br />
are US retailers.<br />
In 2014, their aggregate<br />
sales were USD 51 bn.<br />
Gap, the biggest US<br />
private label retailer and<br />
world’s number three,<br />
accounted for a third<br />
of these sales.<br />
Source: Fast Retailing<br />
13.9 USD bn<br />
UNIQLO JAPAN<br />
16.4 USD bn<br />
GAP USA<br />
17.9 USD bn<br />
H&M SWEDEN<br />
15 %<br />
The rise of emerging countries<br />
The fashion industry benefits from the increasing<br />
wealth of emerging markets’ middle classes.<br />
In 1996, H&M stores could only be found<br />
in Europe. In 2014, H&M generated 15% of its<br />
sales in emerging markets. Source: H&M<br />
United Kingdom 7.5%<br />
France 6.92%<br />
%<br />
of total H&M<br />
sales 2014<br />
Sweden 4.8%<br />
Netherlands 4.1%<br />
Italy 3.94%<br />
Spain 3.78%<br />
Switzerland 3.7%<br />
Belgium 2.2%<br />
others 8.3%<br />
Germany 19.8%<br />
Norway 3.0%<br />
Austria 2.9%<br />
Denmark 2.8%