The Wholesale and Retail Trade of Books and Stationery in South Africa 2018
Price
R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $ 120.50 (USD)*
Report Coverage
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the books and stationery industry, factors influencing their success, challenges, and changing trends influenced by technological advances. It includes comprehensive profiles of 42 companies in the books and stationery sector including major booksellers like Exclusive Books and increasingly successful independent booksellers including The Book Lounge and Love Books, as well as online sellers such as Takealot. It profiles players in the stationery sector including CNA and RNA Stationers and dominant wholesalers Silveray and Waltons.
Wholesale and Retail Trade of Books and Stationery
This report focuses on the wholesale and retail trade of reading matter and stationery. Sales of books, newspapers and stationery account for 3.1% of overall retail sales, and this sector is dominated by educational books. The market for books, news, and stationery is expected to record revenue of R39.3bn in 2019.
State of The Industry
Unit sales of books declined by 7% in 2017 as poor economic conditions affected disposable income, a trend which has continued in 2018. The rand’s decline will result in further increases in the cost of imported books while cost pressures are mounting for local publishers. South Africa remains relatively unaffected by the international shift to e-books. Educational books account for 75% of book sales and production in this sector is almost entirely local, and predominantly paper-baed. The market for South African fiction remains relatively tiny, and most of that market is for Afrikaans fiction. While digitisation has resulted in reduced demand for paper-based products, it has also expanded the scope of the stationery suppliers industry with products like printing cartridges, printing paper and labels.
Table of Contents
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| 2. | DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY | 1 |
| 2.1. | Industry Value Chain | 3 |
| 2.2. | Geographic Position | 4 |
| 3. | SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY | 5 |
| 4. | STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 8 |
| 4.1. | Local | 8 |
| 4.1.1. | Corporate Actions | 12 |
| 4.1.2. | Regulations | 12 |
| 4.1.3. | Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development | 13 |
| 4.2. | Continental | 14 |
| 4.3. | International | 15 |
| 5. | INFLUENCING FACTORS | 16 |
| 5.1. | Economic Environment | 16 |
| 5.2. | Rising Operating Costs | 17 |
| 5.3. | Technology, Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation | 17 |
| 5.4. | Labour | 19 |
| 5.5. | Cyclicality | 19 |
| 5.6. | Environmental Concerns | 20 |
| 6. | COMPETITION | 20 |
| 6.1. | Barriers to Entry | 21 |
| 7. | SWOT ANALYSIS | 22 |
| 8. | OUTLOOK | 22 |
| 9. | INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS | 23 |
| 10. | REFERENCES | 23 |
| 10.1. | Publications | 23 |
| 10.2. | Websites | 23 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 25 | |
| Summary of Major Players | 25 | |
| COMPANY PROFILES | 31 | |
| ADAMS BOOKSELLERS (PTY) LTD | 31 | |
| AMAZON.COM INC | 33 | |
| BIDVEST OFFICE AND PRINT HOLDINGS LTD | 37 | |
| BOOK LOUNGE CC | 40 | |
| BOOKS MAGAZINES AND STATIONERY CC | 42 | |
| BOOKSITE (PTY) LTD | 47 | |
| BRIDGE BOOKS CC | 49 | |
| CAXTON AND CTP PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS LTD | 50 | |
| CHRISTELIKE UITGEWERSMAATSKAPPY (PTY) LTD | 55 | |
| EBOOK SHOP CC | 58 | |
| EDCON LTD | 59 | |
| ESTORIL BOOKS AND STATIONERS (FOURWAYS) (PTY) LTD | 63 | |
| EXCLUSIVE BOOKS GROUP (PTY) LTD | 65 | |
| EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SERVICES CC | 69 | |
| FLIP FILE (PTY) LTD | 71 | |
| FORMS MEDIA INDEPENDENT (AFRICA) (PTY) LTD | 72 | |
| FRANK R THOROLD (PTY) LTD | 74 | |
| FREEDOM STATIONERY (PTY) LTD | 76 | |
| HARGRAVES LIBRARY SERVICE (PTY) LTD | 78 | |
| INTERSTAT STATIONERY (PTY) LTD | 80 | |
| JUTA AND COMPANY (PTY) LTD | 82 | |
| LOOT ONLINE (PTY) LTD | 85 | |
| LOVE BOOKS (PTY) LTD | 87 | |
| MACMILLAN SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD | 88 | |
| MASSMART HOLDINGS LTD | 91 | |
| MEDIA24 (PTY) LTD | 97 | |
| MIND MATTERS EDUCATIONAL BOOK DISTRIBUTERS CC | 105 | |
| NATIONAL STATIONERY CC | 106 | |
| PARCELNINJA (PTY) LTD | 108 | |
| PETERS PAPERS (PTY) LTD | 110 | |
| PICK N PAY STORES LTD | 112 | |
| PNA STATIONERS (PTY) LTD | 117 | |
| PRIMA TOY AND LEISURE TRADING (PTY) LTD | 121 | |
| PROCURE TRADE (PTY) LTD | 124 | |
| RNA RETAIL GROUP (PTY) LTD | 125 | |
| SHALMAY FAKIE GROUP CC | 126 | |
| SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LTD | 128 | |
| SPAR GROUP LTD (THE) | 133 | |
| TAKEALOT ONLINE (RF) (PTY) LTD | 138 | |
| TREFOIL MANUFACTURING (PTY) LTD | 141 | |
| VAN SCHAIK BOOKSTORE (PTY) LTD | 143 | |
| VIRTUAL BOOKSHELF CC | 147 | |
| WORDSWORTH BOOKS CC | 148 |
