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In 2013, current value sales of dishwashing decreased by 3%. Volume sales of hand dishwashing fell by 1% and within automatic dishwashing only automatic dishwashing liquids saw positive growth. The economic crises that reduced Italians' disposable incomes and increased the unemployment level, played a key role in pushing down the sales. Consumers' search for a good deal forced manufacturers to focus their sales strategies on discounting and promotions.

This report provides the latest asset allocations of Japan HNWIs across 13 asset classes. The report also includes projections of the volume, wealth and asset allocations of Japan HNWIs to 2018 and a comprehensive and robust background of the local economy.

Motorcycles in Singapore industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Singapore motorcycles market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the personal accident and health insurance industry in Denmark . It contains detailed historic and forecast data for distribution channels. "Personal Accident and Health Insurance Distribution Channels in Denmark to 2017: Market Databook" provides detailed insight into the operating environment of the personal accident and health insurance industry in Denmark . It is an essential tool for companies active across the Danish personal accident and health insurance value chain and for new players considering to enter the market.

Published by Canadean, Argentina Beverage Forecasts provide consumption trends 1999 to 2013 provisional and 2014 to 2019 forecasts for key beverage categories.

After recovering from an ominous period in 2011, during which it lost 800,000 subscribers in the US, Netflix has recovered and grown from strength to strength. Netflix has made huge investments to continue it's growth. This case study looks at how successful Netflix actually is, how it has invested to maintain growth and what potential opportunities and threats may arise in the future.

Home insecticides saw slightly smaller current value growth in 2013 versus 2012. The essential nature of home insecticides continued to support the category's performance in 2013. Consumers were also increasingly demanding higher concentration in home insecticides so as to achieve a better effect.

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the travel and tourism industry in Egypt. It contains detailed historic and forecast data for car rental. ''Car Rental in Egypt to 2018: Market Databook'' provides detailed insight into the operating environment of the travel and tourism industry in Egypt. It is an essential tool for companies active across the Egyptian travel and tourism value chain and for new players considering to enter the market.

In the second half of 2013, a product quality survey in Beijing revealed that some wipes contained excessive germs. A number of editorial reports had previously indicated that some wipes do not achieve sterilisation as claimed. As a result of this, consumer confidence in wipes declined, due to increasing hygiene knowledge and suspicions regarding product quality. As a result, branded products were more favoured by consumers, leading to increased concentration in wipes in China.

Sales of RTD coffee continued to be insignificant in Macedonia towards the end of the review period. RTD coffee brands were present in the country for much of the review period, but the companies producing and distributing RTD coffee products continued to struggle to achieve any significant level of demand for their products.

Snack bars belong amongst the undeveloped packaged food categories in Serbia. There is simply no tradition of consumption of these products amongst Serbian consumers whilst competition amongst producers is still at a poor level. Some snack bars categories are in the earliest stages of their presence in Serbia (such as breakfast bars and protein bars) and some are completely absent in the market (such as fruit bars). These facts are amongst the best indicators of the immaturity of Serbian snack...

Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Library, Museums and Cultural Services market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

Over the review period, instant noodles led current value growth within noodles due to its convenience in preparation and attractive price. However, growing health consciousness of consumers towards the end of the review period forced them to be more concerned about their diets and in turn to start to search for healthier options. Plain noodles remain not very popular amongst Ukrainians as there is no developed culture of preparing Asian types of noodles, as well as variants of dishes with...

Brands that originated in the liquid and later cream format within hand dishwashing, increased their promotional and communication activities for their product extensions in the ball-shaped dishwashing bar targeted at the lower-income segment. Besides trying to gain volume from other liquid and cream competitors (usually stronger brands), another strategy followed by these household names (Axion and Mistolin) was to weaken the strength of other ball-shaped dishwasher brands and gain consumers...

The Sleep Disorders Partnering 2009-2014 provides understanding and access to the sleep disorders partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies .

Most of the product categories within tissue and hygiene, such as incontinence, nappies/diapers/pants, sanitary protection and toilet paper, are regarded as necessity items, being consumed on a regular basis when needed. This in turn positively affects demand and helps underpin sales. Therefore overall sales of tissue and hygiene in Poland recorded positive increase in both retail value and volume terms during 2013.

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the office building construction industry in Spain. It contains detailed historic and forecast market value data for the office building construction industry, including a breakdown of the data by construction activity (new construction, repair and maintenance, refurbishment and demolition). 'Office Building Construction in Spain to 2018: Market Databook' provides a top-level overview and detailed insight into the operating environment of the office building construction industry in Spain. It is an essential tool for companies active across the Spanish construction value chain and for new players considering to enter the market.

The rising popularity of Western culture in Indonesia helped to boost growth in breakfast cereals in 2013 as more Indonesians became accustomed to eating breakfast cereals with milk for breakfast. Furthermore, breakfast cereals are perceived as being very healthy, offering many physical benefits to consumers. Although breakfast cereals can appear quite expensive for many Indonesians, the primary target audience of middle-income and upper-income consumers remains fairly impervious to the...

Housing remained a worrying area of the Australian economy at the end of the review period. Data from the Housing Institute of Australia indicated that new dwelling starts declined by 9% in 2012 over the previous year, while high house prices result in many being concerned about a price bubble bursting. As a result, many consumers were unwilling to invest in new homes. This hindered growth in large cooking appliances, which are often purchased when moving into a new home or installed by those...

Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Transport via Railways market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

In 2013, category leader Sandora OOO's Sandora brand was closely followed by two Georgian manufacturers, Gori Child Nutrition Tin factory and Campa Ltd. There is a clear trend of local manufacturers becoming stronger in the category gradually within the last three years of the review period, even in the context of recession in the Georgian economy. This is expected to be the start of a stronger presence of local players within the forecast period. There is a trend of consumers prioritising...

The development of the ready meals market is fragmented and changes within each category. For example, canned/preserved ready meals is the most developed category in ready meals, but faces higher levels of competition from the rise of other categories such as chilled processed food. In addition to this, frozen ready meals will grow slowly as the recovery of foodservice retailers reduces demand for these convenient products.

The Finnish retailing industry faced great challenges in 2013 as the Finnish economy experienced a downturn and the unemployment rate continued to increase, limiting the customer purchasing power. Also, the VAT rates in Finland were increased in January 2013, which was seen as a challenge by the retailers which were already struggling with customers limiting their purchases. As a result, the total retailing value growth suffered and slowed down when compared to the recent years in the review...

Homeshopping continued the declining trend with an 11% decrease in current value sales dropping the current retail value of the channel to EUR98 million in 2013. The decrease was mostly due to the increasing popularity of internet retailing. The effect of internet retailing is twofold: on the one hand multichannel homeshopping companies are increasing their online operations and on the other hand internet retailers not operating in homeshopping compete for the sales of the channel.

In late 2011, a fat tax was introduced in Denmark which turned out to be something of a failure. The tax was unpopular among consumers, led to increasing border trade and put an extra administrative burden on manufacturers, hence having more negatives than positives. As a result, the fat tax was abolished on 1 January 2013. The main effect of this turnaround in the other dairy category was that average unit price in cream fell by 8% and value sales by 7%.