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Dec 19, 2011

Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers – Company Benchmarking Analysis Report

Synopsis
This report contains a competitive company benchmarking analysis based on key financial and operating parameters and ratios of a select peer group of companies, compared to one another and to overall global averages for their retail channel. The analysis highlights the companies that are performing the best among the peer group, and in which areas, and therefore clarifies leading performance standards and the strengths and weaknesses of companies covered.

Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers

Summary
Canadean’s ‘Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers – Company Benchmarking Analysis Report’ compares the strength of leading home furniture and housewares retailers in North America relative to one another and the international averages for retailers in the same channel.
The benchmark analysis is based on key parameters and ratios that explain the performance of a particular company against that of its immediate peers and its overall channel of operation. As such, it provides an easy-to-use analysis which highlights the companies that are setting the benchmark performance in their channel of operation.

Scope
The report provides a peer group benchmarking analysis of leading home furniture and housewares retailers in North America. The peer group is selected from our Retailer Company Benchmark Database which covers the leading 1,000 global retailers. The peer groups covered includes leading public home furniture and housewares retailers based in North America.
The retailers covered in the report are:
• Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
• The Brick Ltd.
• Pier 1 Imports, Inc.
• Cost Plus, Inc.
• Tuesday Morning Corporation
• Leon’s Furniture Limited
• Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.
• Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.

Reasons To Buy
• Understand the relative competitive strengths and weaknesses of the players covered, both compared to each other, as well as for the average performance of retailers in this channel around the world.
• Detailed scorecards and summary “heat charts” provide clear, concise “at a glance” analysis of the relative performance of the companies covered across a range of metrics. While more detailed data provides the granular detail behind these concise analyses.
• Gain a detailed knowledge of the best in class performance levels amongst the retailers covered in order to benchmark both competitor performance as well as that of your own company.

Key Highlights
Bed Bath & Beyond was the strongest performer of the leading home furniture and housewares supplies retailers in North America. It strong performance was driven by the comparatively high scores it received for scale and growth and operational efficiency pillars. It also performed well under financial performance pillar.
Havertys was the weakest performer of the leading home furniture and housewares supplies retailers in North America. Its performance was weaker than the channel average under all the pillars.
The North American home furniture and housewares supplies retail market is highly fragmented. The top 10 operators in the market collectively have a market share of only 23.6%. The leading public home furniture and housewares supplies retailers, which are included in the peer group, account for a market share of 13.0%.

Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 What is this Report About?
1.2 Peer Group
1.3 Retail Channel Definitions
1.4 Financial and Operational Metric Definitions
1.5 Summary Methodology
1.5.1 Overall Research Methodology
1.5.2 Scorecard and Heat Chart Methodology
2 Peer Group Summary Analysis
2.1 Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers – Heat Chart
2.2 Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers – Insights from Competitive Benchmarking Analysis
2.2.1 Scale and growth competitive benchmarks
2.2.2 Operational efficiency competitive benchmarks
2.2.3 Financial performance competitive benchmarks
2.3 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.4 Pier 1 Imports, Inc – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.5 Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.6 Leon’s Furniture Limited – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.7 The Brick Ltd. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.8 Cost Plus, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.9 Tuesday Morning Corporation – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
2.1 Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
3 Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers – Company Benchmarking
3.1 Scale and Growth Competitive Benchmarks
3.1.1 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by revenue, 2006–2010
3.1.2 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by revenue growth, 2007–2010
3.1.3 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by retail floor space, 2006–2010
3.1.4 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by retail floor space growth, 2007–2010
3.1.5 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by store count, 2006–2010
3.1.6 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by store count growth, 2007–2010
3.1.7 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by employee count, 2006–2010
3.1.8 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by employee count growth, 2007–2010
3.1.9 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by market capitalization, 2006–2010
3.2 Operational Efficiency Competitive Benchmarks
3.2.1 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by EBITDA margin, 2006–2010
3.2.2 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by net profit margin, 2006–2010
3.2.3 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by inventory turnover, 2006–2010
3.2.4 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by sales per square meter, 2006–2010
3.2.5 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by operating profit per square meter, 2006–2010
3.2.6 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by sales per employee, 2006–2010
3.2.7 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by operating profit per employee, 2006–2010
3.2.8 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by fixed asset turnover, 2006–2010
3.3 Financial Performance Competitive Benchmarks
3.3.1 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by ROCE, 2006–2010
3.3.2 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by return on assets, 2006–2010
3.3.3 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by earnings per share (basic), 2006–2010
3.3.4 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by P/E ratio, 2006–2010
3.3.5 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by quick ratio, 2006–2010
3.3.6 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by debt to equity, 2006–2010
3.3.7 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by debt ratio, 2006–2010
3.3.8 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by capital expenditure, 2006–2010
3.3.9 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by EV/sales, 2006–2010
3.3.10 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
3.3.11 Leading North American home furniture and housewares retailers by interest coverage, 2006–2010
4 Appendix
4.1 About Canadean
4.2 Disclaimer

List of Tables
Table 1: List of Leading Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers in North America, 2010
Table 2: Retail Channel Definitions
Table 3: Financial and Operational Metric Definitions
Table 4: List of Company Benchmarking Metrics by Pillar
Table 5: Sample Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 6: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 7: Pier 1 Imports, Inc. –  Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 8: Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. –  Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 9: Leon’s Furniture Limited – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 10: The Brick Ltd. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 11: Cost Plus, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 12: Tuesday Morning Corporation – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 13: Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. – Company Benchmarking Scorecard
Table 14: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Revenue (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 15: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Revenue Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 16: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Retail Floor Space (Thousand Square Meters), 2006–2010
Table 17: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Retail Floor Space Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 18: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Store Count, 2006–2010
Table 19: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Store Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 20: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Employee Count, 2006–2010
Table 21: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Employee Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Table 22: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Market Capitalization (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 23: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by EBITDA Margin (%), 2006–2010
Table 24: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Net Profit Margin (%), 2006–2010
Table 25: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Inventory Turnover, 2006–2010
Table 26: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Sales per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Table 27: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Operating Profit per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Table 28: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Sales per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Table 29: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Operating Profit per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Table 30: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Fixed Asset Turnover, 2006–2010
Table 31: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by ROCE (%), 2006–2010
Table 32: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Return on Assets (%), 2006–2010
Table 33: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Earnings per Share (Basic) (US$), 2006–2010
Table 34: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by P/E Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 35: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Quick Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 36: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Debt to Equity, 2006–2010
Table 37: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Debt Ratio, 2006–2010
Table 38: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Capital Expenditure (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Table 39: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by EV/Sales, 2006–2010
Table 40: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
Table 41: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Interest Coverage, 2006–2010

List of Figures
Figure 1: Sample Heat Chart
Figure 2: Leading North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers – Heat Chart
Figure 3: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Revenue (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 4: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Revenue Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 5: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Retail Floor Space (Thousand Square Meters), 2006–2010
Figure 6: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Retail Floor Space Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 7: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Store Count, 2006–2010
Figure 8: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Store Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 9: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Employee Count, 2006–2010
Figure 10: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Employee Count Growth (%), 2007–2010
Figure 11: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Market Capitalization (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 12: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by EBITDA Margin (%), 2006–2010
Figure 13: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Net Profit Margin (%), 2006–2010
Figure 14: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Inventory Turnover, 2006–2010
Figure 15: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Sales per Square Meter (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 16: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Operating Profit per Square Meter(US$), 2006–2010
Figure 17: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Sales per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 18: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Operating Profit per Employee (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 19: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Fixed Asset Turnover, 2006–2010
Figure 20: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by ROCE (%), 2006–2010
Figure 21: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Return on Assets (%), 2006–2010
Figure 22: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Earnings per share (basic) (US$), 2006–2010
Figure 23: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by P/E Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 24: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Quick Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 25: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Debt to Equity, 2006–2010
Figure 26: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Debt Ratio, 2006–2010
Figure 27: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Capital Expenditure (US$ Million), 2006–2010
Figure 28: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by EV/Sales, 2006–2010
Figure 29: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by EV/EBITDA, 2006–2010
Figure 30: Top Five North American Home Furniture and Housewares Retailers by Interest Coverage, 2006–2010