Licensed Sports Merchandise Market Report- Focus on North America: 2015 Edition - Koncept Analytics

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View Report Details Global Licensed Sports Merchandise Market Report- Focus on North America ----------------------------------------2015


View Report Details Executive Summary Sports licensing forms a significant portion of overall licensed merchandise market in North America. Sports licensing covers licensing of logos, symbols, names of varied sports organizations and team players. These items are owned by sports institutions which are known as licensors and they lease the rights to use their property to licensees in return of royalty. Licensed sports merchandise is sold through entire range of retail which includes super markets, drug stores, departmental stores, specialty stores and online stores. Merchandising enables efficient engagement with fans who cannot attend matches, thereby helping to monetize sports brands. The factors driving the market are growing popularity of sports leagues, growing fan base and a global rise in disposable incomes and living standards, especially in developing economies such as Brazil, China, and India that has resulted in increasing demand for sports apparel. Furthermore, licensed sports merchandise is also driven by popularity of college and university level sports team. Key issues of the market include consolidation of power among licensors, declining retail shelf space, high entry barriers and availability of counterfeit products. The growth in retail sales of licensed sports merchandise was on account of two of its sub segments namely apparel and accessories. The two largest major leagues, NFL and MLB together represented almost half of share in North American sports licensing market. The market expanded in 2013 on the back ongoing expansion of the major US leagues internationally, but also by strong growth for football/ soccer teams globally, as well as for clubs in other sports, such as rugby, cricket, and basketball. Several of the football clubs with the strongest merchandising programs, especially in the UK and Europe, have been expanding around the world, while a large number of clubs in all sports are launching licensing programs or increasing their licensing activities in their home countries. The report analyzes the development of the licensed sports merchandise market, with a focus on its major market viz. North America. The major trends, growth drivers as well as issues being faced by the industry are being presented in this report. The three major players in the industry - G III Apparel Group Ltd, VF Imagewear, Fanatics Inc., are being profiled, along with their key financials and strategies for growth.


The factors driving the market are growing popularity of sports leagues, growing fan base and a global rise in disposable incomes and living standards, especially in developing economies such as Brazil, China, and India …..

US$ Billion

Global Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Market Size (2004-2013) •

Global retail sales of licensed merchandise totaled more than US$... billion in 2013, up …% as compared to 2012.

The US and Canada, the largest territory by far, with a …% share of the global market for licensed goods, drove much of the growth in 2013.

Licensed sports merchandise saw an increase of …%, to US$... billion, on a worldwide basis.

In terms of product categories, wearables (apparel, accessories, and footwear) continued to eclipse other categories in the global licensing market, commanding a …% share of total worldwide retail sales of licensed merchandise.

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Share of Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise, by Product Retail Sales of Licensed Merchandise Worldwide,

Category (2013)

by Geography (2013)

US & Canada MEA & Others

Europe

Asia

Latin America

Australia/NZ

Apparel/Accessories/Footwear

Toys/Interactive Games

Home Furnishings/Housewares/Domestics

Health/Beauty

Food/Beverage

Publishing

Stationery/Paper

Gifts/Novelties

Other


Sports licensing forms a significant portion of overall licensed merchandise market in North America…. Retail Sales of Licensed Sports Merchandise in the US & Canada

US$ Billion

(2004-2013)

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Retail Sales of Collegiate Sports Merchandise in the US & Canada

Retail sales of licensed merchandise in the US and Canada grew by …% in 2013 to US$... billion.

The retail sales of licensed sports merchandise in the US and Canada increased from US$.. billion in 2012 to US$... billion in 2013.

Licensed sports based apparel is the largest segment with retail sales at US$.... million in North America for the year 2013.

MLB, NFL and NBA accounted for a combined market share of ….% in the licensed sports merchandise market in North America.

Retail sales of collegiate sports merchandise in the US and Canada in 2013 totaled US$... billion, up …% from US$.... billion in 2012. Share of Licensed Sports Merchandise by Leagues in North America (2013)

US$ Billion

(2006-2013)

MLB NFL NBA NASCAR NHL MLS PGA Tour 2006

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