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Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
Summary of Key Report Findings
Market Factors
Market Size and Trends
The Supply Structure
The Consumer
Consumer Attitudes and Typologies
The Future
Forecast
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Internet Cafés - UK - November 2003
Table of Contents

Introduction and Abbreviations

Summary of Key Report Findings

Increased Internet penetration leads to greater familiarity

Market has contracted

Instability within the industry

Increased competition

Diversification

Still a youthful environment

Tourists still vital

The gender divide

Potential users

The future

Market Factors

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PDI and consumer expenditure

Figure 1: PDI and consumer expenditure, 1998-2006

Demographic trends

Trends in the UK’s age structure
Figure 2: Structure of the UK population, by age, 1998-2006
Socio-economic structure
Figure 3: Structure of the UK population, by socio-economic group, 1998-2006

Internet penetration

Figure 4: British Internet penetration, Jan 2001-Jul 2003

Profile of Internet users

Figure 5: British Internet usage profile, July 2003

Time spent on the Internet – inside and outside the home

Figure 6: Hours spent on the Internet at home and elsewhere, Summer 2003

PC and Internet usage

Figure 7: PC and Internet technology usage, July 2002-03

Online and computer games

Figure 8: Games machines owned, by household, June 2002
Figure 9: Attitudes towards video and computer games, June 2002

Computer literacy and training

Technological advancements are upping the competitive stakes

Free public access

Overseas visitors

Figure 10: Overseas visitors to the UK, by volume and expenditure, 1998-2003
Figure 11: Overseas visitors to the UK, by age, 2001

Market Size and Trends

Figure 12: Estimated revenue and percentage breakdown between Internet services and other products at UK Internet cafés, 2001 and 2003

Market size by outlet numbers

Figure 13: Number of Internet cafés in the UK, 2001 and September 2003

Internet cafés by location

Figure 14: Internet cafés in the UK, by location, September 2001 and 2003

The Supply Structure

The independent sector

Branded Internet cafés

CommsPort

Internet Exchange

easyInternetCafé (eIC)

Tesco

The Consumer

Internet café usage

Figure 15: Internet Café usage, July 2001 and 2003

Internet usage by demographics

Figure 16: Internet Café usage, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2003
Figure 17: Internet café usage, by lifestage and Mintel's Special Groups, July 2003
Figure 18: Internet café usage by marital status, working status and terminal education age, July 2003
Figure 19: Internet café usage, by region and ACORN categories, July 2003
Figure 20: Internet café usage, by media usage, Internet usage, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, July 2003

Purpose of visits to Internet cafés

Figure 21: Purpose of Internet café visits, by all adults and Internet café users and potential users, July 2003

Popular purposes for visiting Internet cafés by demographics

Figure 22: Reasons for visiting Internet cafés, by gender, age and socio-economic group, July 2003
Figure 23: Reasons for visiting Internet cafés, by lifestage and Mintel's Special Groups, July 2003
Figure 24: Reasons for visitng Internet cafés, by marital status, working status and terminal education age, July 2003
Figure 25: Reasons for visiting Internet cafés, by region and ACORN categories, July 2003
Figure 26: Reasons for visiting Internet cafés, by media usage, Internet usage, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, July 2003

Consumer Attitudes and Typologies

Attitudes of Internet café users and potential users

Figure I: Attitudes of Internet café users and potential users, July 2001 and July 2003

Popular attitudes by demographics

Figure II: Attitudes of Internet café users and potential users, by gender, age and socio-economic groups, July 2003
Figure III: Attitudes of Internet café users and potential users, by lifestage and Mintel’s Special Groups, July 2003
Figure IV: Attitudes of Internet café users and potential users, by region, media usage and supermarket usage, July 2003

Consumer attitudes by reason for using Internet cafés

Figure V: Attitudes of Internet café users, by the most popular reasons of visiting Internet Cafés, July 2003

Consumer typologies

Consumer typologies by demographics

Figure VI: Consumer typologies, by gender, age and socio-economic groups, July 2003
Figure VII: Consumer typologies, by lifestage and Mintel’s Special Groups, July 2003
Figure VIII: Consumer typologies by marital status, working status and terminal education age, July 2003
Figure IX: Consumer typologies, by region and ACORN categories, July 2003
Figure X: Consumer typologies by media usage, Internet usage, supermarket usage and commercial TV viewing, July 2003

Consumer typologies by usage type

Figure XI: Consumer typologies, by usage, July 2003

The four consumer types and the purpose of their visit to Internet cafés

Figure XII: Consumer typologies, by the top five purposes of visiting Internet cafés, July 2003

The Future

Increased Internet penetration beneficial

Growth of the branded sector

But what about broadband?

Wireless opportunity

Expanding the customer base

Access is now offered by other retailers

Segmentation and diversification

Forecast

A population-based forecast

Figure 27: Forecast of potential target market, 2003-07

Higher levels of Internet penetration bad for business…

…but diversification and segmentation will be key growth drivers

Expanding consumer base a must