TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 12
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 13
Summary 13
Buyer power 14
Supplier power 15
New entrants 16
Substitutes 17
Rivalry 18
LEADING COMPANIES 19
Ace Hardware Corporation 19
Home Depot, Inc. 21
Lowe's Companies Inc 24
MARKET FORECASTS 28
Market value forecast 28
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 29
APPENDIX 31
Methodology 31
Industry associations 32
Related Datamonitor research 32
Disclaimer 33
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 34
Premium Reports 34
Summary Reports 34
Datamonitor consulting 34
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States gardening & outdoor living market value: $ billion, 2005–09(e) 10
Table 2: United States gardening & outdoor living market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009(e) 11
Table 3: United States gardening & outdoor living market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009(e) 12
Table 4: Ace Hardware Corporation: key facts 19
Table 5: Home Depot, Inc.: key facts 21
Table 6: Home Depot, Inc.: key financials ($) 22
Table 7: Home Depot, Inc.: key financial ratios 22
Table 8: Lowe's Companies Inc: key facts 24
Table 9: Lowe's Companies Inc: key financials ($) 26
Table 10: Lowe's Companies Inc: key financial ratios 26
Table 11: United States gardening & outdoor living market value forecast: $ billion, 2009–14 28
Table 12: United States size of population (million), 2005–09 29
Table 13: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2005–09 29
Table 14: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2005–09 29
Table 15: United States inflation, 2005–09 30
Table 16: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2005–09 30
Table 17: United States exchange rate, 2005–09 30
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United States gardening & outdoor living market value: $ billion, 2005–09(e) 10
Figure 2: United States gardening & outdoor living market segmentation I:% share, by value, 2009(e) 11
Figure 3: United States gardening & outdoor living market segmentation II: % share, by value, 2009(e) 12
Figure 4: Forces driving competition in the gardening & outdoor living market in the United States, 2009 13
Figure 5: Drivers of buyer power in the gardening & outdoor living market in the United States, 2009 14
Figure 6: Drivers of supplier power in the gardening & outdoor living market in the United States, 2009 15
Figure 7: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the gardening & outdoor living market in the United States, 2009 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the gardening & outdoor living market in the United States, 2009 17
Figure 9: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the gardening & outdoor living market in the United States, 2009 18
Figure 10: Home Depot, Inc.: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 11: Home Depot, Inc.: assets & liabilities 23
Figure 12: Lowe's Companies Inc: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 13: Lowe's Companies Inc: assets & liabilities 27
Figure 14: United States gardening & outdoor living market value forecast: $ billion, 2009–14 28
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