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Higher Education seminar

Higher Education seminar. 10 June 2003. Will Ethridge. President Higher Education and International. Themes. US Higher Education is a growing and stable business Pearson is the clear leader breadth and quality of products strength of sales force leadership in use of technology

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Higher Education seminar

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  1. Higher Education seminar 10 June 2003

  2. Will Ethridge President Higher Education and International

  3. Themes • US Higher Education is a growing and stable business • Pearson is the clear leader • breadth and quality of products • strength of sales force • leadership in use of technology • cost advantages

  4. Industry trends • Knowledge economy fuels demand • Strong enrollment growth at community collegesand proprietary schools • Stable industry, mildly counter-cyclical • Benefits from favorable demographics • Steady 5 – 7% growth

  5. US Higher Education marketTotal gross sales, $bn Source: Management Practice Data

  6. The sales process (US) Sales Rep Professor Student Collegebook store

  7. US Higher Education textbook market Course packs6% Trade books1% Multimedia6% New textbooks(includes Custom)62% Used textbooks25% Source: SIMBA, The College Publishing Market

  8. Pearson US Higher Education overview • Net revenue increased from $277m in ’98 to $940m in ’02 • Underlying CAGR of 8.0% • 14% revenue growth in ’02 vs. industry growth of 8%

  9. Pearson is the market leader Houghton Mifflin (#4) 6% Wiley (#5) 5% Others 10% McGraw-Hill (#3) 20% (#1) Pearson Education34% Thomson (#2) 25% US Higher Education Sales Source: Monument Information Resources (MIR)

  10. Growing ahead of the market % change in gross sales vs. prior year Source: Management Practice Data

  11. Two great companies Addison Wesley Higher Ed • Addison Wesley: quantitative sciences • Benjamin Cummings: life and physical sciences • Allyn & Bacon: education and social sciences • Longman: humanities Prentice Hall • Business • Science and technical • Liberal Arts • Career and technology

  12. #1 in key disciplines Est. 2002 retail sales, new + used, through college bookstores 38% 35% 46% 30% 36% 63% 54% Source: Monument Information Resources data

  13. Professors are the centre of Pearson’s focus Prentice Hall Professor Custom Competition AWHE Pearson resources 543 reps 40 custom reps 61 sales specialists 208 marketing

  14. The Pearson advantage • Drive share and improve retention • custom, technology and value pack programs • Increase sales through multi-market reach • Drive down costs through scale advantages • Superior organizational expertise and talent • share best practices

  15. Custom publishing Advantages • Drive share gain • Good retention • Low returns • Strong margins Types of custom • Original material • Database custom • Derivative custom blend

  16. Growth in custom Sales $m

  17. Course Compass Value pack advantages • Integrates print and technology • Enables course management, testing, research • Replaces used books

  18. Growth in value packsSales $m

  19. Increase sales throughmulti-market reach Leading international publisher Leading retailpublisher Leading advanced placement high school publisher

  20. Leading in advanced placementand High School • 65% of all university biology students purchase Campbell • Over 500,000 books sold every year • Reaching into high schools with the leading AP text • New basal High School program

  21. Leading in professional / retail • Harvey and Paul DeitelCo-authors of the best-selling introductory programming languages books • Over 2.5m copies sold worldwide • Bestsellers in the professional / retail channel • Translated into 11 languages

  22. Leading global publisher • Kotler’s Marketing Management has taught generations of business students • 250,000 copies sold each year • Country-specific adaptations • Translated into 23 languages

  23. Driving down costs • Use of shared services to improve margins • Apply purchasing power to gain savings – especially in printing and paper costs • Efficiencies from content management and distribution

  24. Opportunities • #1 in fast-growing basic skills areas (English and Math) • Growing share in vocational publishing • Delivering more value through content, technology and customization

  25. Summary • Good demographics • Predictable growth; defensible position • Outperform the industry in sales growth • Grow profits at a higher rate than sales due to scale economies

  26. Higher Education seminar

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