UK Educational Furniture & Furnishings Market Report 2003 (First Edition)

INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW 

AMA Research have recently published the first edition of "UK Educational Furniture & Furnishings Market Report 2003". The report incorporates original research and provides a comprehensive review of the demand for a range of furniture & furnishing products in the education sector.

 Product areas covered in the report include:

• FURNITURE - classroom tables & chairs, IT, craft/laboratory, upholstered, storage & shelving etc.
• FLOORCOVERINGS - carpets, vinyl, wood, tiles, linoleum etc.
• WINDOWCOVERINGS - blinds, curtains.

The educational furniture & furnishings market is estimated at around £300 million at manufacturers prices and has exhibited reasonable growth over the past two years, driven by substantial increases in government spending in all sectors of education. The report analyses overall market trends, mix between products, supply and distribution structures etc, while reviewing the key factors influencing these issues and future prospects for the market. Also reviewed are product sales, trends and specification issues within each of the major education sectors.

Areas of Particular Interest: 

• Recent market growth and future prospects up to 2006.
• Growth & influence of education spending.
• Growing importance of image & quality of furniture and furnishings.
• Changing trends and future prospects for each product sector.

Key areas of coverage in the report include:

EDUCATION SECTOR

• Overview of establishments and pupil/student numbers, key sectors (nurseries, primary, secondary, further/higher), number of establishments etc.
• Funding of education, sources, growth in investment, impact on different sectors of education.
• Expenditure levels - split by education sectors, influence of PPP/PFI on spending.

EDUCATIONAL FURNITURE

• Overall market size, trends from 1998-2002, key factors influencing overall market growth, forecasts of market development up to 2005.
• Review of key product sectors - Classroom tables and chairs, IT, craft/laboratory, upholstered, storage and shelving etc. - market size by product sector.
• Review of key trends within each product sector, specification changes, replacement cycles within key education sectors, future prospects etc.
• Review of replacement cycles for educational furniture, differences within key sectors, future prospects etc.

EDUCATIONAL FURNISHINGS

• Overall review of market size 1998-2002, share between floorcoverings and windowcoverings, key factors influencing overall demand for furnishings in the education sector, forecasts of future developments up to 2005.
• Windowcoverings - mix between curtains & blinds, market size, trends, key influencing factors, product trends - future developments.
• Floorcoverings - mix between carpets, vinyls, wood, tiles, linoleum, rubber etc, market size, trends, key influencing factors and future developments.
• Review of replacement cycles, differences within key education sectors, future prospects, etc.

SUPPLY & DISTRIBUTION

• Review of supply structures within furniture and furnishings sector - market shares, leading suppliers, supply structures, specialists/non-specialists etc.
• Review of major suppliers within key product sectors - leading players, market positioning, key strengths etc.
• Distribution structures - shares by channel for furniture and furnishings - key areas of difference.
• Review of key channels - Local Authority Supplies, Purchasing Organisations/Consortia, Catalogues, Direct Supply, Contractors.
• Assessment of buying processes - key influences, differences between sectors.