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Economic slowdown in China, as well as the uncertain global economy, resulting in weaker consumer confidence and less frequent transactions, slowed the growth in total card transactions in 2014. A significant slowdown in pre-paid card transactions, due to strict anti-corruption regulations, had an influence on the overall financial cards market. However, growth in financial card transactions remained dynamic in both volume and value terms, thanks to the deepening penetration of debit cards, as...

The trend within chocolate confectionery is similar to that in other categories - consumers are more interested in the composition of products and their nutritional value. Although price still plays an important role, quality is becoming increasingly important for Czech consumers in chocolate confectionery and demand for higher-quality and premium products has risen moderately at the end of the review period (nevertheless they should be sold at reasonable, ie discounted, prices). The general...

Greek consumers continued to see their disposable income levels fall towards the end of the review period, with the average levels of wages falling while the cost of living continue to increase, not least due to rising electricity and gas prices. Naturally, the majority of Greeks continue to look for ways to reduce expenditure on everyday items, including staples foodstuffs and other basic items. Amidst this scenario, many Greek consumers are avoiding consumer foodservice, turning instead to...

Biscuits (Cookies & Crackers) in Turkey by Mintel Market Sizes provides you with annual year-end market size data, most recently updated in 2014. This market covers packaged savoury & sweet biscuits (cookies). Market size comprises sales through all retail channels including direct to consumer. Market size for Biscuits (Cookies & Crackers) in Turkey is given in TRY and tonne with a minimum of five years' historical data. Market Forecast is provided for five years. Included with this snapshot is socio-economic data for Turkey. Population, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rates.

Sales of toys and games continued to be largely unaffected by the economic uncertainties faced by the Eurozone as well as by Germany's low birth rate and registered another year of healthy current value growth in 2013. Solid demand was witnessed by both traditional toys and games and video games. While traditional toys and games mainly benefited from German parents' high propensity to spend on items for their children, demand for video games was mainly driven by the growing number of gamers and...

Compared to the review period CAGRs of -2% in volume terms and +1% in current value terms, biscuits performance in 2014 was a significant improvement. Biscuits continued to see a lot of innovation in 2014 as manufacturers rely on new launches to keep consumers interested. Innovation typically focuses on brand extensions of established brands with a focus on new packaging formats or new flavour combinations. Consumers in Bosnia-Herzegovina traditionally see biscuits as one of their favourite snack foods.

A limited assortment of wearable electronics was available in the Czech Republic in 2013; however, the category had a negligible market in 2013 as manufacturers only started to introduce these products on the market and without significant support or promotion. The only type of retailers where wearable electronics could be found was internet shops.

Breakfast cereals has resulted in one of the most benefited categories from the increased health and wellness awareness trend, which has significantly created opportunities for the fastest growing categories, such as weight-approach formulations. Not only health-orientated lines, but also children?s breakfast cereal brands are turning their attention to the promotion of health and wellness listing ingredients, such as real ingredients, low fat, fortified (vitamins and minerals added), whole grain wheat, high fibre and multigrain amongst other more specialised formulations (higher priced segment), which feature gluten free and organic solutions that tend to offer up to seven different grains. On the other hand, the offer of family orientated economic solutions (value packs) is resulting in a major trend amongst the majority of children?s brands, such as 3, 10, 2 packs accompanied with the further development of supersized alternatives (private label, generic).

The Czech Republic telecoms market is one of the most advanced in Central and Eastern Europe, with high penetration of both voice and data services. However operators are now facing challenging conditions as price pressures threaten margins, due to market saturation; regulatory factors, such as cuts to mobile termination rates; and the impact of the eurozone crisis on macroeconomic performance acting as drags on performance. Furthermore, t he market is in a period of change with the arrival of MVNOs from 2012 and the regulator's efforts to attract a fourth operator into the market. These pro-competition measures should provide a boost to growth and innovation in a market that already contains a number of major international players including T-Mobile and Vodafone in mobile, and UPC in wireline. However, significant opportunities remain, not least in the booming wireless data market after LTE spectrum was auctioned in November 2013, and VAS opportunities arising from the rapid proliferation of smartphone ownership .

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According to a new report "Global Erythropoietin (EPO) Drugs Market (Type, Application and Geography) - Size, Share, Global Trends, Company Profiles, Demand, Insights, Analysis, Research, Report, Opportunities, Segmentation and Forecast, 2013-2020", forecasts the Global EPO market to reach $11.9 billion by 2020, with promising CAGR of 9.7% from 2014 to 2020. Darbepoetin alfa is fastest growing drug class at a CAGR of 12.9% during the forecast period, owing to its high potency and minimal side-effects.

According to a new "Global Text Analytics Market- Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Growth and Forecast, 2014- 2020," the global text analytics market has a potential to reach $6.5 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 25.2% during 2014-2020. Predictive analytics is the most attractive application within text analytics, which provides insights on unstructured text and helps the companies to formulate business strategies accordingly. Retail sector largely uses text analytics software, which approximately contributes 1/3rd of revenue amongst all industries. Use of text analytics in Healthcare accelerates Health-Care research, which eventually adds to the rapid growth of the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector.

Connected health M2M is a remote healthcare service delivery model that functions in an IT ecosystem. It enables the accessing and sharing of healthcare information and the analysis of healthcare data. It provides the management of clinical data, and communication and collaboration among all the stakeholders of the healthcare service ecosystem. Some of the major functions of connected health M2M services are the following: home monitoring, clinical monitoring, telemedicine, first responder connectivity, connected medical environment, clinical remote monitoring, assisted living and clinical trials, and healthcare asset management.

"It is extremely important for Champion to identify a Warehouse Distributor that shares the same goals and has the ability to provide customers with first class service and product support," said Karl Dedolph, Director of the Racing and Performance Division for Champion Oil. "Jobbers Warehouse Supply, also known as JPW, clearly fits the stringent criteria we identified to distribute our motor oil, chemical, additive and lubricant line in key enthusiast demographics, applications, and strategic markets."

"Champion is pleased to be one of the first in announcing the decrease costs of our products to the market," stated Karl Dedolph, Global Sales at Champion Oil. "It gives us great pleasure at this time and, in part because of falling crude oil prices, to help our distributors with pricing advantages who will eventually pass along the saving to many racers and auto enthusiasts."

The Global Military Rotorcraft Market 2015-2025 report provides readers with a detailed analysis of both historic and forecast global industry values, factors influencing demand, the challenges faced by industry participants, analysis of industry leading companies, and key news.

Carrier Enterprise Services in Latin America: Creating the Cloud Telco a Telecom Insider Report by Publisher, The first section of this Telecom Insider Report examines the market context, provides some basic definitions and sizes the cloud services market at a regional level in three service categories: SaaS, IaaS and CaaS. The report then analyzes the major forces driving and inhibiting the adoption of cloud services across enterprise segments in the region. The report also presents case studies that provide an in-depth view of what telcos are doing in the cloud space. It concludes with a number of key findings and a set of recommendations

According to recently published research conducted by a leading international market research company, Global Research & Data Services, the expansion of the global non-power-driven hand tool industry is forecast to reach 4.7% p.a. in the coming years. Between 2008 and 2014 the market increased with an average annual growth of 4.4%. Currently, saw blades account for 19.0% of the global demand while the remaining market share is divided between hand-operated wrenches and spanners (11.8%), pincers, pliers and tweezers (8.1%), sets of non-power driven hand tools (7.2%), wrench sockets, ratchet handles, spinners and extensions (5.3%), clamps and vices (4.0%), screwdrivers (3.6%), hammers and sledge hammers (2.5%), shovels and spades (1.9%), hand saws (1.9%), rasps and files (1.6%), rakes, picks, mattocks and hoes (1.5%), bolt croppers, pipe-cutters and perforating punches (1.4%), bill hooks, axes and hewing tools (1.2%), two-handed shears (1.2%), one handed shears and secateurs (1.1%), wire and metal cutting shears (0.8%), tapping, drilling and threading tools (0.8%), gouges, chisels and planes (0.8%), blow lamps (0.4%), forks (0.3%) and other non-power-driven hand tools (23.6%).

According to recently published research conducted by a leading international market research company, Global Research & Data Services, the expansion of the global lighting product industry is forecast to reach 5.5% p.a. in the coming years. Between 2008 and 2014 the market increased with an average annual growth of 6.2%. Currently, electric ceiling and wall lighting fittings account for 20.2% of the global demand while the remaining market share is divided between fluorescent lamps (hot cathode) (9.4%), portable battery and magneto-electric lamps (5.3%), electric desk, table, floor and bedside lamps (4.8%), filament lamps (tungsten halogen) (4.4%), mercury and sodium vapour lamps (3.0%), non-electrical lighting fittings and lamps (2.1%), filament lamps (power not exceeding 200 W, voltage more than 100 V) (2.1%), infra-red and ultra-violet lamps (1.8%), illuminated signs (1.7%), arc-lamps (1.0%), sealed beam lamp units (0.8%), other lighting products (33.8%) and parts of lighting products (9.6%).

According to new report "Global Permanent Magnet Motor Market - Size, Industry Analysis, Trends, Opportunities, Growth and Forecast, 2014-2020", the Global Permanent Magnet Motor Market would reach $45.3 billion by 2020, registering a CAGR of 11.7% during the forecast period 2014 - 2020. The global demand for rare earth (RE) magnet materials, in 2012, accounted for 21% of all rare earth materials available. Presently, the permanent magnet AC and DC motors are increasingly used in factory automation applications such as robotics and material handling, amongst the others. The increasing use of permanent magnets, owing to its unique properties, subsequently, should supplement the growth of the permanent magnet motor market.

2015 Deep Research Report on Global Integrated Water Heater Industry is a professional and depth research report on Global Integrated Water Heater industry. For overview analysis, the report introduces Integrated Water Heater basic information including definition, classification, application, industry chain structure, industry overview, policy analysis, and news analysis, etc.

2015 Deep Research Report on Global Mechanical Timer Industry is a professional and depth research report on Global Mechanical Timer industry. For overview analysis, the report introduces Mechanical Timer basic information including definition, classification, application, industry chain structure, industry overview, policy analysis, and news analysis, etc.

2015 Deep Research Report on Global Methylbenzotriazole Industry is a professional and depth research report on Global Methylbenzotriazole industry. For overview analysis, the report introduces Methylbenzotriazole basic information including definition, classification, application, industry chain structure, industry overview, policy analysis, and news analysis, etc.

2015 Deep Research Report on Global Mineral Oil Industry is a professional and depth research report on Global Mineral Oil industry. For overview analysis, the report introduces Mineral Oil basic information including definition, classification, application, industry chain structure, industry overview, policy analysis, and news analysis, etc.