BOSS/GfK Panelmarket - Summary for October 2020
GfK track and audit 36 product categories in the Office & Stationery sector and produces time comparable data for Sales Value, Sales Units/Packs and Sales Pieces - as well as calculating an average pack price and sales price.
Data is now split across two Retail channels and one B2B channel (Systemhouses) - these combine to provide the overall Panelmarket total, the Retail channels encompass around 90% of the Panelmarket total. GfK estimate that the overall total for the 36 selected products, as reported in the Panelmarket, covers around 75% of the estimated UK market total for the 36 selected products.
Latest available data is up to (and including) October 2020.
Total Data (Panelmarket)
- Sales in October 2020 were approx. £176 million - that's 4.4% down on October 2019. However, this is the closest the 2020 monthly data has been to last year's equivalent since March, and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Average piece price was £2.29 - 3.4% down on October 2019.
- Sales in the 12 months ending October 2020 were just under £1.8 billion - 10.6% down on the 12 months to October 2019.
- Average piece price was £2.09 - 0.6% down on the 12 months to October 2019.
- Quarterly and year-to-date comparisons are also available.
Click here to download the full BOSS/GfK Panelmarket report or a new excel file depicting the latest sales charts for the consumer, retail and systemhouse channels.
Source: BOSS/GfK Panelmarket, www.bossfederation.com