Lumber Liquidators (LL) - Competitive & Market Analysis

DUBLIN, January 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4q3lcb/lumber) has announced the addition of the "Lumber Liquidators (LL) - Competitive & Market Analysis" report to their offering.

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This retail product scores the quality of all retail and restaurant locations in the U.S. based on the competition, demographics, and local economic conditions around each store to uncover powerful insights into retailer and restaurants' same stores sales and profitability. Signal's investor, retailer, and real estate clients integrate its software into their business processes to drive their most important investment decisions.

Use this report to assess which flooring specialists have the best existing and new store locations and help forecast revenue and performance. Signal has performed an in-depth competitive and market analysis of Lumber Liquidators with findings that highlight the following:

Example Quotes/Findings From Report:

While flooring trends recovered steadily since the bottom of the recession, cyclical pressures caused a shift away from higher priced solid hardwoods and a more recent resurgence in soft flooring following many years of share loss.

Lumber Liquidators also has below average single-family home density and home ownership rates.

Competition

• Signal's competitive landscape analysis assesses which retailers have the strongest competitive position in the Floor Covering sector
• Signal's competitive framework segments the sources of competition in the markets that Lumber Liquidators caters to and the aggregate effect of the rise of other floor covering dealers within the same markets
• Proprietary Signal competitive weightings are assigned to competing retailers and channels based on the strength of the competitive relationship and product overlap
• See full competitive attribution and changes in attribution over time to identify competitors that are encroaching
• Overall competitive intensity based on the proprietary Signal Competition Ratio

Key Topics Covered:

1. Company Summaries

2. Addressable Market & Drivers

3. Addressable Market - Wood / Laminate / Resilient Flooring

4. Flooring Market & Broader Home Improvement Trends

5. Home Improvement Project Incidence

6. Flooring Drivers - Home Owner Vintage

7. Flooring Drivers - Age Of Home

8. Flooring Drivers - Household Income

9. Competitive Landscape

10. Competitive Landscape - Top Channels, Dealers & Industry Mix

11. Regional Store Mix - Lumber Liquidators Store Distribution By Major Geographic Region

12. Regional Store Mix - Top Player By Major Geographic Region

13. Community Distribution - Urban To Rural Store Distribution

14. Competition Definition & Attribution - Signal Proprietary Competitive Strength Matrix

15. Footprint Quality

16. Footprint Quality - Housing Age & Home Ownership Vintage

17. Footprint Quality - Population Density, Relative Affluence & Aggregate Spending Power

18. Footprint Quality - Housing Tenure & Vacancy Rate

19. Store Churn Quality

20. U.S. Footprint & Regional Distribution - Current / Prior Period Stores & Openings

21. Target Trade Area - Dimensioning The Profile Of The Market Draw

22. Store Churn Analysis - Quality Of Store Births & Deaths Versus Prior Year Base

23. Competition Matrix

24. Appendix A - Reference

25. Company Store Counts - Oct 2012 Through May 2013

26. Glossary

27. Appendix Bmaps


Companies Mentioned:

• Arizona Tile
• Cancos Tile & Stone
• Century Tile
• Floor & Decor
• Flooring America
• Florida Tile
• Fuda Tile
• Home Depot
• Lowe's
• Lumber Liquidators
• Menards
• The Tile Shop

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