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Bread is the dominant baked goods category, expected to cover 95% of total volume sales and 92% of total value sales in 2013.This indicates that trends in bread are at the same time trends in baked goods as a whole. Due to the fact that bread (as the most essential nutrition/staple product in the country) has already reached its full maturity in the Serbian market, the category is not expected to post an increase in volume terms in 2013.

Packaged baby food continued to be beyond the spending capacity of the majority of Kenyan consumers and demand for baby food is therefore accessible only to the country's middle-income and high-income consumers. Packaged baby food is often viewed as a status symbol and a luxury item by low-income Kenyan consumers. However, 2013 witnessed an increasing demand for baby food with the rising middle class in Kenya.

Retail tissue, ie kitchen towels, paper tableware, tissues and toilet paper, benefits from steady demand as most of the categories are used in almost every household, being considered necessity items. With regard to shopping behaviour, better-off consumers typically choose better-quality products offering enhanced durability, eye-catching designs and improved softness. At the same time, price-sensitive buyers tend to reach for economy offerings and private label with price being the most...

MarketLines' Barclays PLC Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments report includes business description, detailed reports on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestments, capital raisings, venture capital investments, ownership and partnership transactions undertaken by Barclays PLC since January 2007. These reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

MarketLines' Atlantic Power Corporation Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments report includes business description, detailed reports on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestments, capital raisings, venture capital investments, ownership and partnership transactions undertaken by Atlantic Power Corporation since January 2007. These reports offer a comprehensive breakdown of the organic and inorganic growth activity undertaken by an organization to sustain its competitive advantage.

In an interview with an important competitor, it was revealed that during 2013 plants expanded to produce incontinence products in the country. Companies emphasise their commitment to the development of products that have been affected by the shortage in the country, despite the difficulties that arise in the Venezuelan economy. The competitor's vision is long term, and the aim is to not stop investing in Venezuela. For this player the cost of leaving is greater than that of the market exchange...

After a dramatic current value decline of 16% in 2012, the downward trajectory for bubble gum continued in 2013 with a further 5% drop. There are several factors behind this performance. Firstly, children at an ever younger age are identifying with youth culture and are opting for youth-oriented products rather than products with a clear positioning for children, such as bubble gum. Secondly, many new product launches within sugar-free gum tend to compete with bubble gum as they contain a...

Modern Thai parents nowadays are thinking more about birth control and limiting the size of their family as a result of the higher cost of living and a lack of time to devote to their children. They are being encouraged to invest more in their children's development and quality of life so as to ensure their future success. Better educated women in Thailand are having to balance the role of both mother and contributor to the household income. Breastfeeding their children is deemed inconvenient...

This research report presents shipment volume forecast and recent quarter review of the worldwide TFT-LCD panels used in tablets. The report includes tablet TFT-LCD panel shipment volume, shipment volume and share by panel size, as well as shipment breakdown by manufacturer's country of origin. The content of this report is based on primary data obtained through interviews with TFT-LCD panel makers. The report finds that shipment volume of the worldwide tablet TFT-LCD panels witnessed over 60% year-on-year growth and over 70% sequentially growth in the fourth quarter of 2014, reaching around 89.2 million units. While 7.x" tablets still remained the mainstream in the fourth quarter of 2013, the worldwide shipment volume of TFT-LCD panels for 9.x" and 10.x" tablets increased by over two folds in the same quarter. As the competition in the market has grown fiercer, the industry's shipment volume is forecast to dip in the first quarter of 2014 and suffer from a double-digit year-on-year decline, after peaking in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Towards 2013, pasta in the Philippines enjoyed progressively stronger demand. This was not only in terms of birthdays and special occasions, with spaghetti being a mainstay, but also increasingly as a meal in itself. This was largely triggered by the increased popularity of gourmet cooking shows and the rising availability of ingredients for homemade pasta dishes. As a result, pasta recorded an increase of slightly over 4% in volume terms in 2013.

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

Incontinence is a relatively new area within tissue and hygiene in Kazakhstan and volume sales remain relatively low, standing at 0.07 sheets per person in 2013. Within the area, moderate/heavy purpose incontinence sheets account for almost all sales.

Very low birth rates continued to restrict the development of baby food in Serbia in 2013. This historical trend caused retail volume sales to decline in the two largest categories, dried and prepared baby food, while also significantly hampering growth in volume sales of other key product types like powder standard milk formula and powder follow-on milk formula. That the remaining categories showed reasonably healthy growth in volume terms was largely due to the fact that they were...

2013 was a year of healthy growth for ready meals in the Netherlands. When shopping, Dutch consumers want to cook more from scratch, but always keep in mind that two to three times a week dinner needs to be quick. After work, many people exercise or have to take children to sporting clubs, for example, and do not want the hassle of cooking. As preservation technologies are improving and products such as salads and fresh ready meals can easily be preserved for several weeks, it has become...

"Still & Sparkling Wine Market in Guadeloupe: Databook to 2017" is the result of Canadean's extensive market research covering the Still & Sparkling Wine market in Guadeloupe.

Towards 2013 increased interest in gourmet cooking resulted in a stronger performance for soup in the Philippines. Part of the driver for this improved popularity was the continued strengthening of the Filipino economy, resulting in greater purchasing power for many mid- to upper-income households in the country. As a result, the pull of gourmet cooking shows made the preparation of home-cooked meals increasingly popular and practical.

Internet retailing continued to expand rapidly in the UK in 2013 as sales made from tablets and smartphones drove much of this growth. Multichannel retailing has become a central plank of the overall strategies of the vast majority of the UK's leading store-based retailers in recent years. Click-and-collect services are becoming increasingly popular throughout the country, with many retailers adding drive-through facilities to their outlets in order to facilitate the collection of products...

Concentrates companies continued to advertise their brands heavily in 2013. Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories launched two marketing campaigns to promote its brand Rooh Afza. One campaign was introduced during Ramadan and the other went on throughout the year, with the slogan "Aur Kya Chahiye" ("what else do you want"). Both of these campaigns included TV, newspaper and radio ads. Rooh Afza, in the off-Ramadan campaign, highlighted that it can be used as a drink mixed with water or it can be made...

The fall in value sales in 2013 represented the fifth year of decline, which started in 2009. The category saw no significant launches, advertising campaigns or any innovative marketing. The growth of carbonates and juice affected the concentrates category, as consumers shifted to more convenient products, more interesting flavours and healthier variants. Interest, and in fact awareness among consumers, is gradually declining. The consumers who still remember the products tend to see them as...

The Dengue Fever Partnering 2009-2014 provides understanding and access to the dengue fever partnering deals and agreements entered into by the worlds leading healthcare companies.

Seasonality is a key factor in home insecticides. During summertime sales of home insecticide products increase because the climate creates the conditions for insects to spread. In 2013 bad weather characterised the Italian summer and reduced the sales of insecticides. Certainly, the struggling economic situation that is going on in Italy had its role in pushing the sales further down, especially amongst the higher priced categories like electric insecticides and other categories of specific...

In light of an ongoing health and wellness trend in Austria, sugar free gum is expected to continue to drive overall gum in 2013. Sugar free gum is expected to register the highest growth in terms of current value sales in 2013. A growing importance of oral health issues continues to make consumers substitute sugarised gum products with sugar-free products.

"Still & Sparkling Wine Market in Dominica: Databook to 2017" is the result of Canadean's extensive market research covering the Still & Sparkling Wine market in Dominica.

In regards to luxury jewellery and timepieces in Thailand, both luxury jewellery and timepieces were proportionately contributing share to the overall category in 2013. Many Thai consumers tend to value a watch for being a fashion accessory rather than for its original function of telling time. As a result, many people were adopting luxury timepieces to show off their wealth and high social status. Many men tend to be interested in adopting luxury timepieces, illustrated by higher market value...

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