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Stationery retailers haven't had much to write home about in recent years. A growing list of external businesses selling basic stationery and mounting competition from the online-only market have challenged stationery stores’ long-term survival. Shifts towards digital communication and greater use of digital documents have altered how consumers and businesses alike use stationery on a daily basis. Industrywide revenue is expected to remain unchanged over the five years through 2023-24, totalling $1.17 billion, which includes an anticipated 1.1% climb in revenue in the current year.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 0.0 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.2bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
---|---|---|
Wesfarmers | 495.0 | |
Premier Investments | 94.0 | |
Cotton On Group | 65.7 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Art and craft materials, Writing and marking instruments and Notebooks and paper stationery. Art and craft materials is the largest segment of the Stationery Goods Retailing in Australia.
Growing digital communication has eroded sales of notebooks and paper stationery
Industry retailers primarily sell stationery and writing materials, including artists’ supplies, ink, pens, pencils and notebooks. Specialist retailers source products from upstream manufacturers, wholesalers and international suppliers and then onsell these goods to downstream markets including households, businesses, the education sector and government departments.
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ANZSIC 4272 - Stationery Goods Retailing in Australia
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The market size of the Stationery Goods Retailing industry in Australia is $1.2bn in 2024.
There are 805 businesses in the Stationery Goods Retailing industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 2.5 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Stationery Goods Retailing industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 0.0 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Stationery Goods Retailing industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Stationery Goods Retailing market in Australia are Wesfarmers, Premier Investments and Cotton On Group
Art and craft materials and Notebook and paper stationery are part of the Stationery Goods Retailing industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Wesfarmers.
The level of competition is high and increasing in the Stationery Goods Retailing industry in Australia.