Marktanalyse - Top 10 Companies in France Wholesale and Distribution Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2009

Introduction

This databook provides insight into the top 10 companies in France wholesale and distribution industry in terms of their estimated IT spend.

Scope

*Datamonitor’s view of the top 10 companies in this sector and geography in terms of IT spending

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies

Highlights

The top 10 companies in France wholesale and distribution industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on Hardware, a segment that accounted for about 30% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on software and services.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. External services include product vendors, local resellers, telcos, systems integrators and specialist outsourcers. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 37% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies.

Reasons to Purchase

*Understand the IT budget breakdown in various organization types and identify notable areas of allocation

*Build lists of organizations with top IT expenditure in your target markets

*Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW 1

Catalyst 1

Summary 1

INTRODUCTION 9

Reasons to Purchase 9

Definitions 10

FRANCE WHOLESALE AND DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 12

Overview 12

Estimated spending by technology segment 14

Estimated IT spending by channel 16

HEWLETT PACKARD CENTRE DE COMPETENCES FRANCE 18

Budget overview 18

Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, estimated spending on IT 19

Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, estimated IT spending by channel 23

SINERGY 25

Budget overview 25

Sinergy, estimated spending on IT 26

Sinergy, estimated IT spending by channel 30

SCA PETROLES ET DERIVES 32

Budget overview 32

SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated spending on IT 33

SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated IT spending by channel 37

TERRENA 39

Budget overview 39

Terrena, estimated spending on IT 40

Terrena, estimated IT spending by channel 44

UNILEVER FRANCE 46

Budget overview 46

Unilever France, estimated spending on IT 47

Unilever France, estimated IT spending by channel 51

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS FRANCE 53

Budget overview 53

Samsung Electronics France, estimated spending on IT 54

Samsung Electronics France, estimated IT spending by channel 58

METRO CASH & CARRY FRANCE 60

Budget overview 60

Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated spending on IT 61

Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated IT spending by channel 65

RHODIA OPERATIONS 67

Budget overview 67

Rhodia Operations, estimated spending on IT 68

Rhodia Operations, estimated IT spending by channel 72

REXEL FRANCE 74

Budget overview 74

Rexel France, estimated spending on IT 75

Rexel France, estimated IT spending by channel 79

POMONA 81

Budget overview 81

Pomona, estimated spending on IT 82

Pomona, estimated IT spending by channel 86

APPENDIX 88

Methodology 88

Further reading 89

How to contact experts in your industry 89

Disclaimer 89



LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Wholesale and distribution industry, France, spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 12

Figure 2: Wholesale and distribution industry, France, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2008 14

Figure 3: Wholesale and distribution industry, France, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2008 16

Figure 4: Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 19

Figure 5: Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 21

Figure 6: Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 23

Figure 7: Sinergy, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 26

Figure 8: Sinergy, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 28

Figure 9: Sinergy, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 30

Figure 10: SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 33

Figure 11: SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 35

Figure 12: SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 37

Figure 13: Terrena, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 40

Figure 14: Terrena, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 42

Figure 15: Terrena, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 44

Figure 16: Unilever France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 47

Figure 17: Unilever France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 49

Figure 18: Unilever France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 51

Figure 19: Samsung Electronics France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 54

Figure 20: Samsung Electronics France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 56

Figure 21: Samsung Electronics France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 58

Figure 22: Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 61

Figure 23: Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 63

Figure 24: Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 65

Figure 25: Rhodia Operations, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 68

Figure 26: Rhodia Operations, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 70

Figure 27: Rhodia Operations, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 72

Figure 28: Rexel France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 75

Figure 29: Rexel France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 77

Figure 30: Rexel France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 79

Figure 31: Pomona, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 82

Figure 32: Pomona, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 84

Figure 33: Pomona, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 86

Figure 34: Research methodology 88



LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: IT segments and sub segments 10

Table 2: Channel definitions 11

Table 3: Wholesale and distribution industry, France, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 13

Table 4: Wholesale and distribution industry, France, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2008 15

Table 5: Wholesale and distribution industry, France, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2008 17

Table 6: Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 18

Table 7: Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 18

Table 8: Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 20

Table 9: Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 22

Table 10: Hewlett Packard Centre de Competences France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 24

Table 11: Sinergy, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 25

Table 12: Sinergy, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 25

Table 13: Sinergy, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 27

Table 14: Sinergy, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 29

Table 15: Sinergy, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 31

Table 16: SCA Petroles et Derives, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 32

Table 17: SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 32

Table 18: SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 34

Table 19: SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 36

Table 20: SCA Petroles et Derives, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 38

Table 21: Terrena, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 39

Table 22: Terrena, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 39

Table 23: Terrena, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 41

Table 24: Terrena, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 43

Table 25: Terrena, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 45

Table 26: Unilever France, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 46

Table 27: Unilever France, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 46

Table 28: Unilever France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 48

Table 29: Unilever France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 50

Table 30: Unilever France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 52

Table 31: Samsung Electronics France, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 53

Table 32: Samsung Electronics France, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 53

Table 33: Samsung Electronics France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 55

Table 34: Samsung Electronics France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 57

Table 35: Samsung Electronics France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 59

Table 36: Metro Cash & Carry France, IT budget estimates(%), 2008—09 60

Table 37: Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 60

Table 38: Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 62

Table 39: Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 64

Table 40: Metro Cash & Carry France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 66

Table 41: Rhodia Operations, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 67

Table 42: Rhodia Operations, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 67

Table 43: Rhodia Operations, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 69

Table 44: Rhodia Operations, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 71

Table 45: Rhodia Operations, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 73

Table 46: Rexel France, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 74

Table 47: Rexel France, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 74

Table 48: Rexel France, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 76

Table 49: Rexel France, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 78

Table 50: Rexel France, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 80

Table 51: Pomona, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 81

Table 52: Pomona, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 81

Table 53: Pomona, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 83

Table 54: Pomona, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 85

Table 55: Pomona, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 87

Introduction

This databook provides insight into the top 10 companies in France wholesale and distribution industry in terms of their estimated IT spend.

Scope

*Datamonitor’s view of the top 10 companies in this sector and geography in terms of IT spending

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies

Highlights

The top 10 companies in France wholesale and distribution industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on Hardware, a segment that accounted for about 30% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on software and services.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. External services include product vendors, local resellers, telcos, systems integrators and specialist outsourcers. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 37% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies.

Reasons to Purchase

*Understand the IT budget breakdown in various organization types and identify notable areas of allocation

*Build lists of organizations with top IT expenditure in your target markets

*Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics

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