Mintel's previous reports on this market in 1998 and 2000 noted the strong value growth that has occurred through the latter part of the 1990s, while questioning whether that size of market and number of titles could be sustained. Nevertheless, Mintel's 2000 report concluded that the then total number of titles and market size in volume terms was probably sustainable given the degree of publisher innovation in evidence that had attracted new readers to the market segment.

Mintel's previous reports on this market in 1998 and 2000 noted the strong value growth that has occurred through the latter part of the 1990s, while questioning whether that size of market and number of titles could be sustained. Nevertheless, Mintel's 2000 report concluded that the then total number of titles and market size in volume terms was probably sustainable given the degree of publisher innovation in evidence that had attracted new readers to the market segment.

However, since 2000 there has been a significant volume contraction within this market, confounding all the more optimistic predictions, and this report sets out to investigate the key reasons for this contraction and the best prospects for growth over the near future.

Forthcoming Mintel reports of relevance include:

- Teenage Magazines, Market Intelligence - UK Report, July 2002

- Children's Comics and Magazines, Market Intelligence - UK Report, August 2002

- Men's Magazines, Market Intelligence - UK Report, October 2002

- Women's Magazines, Market Intelligence - UK Report, October 2002.