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

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