Frankrijk, de nummer 2 markt van de EU, de 6e markt wereldwijd, biedt vele kansen voor Nederlandse webshops. En dat slechts op slechts 2,5 uur rijden vanaf Utrecht. Wil je daar ook omzet realiseren? Tijdens deze sessie worden de trends en marktkansen in de Franse markt besproken en tips gegeven hoe op deze kansen in te springen. Daarnaast wordt toegelicht hoe middels ondersteuning vanuit de Nederlandse overheid de marktentree kan worden vereenvoudigd. Tot slot vestigen we de aandacht op een interessante e-commerce en crossborder hub, het Noord-Franse Lille (waar o.a. Booking.com en Auping door zijn ondersteund).
A tres bientot!
3. 80M
AT THE CENTER OF EUROPE’S LARGEST
CONSUMER MARKET
6M
5
RESIDENTS IN THE HAUTS-DE-
FRANCE REGION
CONSUMERS WITHIN A RADIUS
OF 300KM
EUROPEAN CAPITALS
ACCESSIBLE WITHIN 3 HRS
BY TRAIN OR LESS
4. A25
A22
A27
A23
A1
CETI
PLAINE IMAGES
SCIENTIFIC CENTER
IN HAUTE BORNE
EURASANTE
EURATECHNOLOGIES
EURALIMENTAIRE
TOURCOING
ROUBAIX
ARMENTIERES
EURALILLE
VILLENEUVE
D’ASCQ
1.2M
RESIDENTS
+120 000
STUDENTS
35%
- 25 YEARS OF AGE
LONDRES
DUNKIRK
VALENCIENNES
AMSTERDAM
KORTRIJK
QUICK STATS ON THE LILLE METRO
AREA
BRUSSELS
PARIS
95
CITIES
THALYS
TGV
EUROSTAR
5. region in France for foreign
investment
Most populous region in
France.
Source : Baromètre EY attractivité de la France 2020
The Lille metro area receives
13% of investment in France
3rd Top Three French River
Port
2 TGV Stations and 25
million passagers/yr
2 Major european axes
Lowest carbon footprint
in Europe for setting up
an office
3rd
leader in Europe for :
Rail Industry,
E-commerce,
R&D tech textiles
in France for :
Agri-food exports,
Agri-biotech and nutrition,
Transportation and Distribution,
Automobile.
1st
A REGION IN THE SOUTH
(OF NORTHERN!) EUROPE
7. Source : MEL.
International group
headquarters.
15
Companies with more
than 200 employees.
342
Source : Insee Calp 2015
Source : Banque de France, 2018.
Headquarters with more
than 500 employees.
80
Source : Insee Calp 2015
97 300
Of companies were founded
more than 7 years ago.
47%
Source : Banque de France, 2018.
Companies with less
than 500 employees.
A HOME FOR STABLE
BUSINESS GROWTH
8. SERVICES
3rd french financial place
21 000 companies
Among them :150 customer
service centers and Shared
Service Centers
RETAIL
74 000 employees in Lille’s
area
500 000 worldwide
Complete value chain:
Logistics Marketing,
Retailers, R&D, Training,
Customer service, IT
DIGITAL
+77%
Companies created in
the Lille metro area in
10 years
1st European incubator :
Euratechnologies
HEALTH & NUTRITION
Largest Regional
University Hospital
Center
8 hospitals, 5 training
campuses, +16,000
employees
.
€ 12 billion generated
30%
des véhicules français
sont produits dans notre région.
INDUSTRY
OUR KEY INDUSTRIES
17%
of European textile
engineers trained
in the area
10%
of French engineers
trained in the region
9. RETAIL
VALLEY
Among them are:
Auchan, Decathlon,
La Redoute, Damart, Eveil et
Jeux, Kiabi, Vertbaudet,
Castorama, Leroy Merlin,
Norauto, Nocibé, Camaieu,
Promod, Jules, Kingfisher, JD
Sports…
Our recent successes
80+ retail headquarters in Lille
LOCAL RETAIL PLAYERS
10. WHAT DO OUR CLIENTS DO?
Headquarters
Administrative
Accounting
Purchasing
Human Resources
Innovation
Product/services
Sales process
IT
Data center
Web activities
e-marketing
Logistics
Warehousing
E-commerce order processing
Receipt and dispatch
Refurbishment
10
11. WHAT DO OUR CLIENTS DO?
Customer service
In-house
Outsourced
Point of sale/
Click and Collect
Production
Photo studio
Shooting/Image
Going online/Editing
Training
Professional e-commerce
training
11
12. 210 000 students
9 universities, public and private.
2 schools in the top 5 worldwide in 2020 for
Masters in Finance according to the Financial Times :
SKEMA and EDHEC.
10 research centers
20+ engineering schools
(ENSAIT, HEI, ISEN, ICAM, Polytech’Lille..)
= 10% of French engineers
RESERVOIR OF
RECOGNIZED TALENT
2nd youngest region in France,
the Hauts-de-France also has
the second largest university
presence in the country.
13. Source: JLL, Q1 2020 statistics.
COMPETITIVE REAL ESTATE
MARKET
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Prime space to rent, Q1 2020
€/m²/an
240€
15. ASSISTING COMPANIES
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
MARKET INTELLIGENCE
ADMINISTRATIVE, LEGAL,
TAX AND FINANCE
REAL ESTATE
HUMAN RESOURCES
NETWORKS AND
COMMUNICATION
OUR MISSION
FACILITATE AND FAST TRACK NEW COMPANIES SET UP IN LILLE AREA.
16. WHY CHOOSE LILLE?
1
2
A central and strategical location in Europe with excellent transport
links, close to London (80’), Brussels (35’) and the Paris city and
international airports (58’).
An employment pool of highly qualified people
#2 largest educational cluster in France.
3
Attractive operational & real-estate costs
4
5
Excellent quality of life : a friendly metropole on a
human scale with a dense transport infrastructure.
Retail valley: complete & innovative ecosystem