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Reportlinker Adds Garage and Storage Shed Trends in the U.S., 3rd Edition Report

September 24th, 2009 at 1:47 pm |

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

Garage and Storage Shed Trends in the U.S., 3rd Edition

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0109229/Garage-and-Storage-Shed-Trends-in-the-US-3rd-Edition.html

The third edition of Garage and Storage Shed Trends in the U.S. examines how the market for garage organization products and storage sheds in the United States had been growing at a rapid pace until the housing crisis and recession impacted sales. It also analyzes consumers’ continued desire and need to organize their homes, and examines reasons why this need will drive demand as the economy recovers.

The report contains updated data on the U.S. market for garage organization products and storage sheds, including historical (2004-2008) and forecast (2008-2013) retail sales data. In addition to sales updates, the report updates factors and trends impacting growth, the impact of dynamic raw material prices, market and products trends, distribution and retail trends, and consumer usage information. The report also updates profiles of key marketers including Whirlpool, Stack On, Rubbermaid, Elfa International, Sauder Woodworking, Schulte, Slide-Lok, Premier Garage, GarageTek, Arrow Group Industries, and Tuff Shed.

New in the report are new product trends, key products launched in 2007 and 2008, new marketing initiatives and trends, eco-friendly initiatives, and consumer lifestyle trends. Also included are profiles of new marketers and ones not covered in the previous report, such as GarageMaid, FoldAway Storage Systems, Windquest, Storage Squared, Hercke International, RedLine Garage Gear, Tote Trac Corporation, Barrette, Reynolds Building Systems, and Little Cottage Co.

Report Methodology

The information contained in this report was obtained from both primary and secondary research. Primary research included consultation with executives from a variety of industry players such as Whirlpool, Slide-Lok, Hyloft, HandiSolutions, Hafele, BH North America, and Triton Garage. Primary research also included on-site examination of retailers. Secondary research entailed data-gathering from myriad business sources, including trade publications and newsletters; articles in consumer business newspapers and magazines; government data; information from industry and non-governmental associations, annual reports, 10Ks, and other financial releases from public companies; and other reports by SBI. Information on new product introductions was derived primarily from reports in the trade press and online. Analysis of consumer attitudes and demographics primarily derives from secondary research and the Simmons Market Research Bureau.

How You Will Benefit from this Report

If you are in the garage organization products or storage sheds markets or looking to enter, or if you’re a supplier, retailer, or analyst this report is invaluable as it provides a comprehensive package of information and insight about market, product, consumer, and retail trends. You will gain a thorough understanding of the current market, as well as projected markets and trends through 2013.

This report will help:

* Marketing Managers identify market opportunities and develop targeted promotion plans.

* Research and development professionals stay on top of competitor initiatives and explore demand for garage organization products and storage sheds.

* Advertising agencies to develop messages and images that compel consumers to purchase garage organization products and storage sheds

* Business development executives understand the dynamics of the market and identify possible partnerships.

* Information and research center librarians provide market researchers, brand and product managers and other colleagues with the vital information they need to do their jobs more effectively.

Chapter 1: Executive Summary

Scope of the Report

Methodology

Product Definitions

The Market

A Robust Market Slows Down

Figure 1-1: U.S. Sales of Garage and Shed Storage, 2004-2008 (in millions of dollars)

Figure 1-2: Sales by Product Category, 2008 (percent)

Garage Organization Products and Sheds About 2% of Housewares

Table 1-1: U.S. Retail Sales of Housewares 2007 (in billions of dollars)

U.S. is Global Garage Organization and Shed Leader

Factors Affecting Growth

Increasing number of households

Figure 1-3: Number of U.S. Households, 2000-2008 (in millions of households)

Housing Boom Creates Demand for Organization

Easy Credit Drives Consumption

Larger U.S. homes but trending smaller

Americans Love Big Garages

Table 1-2: Type of Parking Facility of New One-Family Houses Completed (percent)

Big Spenders, Non-Savers

Lower Prices Drive Spending

Bulk Buying Takes Up Space

Investing in the Home

Gardening Boosts Shed Sales

Demographics Continue To Boost Storage Need

Raw Material Prices Impact Manufacturers

Market Projections

Slower Growth in Future

Figure 1-4: Projected U.S. sales of garage and shed storage, 2008-2013 (in billions of dollars)

The Marketers

Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures

Market and Product Trends

Easy Assembly Still Drives DIY Market

Specialty items continue to grow

Creating Space

Bigger is Better

Selling Value

Toughness to Appeal to Men

Aesthetics to Appeal to Women

Eco-friendly Initiatives Begin to Emerge

The Emotion of Organization

A Storage Crisis

Organization Reduces Stress

Peace of Mind

Outdoor Sheds Not Just for Garden Tools

Market Dynamics

Distribution Channels

Installed Versus DIY Trends

Installed Segment Local, Regional, Struggling

DIY Segment Stressing Price, Convenience

Retail outlets

Exclusivity

Lowe’s, Home Depot Target Women

Internet Sells, Promotes and Educates

Marketing and Promotion Trends

Contests And Sweepstakes Still Popular

Product Placement Provides Exposure

Sponsorships Generate Publicity

Spokesperson Connects with Consumers

Price Promotions Stress Value

Dealer Incentives Encourage Sales

Leveraging Partnerships Extends Reach

Selling Homebuilders and Home Sellers

Branding Continues to Be Important

Licensing Popular Brands

Some Store Brand Activity

Branding Commodities

Shed Brands Communicate Functionality

The Consumer

Same Percentage of Households Spend More and Less Than $1,000 Annually on Home Improvements

Sixty Percent of Households Do It Themselves with Home Improvements

Other Spaces Higher Priorities Than Garage

Younger Families With Higher Incomes, Advanced Educations Tend to Remodel Basements, Attics and Garages

Purchase of Storage Sheds Remains Steady

Majority of Households Spend More Than $500 on Sheds

75% of Households Assemble and Install Sheds Themselves

Older Boomers With Larger Families, Young Children More Likely to Have Bought Sheds

Southeast is Strongest Region for Sheds

Boomers and College Graduates More Likely to Have Bought Garage Doors

Central Region Strongest for Garage Doors

Psychographic Traits of Remodelers and Shed Buyers

Consumers Want Quality, Performance and Closet Storage

Consumers Value Quality and Performance Most

Closet Storage Most in Demand

Consumers Do Want Large, Organized Garages

Listening to Women

Enormous Purchasing Power

She Wants to Eliminate Clutter

Builders Take “Women-Centric” Approach

Do-It-Herself

Consumers Say They Want Green Products

Consumers Want But Don’t Often Buy Green

Organization Calms Consumers

Empty Nest Not So Empty

Empty Nesters Downsizing

Boomerangers Come Home

A Fuller House for the Sandwich Generation

Chapter 2: The Market

Scope of the Report

Methodology

Product Definitions

The Market

A Robust Market Slows Down

Figure 2-1: U.S. Sales of Garage and Shed Storage, 2004-2008 (in millions of dollars). . .

Figure 2-2: Sales by Product Category, 2008 (percent)

Garage Organization Products and Sheds About 2% of Housewares

Table 2-1: U.S. Retail Sales of Housewares 2007 (in billions of dollars)

Regional Differences

Figure 2-3: New One Family Houses Sold, Percent with Basements, 2007

U.S. is Global Garage Organization and Shed Leader

Factors Affecting Growth

Increasing number of households

Figure 2-4: Number of U.S. Households, 2000-2008 (households in millions)

Housing Boom Creates Demand for Organization

Table 2-2: Percent of Home Ownership, 1990-2008

Figure 2-5: U.S. Quarterly Homeownership Rates, 2004-2008 (percent)

Table 2-3: Annual Existing Home Sales, 2002-2008

Table 2-4: Annual New Home Sales/Median Annual Sales Price, 1995-2008

Table 2-5: Quarterly House Price Appreciation, 2005-2008 (percent)

Table 2-6: Annual Housing Starts 2000-2008, Single Family Homes

Easy Credit Drives Consumption

Figure 2-6: Average Mortgage Rates, 2005-2008 (percent)

Figure 2-7: First-Time Home Buyer Index in U.S., 2005-2008 (index)

Figure 2-8: Consumer Credit in U.S., 2003-2008 (in billions of dollars)

Figure 2-9: Home Mortgage Borrowing in U.S., 2003-2008 (in billions of dollars)

Larger U.S. homes but trending smaller

Table 2-7: Median Square Feet of Floor Area, New One Family Houses, 1985-2007

Americans Love Big Garages

Table 2-8: Type of Parking Facility of New One-Family Houses Completed (percent)

Big Spenders, Non-Savers

Table 2-9: Personal Income and Its Disposition, 2001-2008 (in billions of dollars)

Figure 2-10: U.S. Quarterly Personal Consumption Expenditures and Gross Domestic Product, 2005-2008 (in billions of dollars)

Lower Prices Drive Spending

Figure 2-11: Consumer Price Index (CPI) Department Store Durable Goods, Dec. 1998-Jan. 2009

Bulk Buying Takes Up Space

Table 2-10: Club Store Sales and Membership, 2002-2008 (in billions of dollars and millions of members)

Investing in the Home

Table 2-11: U.S. Average Annual Consumer Expenditures, 2006 (percent)

Table 2-12: Annual Home Remodeling Expenditures, 1995-2008 (in billions of dollars)

Table 2-13: Home Improvement Products Sales (in billions of dollars)

Self Storage Decline Could Boost Home Storage

Gardening Boosts Shed Sales

Demographics Continue To Boost Storage Need

Raw Material Prices Impact Manufacturers

Figure 2-12: Producer Price Index (PPI) of Crude Petroleum, 2005-Jan. 2009

Figure 2-13: Producer Price Index (PPI) of Plastics Material & Resins Manufacturing, 2004-Jan. 2009

Figure 2-14: Producer Price Index (PPI) of Metals and Metal Products, 2005-Jan. 2009

Figure 2-15: Producer Price Index (PPI) of Lumber and Wood Products, 2005-Jan 2009

Market Projections

Slower Growth in Future

Figure 2-16: Projected U.S. Sales of Garage and Shed Storage, 2008-2013 (in billions of dollars)

Figure 2-17: Number of U.S. Households, 2007-2010 (in millions of households)

Chapter 3: The Marketers

Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures

Whirlpool Corporation

Overview

Products

Table 3-1: Gladiator GarageWorks Products

Promotion

Stack-On Products Company

Overview

Products

Table 3-2: Stack-On Products

Sauder Woodworking

Overview

Products

Table 3-3: Sauder Woodworking Garage Organization Products

Newell Rubbermaid Inc.

Overview

Performance

Table 3-4: Newell Rubbermaid’s Sales 2004-2008 (in millions of dollars)

Table 3-5: Newell Rubbermaid Sales Composition, 2008 (in millions of dollars and percent of total)

Product portfolio

Table 3-6: Rubbermaid Garage and Shed Storage Products

Distribution

Advertising and Promotion

Stanley ZAG

Overview

Products

Table 3-7: Stanley ZAG Garage Organization Products

Storage Squared

Overview

Table 3-8: Storage Squared Products

GarageMaid

Overview

Table 3-9: GarageMaid Products

FoldAWay Storage Systems

Overview

Table 3-10: FoldAWay Storage Systems Products

Emerson Electric Co

Company Profile

Performance

Product portfolio

Table 3-11: Emerson Electric Garage Organization Products

Distribution

California Closets

Overview

Performance

Product portfolio

Table 3-12: California Closets Garage Organization Products

Advertising and Promotion

Elfa

Overview

Performance

Product portfolio

Table 3-13: Elfa Garage Organization Products

Strategy and Positioning

Distribution

Schulte Corporation

Overview

Products

Table 3-14: Schulte Garage Organization Products

Distribution

Promotion

Windquest Companies

Overview

Products

Table 3-15: Windquest Garage Organization Products

Racor

Kevin Shaha, president of Racor

Overview

Product portfolio

Table 3-16: Racor Garage Organization Products

Slide-Lok

Overview

Products

Table 3-17: Slide-Lok Garage Organization Products

Promotion

Sterilite

Overview

Product portfolio

Table 3-18: Sterilite Products

Home Products International

Overview

Product portfolio

Table 3-19: Home Products International Organization Products

Myers Industries, Inc

Overview

Products

Table 3-20: Myers Industries Products

Iris USA

Overview

Product portfolio

Table 3-21: Iris USA Products

HyLoft Inc

Overview

Products

Table 3-22: Hyloft Products

BH North America

Overview

Table 3-23: BH North America Products

Storewall LLC

Overview

Promotion

Products

Table 3-24: Storewall Products

HandiSolutions

Overview

Table 3-25: HandiSolutions Organization Products

Spacewall International

Overview

Products

Table 3-26: Spacewall International Products

Redline Garage Gear

Overview

Products

Table 3-27: Redline Garage Gear Products

Gracious Living Industries

Overview

Products

Table 3-28: Gracious Living Home Organization Products

Bald Head Cabinets

Overview

Products

Table 3-29: Bald Head Products

Diamond Life

Overview

Products

Table 3-30: Diamond Life Products

RSI Home Products

Overview

Products

Table 3-31: RSI Garage Organization Products

ModuLine

Overview

Products

Table 3-32: ModuLine Products

Hercke International, LLC.

Overview

Products

Table 3-33: Hercke International Products

GarageTek Inc

Overview

Products

Table 3-34: GarageTek Products

House Wall Garage System

Overview

Products

Table 3-35: House Wall Garage System Products

Premier Garage

Overview

Promotion

Products

Table 3-36: Premier Garage Products

Vault

Overview

Products

Table 3-37: Vault Products

Arrow Group Industries

Overview

Products

Table 3-38: Arrow Group Products

Duramax Building Products

Overview

Products

Table 3-39: Duramax Products

Suncast Corporation

Overview

Products

Table 3-40: Suncast Products

Tuff Shed Inc

Overview

Promotion

Products

Table 3-41: Tuff Shed Products

Backyard Products, LLC

Overview

Products

Table 3-42: Backyard Products LLC Products

Reynolds Building Systems

Overview

Table 3-43: Reynolds Building Systems Products

Barrette

Overview

Products

Table 3-44: Barrette Products

Lifetime Products

Overview

Products

Table 3-45: Lifetime Products

Outstanding Solutions Ltd

Overview

Products

Table 3-46: Outstanding Solutions Products

Step 2 Company

Overview

Products

Table 3-47: Step 2 Storage Products

Finley Products

Overview

Table 3-48: Finley Products

Little Cottage Company

Overview

Table 3-49: Little Cottage Company Products

Chapter 4: Market and Product Trends

Easy Assembly Still Drives DIY Market

Hercke Cabinets Assembled In Seconds

GarageMaid’s Interlocking Connections

EZup Easy to Assemble Sheds

Specialty items continue to grow

Gladiator Claw

Organizing Totes

Creating Space

Off The Wall

New Way to Store on Walls

Easier Access

Cabinetry Storage

Loft-It In The Air

Bigger is Better

Selling Value

Toughness to Appeal to Men

Truck-bed toughness comes to storage cabinetry

Steel signals strength

Heavy duty

Powder Coating

Aesthetics to Appeal to Women

Design and Style

Color

Eco-friendly initiatives begin to emerge

Garage Envy Green Garage

Premier Garage PG Green

Windquest EcoElements

Slide-Lok’s Eco-Friendly Plywood

Eco-Nize is Eco-Friendly

Homz Hybrid Collection

The Emotion of Organization

A Storage Crisis

Organization Reduces Stress

Peace Of Mind

Outdoor sheds not just for garden tools

New Product Introductions

Table 4-1: Select Garage Organization Products and Shed Introductions

Chapter 5: Market Dynamics

Distribution Channels

Installed Versus DIY Trends

Installed Segment Local, Regional, Struggling

DIY Segment Stressing Price, Convenience

Retail Outlets

Exclusivity

Lowe’s, Home Depot Target Women

Internet Sells, Promotes and Educates

Marketing and Promotion Trends

Contests and Sweepstakes Still Popular

Product Placement Provides Exposure

Sponsorships Generate Publicity

Spokesperson Connects with Consumers

Price Promotions Stress Value

Dealer Incentives Encourage Sales

Leveraging Partnerships Extends Reach

Selling Homebuilders and Home Sellers

Branding Continues to Be Important

Licensing Popular Brands

Some Store Brand Activity

Branding Commodities

Shed Brands Communicate Functionality

Chapter 6: The Consumer

Same Percentage of Households Spend More and Less Than $1,000 Annually on Home Improvements

Figure 6-1: Total Home Improvement Spending (percent of households)

Sixty Percent of Households Do It Themselves with Home Improvements

Figure 6-2: Who Does Home Improvement (percent of households)

Other Spaces Higher Priorities than Garage

Table 6-1: Households Added or Remodeled Garage, 2006 and 2008 (percent of households)

Younger Families with Higher Incomes, Advanced Educations Tend to Remodel Basements, Attics and Garages

Table 6-2: Demographic Profile of People who Remodeled Basement/Attic/Garage, 2008 (index)

Purchase of Storage Sheds Remains Steady

Table 6-3: Home Improvement Purchases, 2006 and 2008 (percent of households)

Majority of Households Spend More Than $500 on Sheds

Figure 6-3: Amount Spent on Storage Sheds (percent of households)

Figure 6-4: Storage Shed Spending Compared to Garage Products, 2008 (percent of households)

75% of Households Assemble and Install Sheds Themselves

Figure 6-5: Installation of Sheds and Garage Products (percent of households)

Older Boomers with Larger Families, Young Children More Likely to Have Bought Sheds

Table 6-4: Demographic Profile of People Buying Storage Sheds, 2008 (index)

Southeast is Strongest Region for Sheds

Figure 6-6: Storage Shed Purchases by Region, 2006 and 2008

Boomers and College Graduates More Likely to Have Bought Garage Doors

Table 6-5: Demographic Profile of People Buying Garage Doors, 2008 (index)

Central Region Strongest for Garage Doors

Figure 6-7: Garage Door Purchase by Region, 2006 and 2008

Psychographic Traits of Remodelers and Shed Buyers

Table 6-6: Psychographic Traits of Remodelers and Shed Buyers (index)

Consumers Want Quality, Performance and Closet Storage

Consumers Value Quality and Performance Most

Table 6-7: Most Important Factor When Purchasing Storage Products, 2008 (percent)

Closet Storage Most In Demand

Table 6-8: Home Area Where Consumers Will Most Likely Use New Storage Container, 2008 (percent)

Consumers Do Want Large, Organized Garages

Listening to Women

Enormous Purchasing Power

She Wants to Eliminate Clutter

Builders Take “Women-Centric” Approach

Do-It-Herself

Consumers Say They Want Green Products

Consumers Want But Don’t Often Buy Green

Organization Calms Consumers

Empty Nest Not So Empty

Empty Nesters Downsizing

Boomerangers Come Home

A Fuller House for the Sandwich Generation

Appendix

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