Dublin, Nov. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The ‘Wholesale and retail trade in books and stationery in South Africa 2020’ report has been added to from ResearchAndMarkets.com offer.
The retail sector was badly hit when trade was banned during the coronavirus lockdown from March to June 2020. Booksellers and magazine and newspaper publishers were already under pressure due to the recession which limited consumer spending. Book sales growth is expected to be less than 1% per year for the next three years, while magazine and newspaper sales are expected to decline. An increase in book sales to State Departments in 2019 was offset by a 51% drop in supermarket and store sales. South Africa is a net importer of stationery and China accounted for almost half of stationery imports in 2019.
Industry in decline: The book and stationery sectors have operated in a poor economy and a declining retail sector over the past year amid continued changes in a highly competitive landscape. The recession at the end of 2019 strongly affected demand and led to lower circulations of magazines and newspapers and, to a lesser extent, a drop in advertising revenues. The lockdown exacerbated an already precarious situation for some publications and led to the closure of at least 17 magazines and six newspapers, while others announced they would switch to digital editions. Retail sales should be affected by the reduction in the number of titles available. Retailers have negotiated reduced rents with shopping center landlords during the lockdown.
This report focuses on the retail and wholesale of books and stationery in South Africa, including comprehensive information on industry size and status, circulation, sales data and commerce and influencing factors, including the ongoing digital shift, competition, environmental concerns and the coronavirus pandemic. There are profiles of 56 companies, including retailers such as CNA, PNA and Exclusive Books, publishers such as Caxton and CTP and Macmillan, and online retailers such as Takealot and Virtual Bookshelf.
Main topics covered:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION
2.1. Industry value chain
2.2. Geographical position
3. INDUSTRY SIZE
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY
4.1. Local
4.1.1. Swap
4.1.2. Company actions
4.1.3. Regulations
4.1.4. Business development and socio-economic development
4.2. Continental
4.3. International
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS
5.1. Coronavirus
5.2. Economic environment
5.3. Rising input costs
5.4. Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation
5.5. Environmental concerns
5.6. Work
6. COMPETITIONS
6.1. Entry barriers
7. SWOT ANALYSIS
8. OUTLOOK
9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
10. REFERENCES
10.1. Works
10.2. Websites
ANNEX
- Summary of notable players
- Company Profiles
- Adams Bookstore (Pty) Ltd
- Amazon.Com Inc.
- Bic (South Africa) (Rf) (Pty) Ltd
- Bidvest Branded Products Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- Black ink
- Book Fair
- Books Magazines And Stationery
- Bookstore (Pty) Ltd
- deck books
- C Roelofse
- C Thompson
- Caxton Publishers and Printers and Ctp Ltd
- Christelike Uitgewersmaatskappy (Pty) Ltd
- Circular office supplies and printers
- Cna Operations (Pty) Ltd
- Estoril Books And Stationery (Fourways) (Pty) Ltd
- Exclusive Book Group (Pty) Ltd
- Executive Information Services
- Flip File (Pty) Ltd
- Fogarty Bookstore
- Forms Media Independent (Africa) (Pty) Ltd
- Frank R Thorold (Pty) Ltd
- Liberty Stationery (Pty) Ltd
- Hargraves Library Service (Pty) Ltd
- Interstat Stationery (Pty) Ltd
- Juta And Company (Pty) Ltd
- Knd Trade
- Loot Online (Pty) Ltd
- lormik
- Love Books (Pty) Ltd
- Macmillan South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Massmart Holdings Ltd
- Media24 (Pty) Ltd
- Melbro Retail (Pty) Ltd
- Mind Matters Educational Book Distributors
- National stationery
- Bureau National Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Oxford University Press South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Parcelninja (Pty) Ltd
- Peters Papers (Pty) Ltd
- Pick n Pay Ltd Stores
- Pna Stationers (Pty) Ltd
- Prima Toy And Leisure Trading (Pty) Ltd
- Procure Trade (Pty) Ltd
- RNA Retail Group (Pty) Ltd
- Shalmay Fakie Group
- Shoprite Holdings Ltd
- Spar Group Ltd (The)
- Takealot Online (Rf) (Pty) Ltd
- Wholesalers Tasmaya
- Clover Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd
- Van Schaik Bookstore (Pty) Ltd
- Van Office Supplies (Eastern Cape)
- Virtual library
- West Pack Lifestyle (Pty) Ltd
- Wordsworth Books
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