ࡱ> qsp5@ 7!bjbj22 3XXXZlllllll(;(;(;8`;|;OpD<D<L<<<<<<;I=I=I=IEILOmQRSOl+A<<+A+AOll<<O3C3C3C+Al<l<;I3C+A;I3C3CDDllE<8<  Ҧ(;AEEtO0OETBLTEllllTlE <=3C2>>m<<<OOD'dC"'Marketdata Enterprises The Information Specialists Marketdata Enterprises, Inc. 8903 Regents Park Drive Suite 120 Tampa FL 33647 Contact: John LaRosa Marketdata Enterprises, Inc. Phone 813-907-9090 Fax 813-907-3606 e-mail marketdataent@yahoo.com For Release July 20, 2000 Press Release U.S. Plus Size Market Gains Legitimacy As Clothing Sales and Services Grow With American Waistlines. Tampa FL, July 20, 2000: Marketdata Enterprises, Inc., a leading independent market research publisher of off-the-shelf studies about service industries since 1979, has released a pioneering new study, a 92-page analysis entitled: The Plus Size Market: Products & Services For Large Persons. The study is the ONLY comprehensive business analysis ever performed of the total plus size market in the U.S.clothing, accessories, social/dating services, books/directories/magazines, exercise videos, modeling agencies, and more that is available specifically for very large/overweight people, mostly female. According to Research Director, John LaRosa: Right now, 99% of the plus size market is related to clothing, but that is changing as demand grows for health care and social services catering to the needs of large people. Many clothing manufacturers still dont understand this complex specialty market, and there are many untapped niches that small companies (many selling via the Internet) step in to serve. The market now is one of future potential, rather than realized business. The plus size customer is a paradoxdemanding more quality goods but failing to patronize companies on a regular basis once she finds them. Many plus size people are in denial about their size, seeing their situation as temporary. There is still a social stigma to being plus size, and customers prefer to shop via the Internet and mail order, rather than via retail stores. Major Findings: Competition Many small companies in this market fail due to bad management and bad business ethics, not because the business is not there. Small companies are started by plus size women who start producing or selling plus size clothes as a one or two person operation. These entrepreneurs may reach a level of $60,000 - $80,000 per year in gross sales. As the company becomes more wellknown and successful, orders begin growing rapidly and the founder cannot keep up with this growth. Frequently, they simply leave many pending orders unfilled and dont refund the money. This is true of many web sites on the Internet and small mail order companies. Consequently, this does not improve the reputation of plus size vendors overall. Customers As of 1998, there were 138.2 million women living in the United States, 115 million of which are age 12 and up. We estimate, based on obesity statistics from the government that 28 million women are obese and probably represent the prime plus size target group. Within the group, women age 4070 have the highest obesity rates. Typically, plus size customers are female, between the ages of 3045, and come from all income levels and occupations. Marketdata estimates that the typical plus size customer spent $942 on clothing and services in 1999. Following are some of the untapped niches Marketdata analysts believe exist: 1. plus size clothes for Hispanic women, 2. supersize clothes (size 54 and up), 3. clothes for females that belong to religious minority groups (i.e. Hassidic Jews, Amish, etc.), 4. plus size uniforms, 5. plus size modeling, 6. fitness groups and health clubs catering to large people, 7. jewelry for large people, 8. more plus size mail order catalogs, 9. infomercials selling products/services to large people. Marketdata estimates that last year in 1999, the plus size market in the United States was worth at least $26.39 billion, with nearly 99% of it related to clothing. We estimate that the market will grow 10.9% this year, to $29.28 billion. The total market is estimated to grow 7.5% annually from 1995 to 2000. The non-clothing segment of the market we have been able to identify is estimated to have grown from $267 million in 1995 to $293 million by 1999. Growth for these products and services has been averaging 2.1% per year, while clothing sales have been growing 7.6% per year for the past 5 years and 9.7% for the past 6 years. The market for published magazines, newsletters and resource guides and directories related primarily to plus size customers is not large, estimated by Marketdata to be worth about $37 million. Many of these magazines are self-published and the operations are run out of one persons private residence. This is the case with Radiance and Extra Hipp, for example. Mode is by far the largest periodical, in terms of both circulation and revenues. However, some may argue that Mode is not strictly devoted to plus size customers. Marketdata estimates that the major periodicals listed below combined have an estimated paid circulation of about 834,00 Editors Note: The Plus Size Market, published in July 2000, is off-the-shelf study. The study is 92 pages in length. It costs $1,295 and is also sold by individual chapters at lower cost. A free table of contents is available by mail or fax. Contact: Marketdata Enterprises, Inc., 8903 Regents Park Drive., Suite 120, Tampa, FL 33647. Marketdata studies are also available on-line via 4 databases: MarkIntel (Investext Group), Profound (The Dialog Corp.), Newsletters.com, and Multex Systems. Call for details. NEW! A 23 pp. Executive Overview is available to the public for $79. Released: July 20, 2000 Visit our website at: http://www.mkt--data--ent.com Estimated Value of Plus Size Market & Market Segments ($ millions) Product199319951997199819992000FClothing $16,500$20,000$22,700$23,700$26,100$28,970FurnitureNANANANANA---Accessories *NA91.091.0101.0101.0101.0Modeling NA1.87.511.315.017.3Dating services/personalsNA110.0105.095.086.892.3BooksNA1.31.72.25.05.0Exercise videosNA33.737.443.048.656.0Magazines, guides,newslettersNA29.632.734.837.039.0Internet services??????Non-clothes subtotal: NA267.4283.6287.3293.4310.6Grand total:16,500+20,26722,98423,98726,39329,280 NA - data not available * car seat belt extenders Page  PAGE \* Arabic \* MERGEFORMAT 2 ifnumpages3>page1"more"more 2Qhpq ! 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