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TOSHIBA Medical Systems Corporation (TMSC) is a medical device company. It manufactures, markets, sells, distributes and services X-ray diagnostic systems, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems, computed tomography (CT) systems, ultrasound diagnostic systems, nuclear medicine diagnostic systems, radiation therapy equipment, laboratory test systems, advanced visualization solutions, and healthcare IT solutions. The company offers its products through subsidiaries in more than 135 countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia-Pacific. TMSC is a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation and is headquartered in Tochigi-ken, Japan.TMSC focuses on capturing higher share in the diagnostic imaging market through innovative product launches at regular intervals. In line with this strategy, the company recently launched Celesteion PET/CT system, Aquilion ONE/ ViSION Edition and Octave Speeder 1.5 Tesla MRI unit, among others.

The value for money trend arrived in health and beauty specialist retailers in 2014. Two new retailers entered the market; one international and the other local. The international chain is called Flormar, which has its manufacturing plant in Turkey and is a multinational company. Flormar is not cheaper than Wow Cosmetics; however, it is less expensive than Mac. The other new retailer is the local company Sacara. These new retailers brought the value for money trend to health and beauty specialist retailers; this trend was previously evident in other markets, but not in health and beauty specialist retailers, until now.

The key theme for Russian mobile market s has been that of consolidation. Although the merger of Tele2 and Rostelecom has been finalised, BMI believes that there is further consolidation and rationalisation in the pipeline as mobile operators try to stay competitive in an already highly saturated market. Although market saturation reached 166 % in Q214, BMI believes that there is still some scope for growth as some of these subscribers will be discounted as inactive SIM-cards get deactivated. Expanding LTE services offer opportunities for more value-add data products to add revenue, while rural areas could provide customer base growth.

Czech consumers showed stronger demand for more quality snack bars in 2014. Czech consumers are purchasing more snack bars with high fruit content and nut content and lower sugar variants enriched with vitamins and minerals. Poor quality private label products lost ground to premium private label products in 2014, with new product developments reflecting this trend. In 2014, for example, Cereal Partners Czech Republic launched a new variety of granola bar called Nestle Musli Chocolate & Banana...

While we hold a positive view on the South African agricultural sector and see particular growth in the livestock sector, we are less optimistic on sustained growth in cereals production. This will be due to slower yield growth owing to lower inp ut usage from a weaker currency and limited development in GMO seed plantings. The sugar sector also presents interesting growth opportunities, mainly thanks to renewed investment and improved technologies. The country's livestock sector will see greater growth over the coming years, owing to lower grain prices and increasing demand from a more affluent population. We believe the country's main a gribusiness companies will reap the benefit from lower global grain prices and therefore lower feed prices.

The pasta category in Spain is quite mature, which makes it difficult for high growth rates to be achieved. In 2014 pasta registered current value growth of approximately 2% to reach EUR375 million. Retail volume sales, in turn, grew by 3% to 374,600 tonnes. Growth at the end of the review period was stimulated by the gradual development of segments offering added value and health-positioned products, such as gluten-free and high-fibre pasta.

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 Medical and Surgical Equipment 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.

Personal care products include consumer products such as moisturizers, lip balms, hair oils, shampoos, perfumes, talcum powders, shaving creams, eyeliners, toothpastes, and skin creams developed for personal hygiene and beautification. As the name suggests, chemicals are used in the manufacture of synthetic personal care products. In contrast, natural personal care products are produced using ingredients such as flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Those products that made from such ingredients that are either grown or processed using eco-friendly farming methods such as recycled resources to promote biodiversity are categorized as organic personal care products. Increase in income levels and availability of pool of brands for each product category have made consumers more cautious of the effectiveness of the product. This acts as a huge potential for international companies that have better quality product offerings in comparison to locally produced goods for Africa.

BMI maintains its cautious outlook for Venezuela's shipping sector. Economic growth in Venezuela will remain extremely low, and may drop into negative territory in the coming quarters given the poor business environment, high inflation, and on-going market distortions associated with price controls and the country's complex system for acquiring foreign currency. We are forecasting GDP growth of 1.2% in 2015, but we believe that risks continue to be weighted to the downside.

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."