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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%.

Sports and energy drinks manufacturers were aware of health-conscious consumer in 2013, focussing on products with low-calorie content and zero sugar. Over the review period, consumers abandoned soft drink consumption due to perceived health concerns. This caused sports and energy drinks manufacturers to formulate reduced- or zero-sugar options. Red Bull Australia launched Red Bull Zero in 2013, with zero carbs, zero sugar and zero calories. Similarly, Coca-Cola Amatil launched its Powerade...

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 Beer 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.

2-Ethylhexanol (2-EH) Market by Applications (Plasticizers, 2-EH Acrylate, 2-EH Nitrate, and Others) & Geography - Trends and Forecasts to 2018

Regardless of ongoing economic recession in South Korea, designer apparel (ready-to-wear) showed positive growth both in retail value and retail volume in 2013. In particular, men's designer clothing showed higher retail value growth at 10% than women's designer wear at 9%. It reflected the fact that male consumers are an emerging target consumer group for designer apparel (ready-to-wear) brands.

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the non-life insurance industry in Serbia. It contains detailed historic and forecast data for gross written premiums, premiums per capita, insurance penetration, gross claims, paid claims, incurred loss, loss ratio percentage and combined ratio. 'Non-Life Insurance Premiums and Claims in Serbia to 2017: Market Brief' provides detailed insight into the operating environment of the non-life insurance industry in Serbia. It is an essential tool for companies active across the Serb non-life insurance value chain and for new players considering to enter the market.

The Bladder Cancer Partnering 2009-2014 provides understanding and access to the bladder cancer partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.

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 Structural Metal Products 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 2012, portable players suffered a decline in volume sales across all categories due to less popularity. Portable players' products have been replaced with smartphones, which have all their features, including the features offered by general portable players. Portable media players suffered the biggest decline after hitting their peak sales performance in 2011, while e-readers also declined in volume sales. For the majority of the review period, portable MP3 players survived the slump and was...

Takara Tomy is the fourth largest traditional toys and games company globally, however its sales have declined in 2012 mainly due to its majority exposure to the declining Japanese market. The company is responsible for creating major brands such as Pokemon and Beyblade. Takara Tomy also originally produced Transformers, which is licensed to Hasbro for international markets outside Japan.

This report provides projections of the volume and wealth of Japan HNWIs. This includes demographic trends (2009-2013) and findings of the proprietary Wealth Insight HNWI Database.