Ice Cream in Japan

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Category segmentation 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market share 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market volume 9

Market Segmentation 10

Category segmentation 10

Geography segmentation 11

Market share 12

Market distribution 13

Market Outlook 14

Market value forecast 14

Market volume forecast 15

Five Forces Analysis 16

Summary 16

Buyer power 17

Supplier power 18

New entrants 19

Threat of substitutes 21

Degree of rivalry 22

Leading Companies 23

General Mills, Inc. 23

Lotte Group 26

Meiji Holdings Co, Ltd. 28

Morinaga & Co. Ltd. 31

Macroeconomic Indicators 34

Country Data 34

Methodology 36

Industry associations 37

Related MarketLine research 37

Appendix 38

About MarketLine 38

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Japan ice cream market value: $ million, 2010-14 8

Table 2: Japan ice cream market volume: million litres, 2010-14 9

Table 3: Japan ice cream market category segmentation: $ million, 2014 10

Table 4: Japan ice cream market geography segmentation: $ million, 2014 11

Table 5: Japan ice cream market share: % share, by value, 2014 12

Table 6: Japan ice cream market distribution: % share, by value, 2014 13

Table 7: Japan ice cream market value forecast: $ million, 2014-19 14

Table 8: Japan ice cream market volume forecast: million litres, 2014-19 15

Table 9: General Mills, Inc.: key facts 23

Table 10: General Mills, Inc.: key financials ($) 24

Table 11: General Mills, Inc.: key financial ratios 24

Table 12: Lotte Group: key facts 26

Table 13: Meiji Holdings Co, Ltd.: key facts 28

Table 14: Meiji Holdings Co, Ltd.: key financials ($) 28

Table 15: Meiji Holdings Co, Ltd.: key financials (Â¥) 29

Table 16: Meiji Holdings Co, Ltd.: key financial ratios 29

Table 17: Morinaga & Co. Ltd.: key facts 31

Table 18: Morinaga & Co. Ltd.: key financials ($) 32

Table 19: Morinaga & Co. Ltd.: key financials (Â¥) 32

Table 20: Morinaga & Co. Ltd.: key financial ratios 32

Table 21: Japan size of population (million), 2010-14 34

Table 22: Japan gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2010-14 34

Table 23: Japan gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2010-14 34

Table 24: Japan inflation, 2010-14 35

Table 25: Japan consumer price index (absolute), 2010-14 35

Table 26: Japan exchange rate, 2010-14 35

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Japan ice cream market value: $ million, 2010-14 8

Figure 2: Japan ice cream market volume: million litres, 2010-14 9

Figure 3: Japan ice cream market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2014 10

Figure 4: Japan ice cream market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2014 11

Figure 5: Japan ice cream market share: % share, by value, 2014 12

Figure 6: Japan ice cream market distribution: % share, by value, 2014 13

Figure 7: Japan ice cream market value forecast: $ million, 2014-19 14

Figure 8: Japan ice cream market volume forecast: million litres, 2014-19 15

Figure 9: Forces driving competition in the ice cream market in Japan, 2014 16

Figure 10: Drivers of buyer power in the ice cream market in Japan, 2014 17

Figure 11: Drivers of supplier power in the ice cream market in Japan, 2014 18

Figure 12: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the ice cream market in Japan, 2014 19

Figure 13: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the ice cream market in Japan, 2014 21

Figure 14: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the ice cream market in Japan, 2014 22

Figure 15: General Mills, Inc.: revenues & profitability 25

Figure 16: General Mills, Inc.: assets & liabilities 25

Figure 17: Meiji Holdings Co, Ltd.: revenues & profitability 29

Figure 18: Meiji Holdings Co, Ltd.: assets & liabilities 30

Figure 19: Morinaga & Co. Ltd.: revenues & profitability 33