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The retailing market of Uzbekistan achieved much greater maturity over the review period, yet recorded confidently rising growth rates. Dynamics of sales were stimulated by a variety of factors, the major one being consumers' rising living standards. As consumers' disposable income grew, their retailing activity grew. Most of all, due to consumers' rising living standards, the quality of retailing improved significantly: consumers have moved to official retailing, generating increased turnover...

The migraine market is saturated with generic drugs, and the remaining branded products already on the market are expected to lose exclusivity during the next few years, with the exception of Botox for chronic migraine, which is expected to maintain its leading position in terms of sales. However, reformulations of mature products as well as new classes of therapies are anticipated to launch during the forecast period and these will contribute to the market growth. By 2023, the migraine market will grow to $3.7 billion at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.6%, with the US continuing to dominate the market as a result of higher drug prices and a large migraine population. Some of the new treatments are expected to target the key unmet needs but opportunities will remain for further treatment choices especially drugs that will offer an improved safety and side-effects profile.

In 2012 and 2013, conditions in the Belarusian economy improved, but remained difficult. The Belarusian rouble remains weak, causing relatively high inflation. According to official statistics, Belarus ended 2012 with a rate of inflation of 22%, and year 2013 with the annual inflation of 16.5%. Price inflation supported the increase in value sales of home care during 2013, and growth of 13% was seen in this regard. A moderate volume sales increase was seen in 2013 due to the improvements in the...

'Israel: Government Reforms Stimulate Fixed and Mobile Market Competition,' a new Country Intelligence Report by Pyramid Research, offers a precise, incisive profile of Israel's mobile and fixed telecommunications and pay-TV markets based on comprehensive proprietary data and insights from our research in the Israeli market. Published annually, this presentation-quality, executive-level report provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony and broadband, mobile and pay-TV sectors, in addition to a review of key regulatory trends.

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GlobalData's "Power Quarterly Deals Analysis: M&A and Investment Trends - Q4 2013" report is an essential source of data and trend analysis on the mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and financings in the power industry. The report provides detailed information on M&As, equity/debt offerings, private equity (PE), venture financing and partnership transactions recorded in the power industry in Q4 2013. The report portrays detailed comparative data on the number of deals and their value in the last five quarters, categorized into deal types, segments and geographies. The report also provides information on the top PE, venture capital (VC) and advisory firms in the power industry.

Canadean's, "Energy Drinks Market in North America to 2019: Market Guide" provides a snapshot of the Energy Drinks consumption in North America. The quantitative data in the report provides historic and forecast consumption data of the market by country, giving a simple overview of the Energy Drinks market trends in the region in an easy to use format.

SK Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. - Product Pipeline Review - 2014

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the construction materials market in Poland. It contains detailed data on market dynamics along with latest industry happenings, industry players and happening projects in Poland. "Poland Construction Materials: Market Update" provides a top-level overview and detailed insight into the operating environment of the construction materials market in Poland. It is an essential tool for companies active across the Poland construction value chain and for new players considering to enter the market.

Leading retailers, such as Rossmann SDP Sp zoo, DOZ SA and Super-Pharm Poland Sp zoo, actively invested in the expansion of their chains across Poland, which helped raise brand awareness and boost sales. In addition, a growing number of Poles paid special attention to how they feel and how they look, a trend that propelled interest in and thus positively impacted expenditure on various health and beauty product areas.

The essential nature of home care for households supported its current value growth in 2013. However, home care still slowed in current value performance during the year in view of the maturity of various categories. Consumers' shift within different product types in the same category such as from spray/aerosol air fresheners to gel formats also constrained the overall growth potential of various categories. On the other hand, consumers were willing to trade up to more premium variants that can...

MarketLines' Bayerische Landesbank 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 Bayerische Landesbank 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.

The electricity industry guide provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2008-12, and forecast to 2017). The guide also contains descriptions of the leading companies including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

We retain our view that the Zambian economy will expand by 6.9% in 2014, up from an estimated 6.3% in 2013, thanks to strong private consumption, robust investment and resilient exports.

Consumers' growing health concerns was the key factor driving sales in surface care in China in 2013, which saw healthy double-digit growth. With rising incomes, people tended to pay more attention to products which improved their living conditions, including surface care products. Besides, smoggy weather with large amounts of particulate matter was seen in 2013, with areas suffering including Beijing and Shanghai, which also contributed to the robust demand for products such as kitchen...

In 2013, bleach witnessed negligible growth and reached sales of GTQ138 million. Bleach represented the third largest category of home care in value terms, after laundry care and surface care. Bleach is a very affordable product with a tradition of a wide variety of uses in Guatemala's homes. However, each year more and more consumers transition from bleach to other more specialised products for a variety of cleaning uses. In the laundry category, with the introduction and constant innovation...

Public resentment towards the government's decision not to allow a referendum on EU membership is threatening cohesion of the current administration. Plummeting support for the governing Progressive Party means we could see a change in key personnel over the course of 2014, although policy trajectory is unlikely to change.

Health and wellness and convenience trends are increasing amongst Mexican consumers and this driving juice category growth in 2013. Mexican consumers are having a stressful lifestyle and tend to have breakfast in their cars at traffic hours of job entrance or go to get fast and convenient products when they get to their offices or workplaces, especially in the biggest cities. This situation has benefitted the packaged juice category since healthier habits are more and more accessible to...

Kuwait's ports have struggled to recover the volumes they enjoyed prior to the global economic downturn, but BMI expects that growth will continue over the medium term. If there are continued instances of industrial unrest and strikes, however, as Kuwait's ports have struggled with since the Arab Spring of 2011, then we may have to revise our forecasts down. The air freight sector was also hit in 2011, with volumes falling. We forecast slow but steady growth in Kuwaiti air freight over the medium term.

Home insecticides is impacted by seasonal demands. The summer of 2013 was rather cold and dry in many regions of the country. As a result, the low numbers of mosquitoes in the summer negatively affected sales growth.

GlobalData's new report, "BRIC MRI Systems Market Outlook to 2020", provides key market data on the BRIC MRI Systems market. The report provides value, in millions of US dollars, and volume (in units) and average price data (in US dollars), within market categories - High Field MRI Systems, Low Field MRI Systems and Mid Field MRI Systems.

The Future of the Savory and Deli Foods Market in Israel to 2017: Market Size, Distribution and Brand Share, Key Events and Competitive Landscape" is the result of Canadean's extensive market and company research. This report presents detailed analysis on the Savory and Deli Foods consumption trends in Israel, historic and forecast Savory and Deli Foods consumption volumes and values at market and category level. It also provides indispensable data on brand share, distribution channels, profiles of companies active in the global Savory and Deli Foods market along with latest industry news, in addition to mergers and acquisitions. This report brings together Canadean Intelligence's research, modeling, and analysis expertise in order to develop uniquely detailed market data. This allows domestic and foreign companies to identify the market dynamics to account for Savory and Deli Foods sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

As was the case with soft drinks in general, challenging economic conditions continued to undermine demand for juice products in Slovenia in 2013. Aside from running frequent price promotions, one of the main ways in which manufacturers sought to bolster juice consumption was to launch new products, particularly niche variants with healthier ingredients or more exotic flavours. Just as new aloe vera pulp juices were well received by consumers during the second half of the review period, coconut...

Surface care registered 7% retail value growth to reach sales of GTQ285 million in 2013. Multi-purpose cleaners remained the most important category, representing a 51% share of value sales. These products are commonly used on a daily basis to clean kitchens, bathrooms and floors.