Overview:

Bath & Shower Products: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Bath & Shower Products industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation
* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
* Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).
* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global bath & shower products market grew by 3.4% in 2009 to reach a value of $9,597.9 million.

In 2014, the global bath & shower products market is forecast to have a value of $11,312 million, an increase of 17.9% since 2009.

The global bath & shower products market grew by 3.1% in 2009 to reach a volume of 3,144.2 million units.

In 2014, the global bath & shower products market is forecast to have a volume of 3,620.8 million units, an increase of 15.2% since 2009.

Shower products is the largest segment of the global bath & shower products market, accounting for 69.6% of the market's total value.

Europe accounts for 56.9% of the global bath & shower products market value.

Unilever is the leading player in the global bath & shower products market, generating a 17% share of the market's value.

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Market Definition

The bath & shower products market consists of the retail sale of shower products, liquid bath products and other bath products. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2009 annual average exchange rates.

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
INTRODUCTION 20
What is this report about? 20
Who is the target reader? 20
How to use this report 20
Definitions 20
GLOBAL BATH & SHOWER PRODUCTS 21
Market overview 21
Market value 22
Market volume 23
Market segmentation I 24
Market segmentation II 25
Market share 26
Five forces analysis 27
Market distribution 35
Market forecasts 36
BATH & SHOWER PRODUCTS IN ASIA-PACIFIC 38
Market overview 38
Market value 39
Market volume 40
Market segmentation I 41
Market segmentation II 42
Market share 43
Five forces analysis 44
Market distribution 52
Market forecasts 53
BATH & SHOWER PRODUCTS IN EUROPE 55
Market overview 55
Market value 56
Market volume 57
Market segmentation I 58
Market segmentation II 59
Market share 60
Five forces analysis 61
Market distribution 69
Market forecasts 70
BATH & SHOWER PRODUCTS IN FRANCE 72
Market overview 72
Market value 73
Market volume 74
Market segmentation I 75
Market segmentation II 76
Market share 77
Five forces analysis 78
Market distribution 86
Market forecasts 87
Macroeconomic indicators 89
BATH & SHOWER PRODUCTS IN GERMANY 91
Market overview 91
Market value 92
Market volume 93
Market segmentation I 94
Market segmentation II 95
Market share 96
Five forces analysis 97
Market distribution 105
Market forecasts 106
Macroeconomic indicators 108
BATH & SHOWER PRODUCTS IN JAPAN 110
Market overview 110
Market value 111
Market volume 112
Market segmentation I 113
Market segmentation II 114
Market share 115
Five forces analysis 116
Market distribution 123
Market forecasts 124
Macroeconomic indicators 126
BATH & SHOWER PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 128
Market overview 128
Market value 129
Market volume 130
Market segmentation I 131
Market segmentation II 132
Market share 133
Five forces analysis 134
Market distribution 142
Market forecasts 143
Macroeconomic indicators 146
BATH & SHOWER PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED STATES 148
Market overview 148
Market value 149
Market volume 150
Market segmentation I 151
Market segmentation II 152
Market share 153
Five forces analysis 154
Market distribution 163
Market forecasts 164
Macroeconomic indicators 166
COMPANY PROFILES 168
Unilever 168
The Procter & Gamble Company 174
Sara Lee Corporation 179
APPENDIX 185
Data Research Methodology 185

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global bath & shower products market value: $ million, 2005–09 22
Table 2: Global bath & shower products market volume: million units, 2005–09 23
Table 3: Global bath & shower products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 24
Table 4: Global bath & shower products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 25
Table 5: Global bath & shower products market share: % share, by value, 2009 26
Table 6: Global bath & shower products market distribution: % share, by value, 2009 35
Table 7: Global bath & shower products market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 36
Table 8: Global bath & shower products market volume forecast: million units, 2009–14 37
Table 9: Asia-Pacific bath & shower products market value: $ million, 2005–09 39
Table 10: Asia–Pacific bath & shower products market volume: million units, 2005–09 40
Table 11: Asia-Pacific bath & shower products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 41
Table 12: Asia-Pacific bath & shower products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 42
Table 13: Asia-Pacific bath & shower products market share: % share, by value, 2009 43
Table 14: Asia-Pacific bath & shower products market distribution: % share, by value, 2009 52
Table 15: Asia-Pacific bath & shower products market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 53
Table 16: Asia–Pacific bath & shower products market volume forecast: million units, 2009–14 54
Table 17: Europe bath & shower products market value: $ million, 2005–09 56
Table 18: Europe bath & shower products market volume: million units, 2005–09 57
Table 19: Europe bath & shower products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 58
Table 20: Europe bath & shower products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 59
Table 21: Europe bath & shower products market share: % share, by value, 2009 60
Table 22: Europe bath & shower products market distribution: % share, by value, 2009 69
Table 23: Europe bath & shower products market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 70
Table 24: Europe bath & shower products market volume forecast: million units, 2009–14 71
Table 25: France bath & shower products market value: $ million, 2005–09 73
Table 26: France bath & shower products market volume: million units, 2005–09 74
Table 27: France bath & shower products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 75
Table 28: France bath & shower products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 76
Table 29: France bath & shower products market share: % share, by value, 2009 77
Table 30: France bath & shower products market distribution: % share, by value, 2009 86
Table 31: France bath & shower products market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 87
Table 32: France bath & shower products market volume forecast: million units, 2009–14 88
Table 33: France size of population (million), 2005–09 89
Table 34: France gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 89
Table 35: France gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 89
Table 36: France inflation, 2005–09 90
Table 37: France consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 90
Table 38: France exchange rate, 2005–09 90
Table 39: Germany bath & shower products market value: $ million, 2005–09 92
Table 40: Germany bath & shower products market volume: million units, 2005–09 93
Table 41: Germany bath & shower products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 94
Table 42: Germany bath & shower products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 95
Table 43: Germany bath & shower products market share: % share, by value, 2009 96
Table 44: Germany bath & shower products market distribution: % share, by value, 2009 105
Table 45: Germany bath & shower products market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 106
Table 46: Germany bath & shower products market volume forecast: million units, 2009–14 107
Table 47: Germany size of population (million), 2005–09 108
Table 48: Germany gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 108
Table 49: Germany gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 108
Table 50: Germany inflation, 2005–09 109
Table 51: Germany consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 109
Table 52: Germany exchange rate, 2005–09 109
Table 53: Japan bath & shower products market value: $ million, 2005–09 111
Table 54: Japan bath & shower products market volume: million units, 2005–09 112
Table 55: Japan bath & shower products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 113
Table 56: Japan bath & shower products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 114
Table 57: Japan bath & shower products market share: % share, by value, 2009 115
Table 58: Japan bath & shower products market distribution: % share, by value, 2009 123
Table 59: Japan bath & shower products market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 124
Table 60: Japan bath & shower products market volume forecast: million units, 2009–14 125
Table 61: Japan size of population (million), 2005–09 126
Table 62: Japan gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 126
Table 63: Japan gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 126
Table 64: Japan inflation, 2005–09 127
Table 65: Japan consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 127
Table 66: Japan exchange rate, 2005–09 127
Table 67: United Kingdom bath & shower products market value: $ million, 2005–09 129
Table 68: United Kingdom bath & shower products market volume: million units, 2005–09 130
Table 69: United Kingdom bath & shower products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 131
Table 70: United Kingdom bath & shower products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 132
Table 71: United Kingdom bath & shower products market share: % share, by value, 2009 133
Table 72: United Kingdom bath & shower products market distribution: % share, by value, 2009 142
Table 73: United Kingdom bath & shower products market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 143
Table 74: United Kingdom bath & shower products market volume forecast: million units, 2009–14 144
Table 75: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2005–09 146
Table 76: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 146
Table 77: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 146
Table 78: United Kingdom inflation, 2005–09 147
Table 79: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 147
Table 80: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2005–09 147
Table 81: United States bath & shower products market value: $ million, 2005–09 149
Table 82: United States bath & shower products market volume: million units, 2005–09 150
Table 83: United States bath & shower products market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009 151
Table 84: United States bath & shower products market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009 152
Table 85: United States bath & shower products market share: % share, by value, 2009 153
Table 86: United States bath & shower products market distribution: % share, by value, 2009 163
Table 87: United States bath & shower products market value forecast: $ million, 2009–14 164
Table 88: United States bath & shower products market volume forecast: million units, 2009–14 165
Table 89: United States size of population (million), 2005–09 166
Table 90: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 166
Table 91: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 166
Table 92: United States inflation, 2005–09 167
Table 93: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 167
Table 94: United States exchange rate, 2005–09 167
Table 95: Unilever: key facts 168
Table 96: Unilever: key financials ($) 170
Table 97: Unilever: key financials (€) 171
Table 98: Unilever: key financial ratios 171
Table 99: The Procter & Gamble Company: key facts 174
Table 100: The Procter & Gamble Company: key financials ($) 176
Table 101: The Procter & Gamble Company: key financial ratios 176
Table 102: Sara Lee Corporation: key facts 179
Table 103: Sara Lee Corporation: key financials ($) 182
Table 104: Sara Lee Corporation: key financial ratios 183