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Population growth continued to fuel growth in home laundry appliances in 2014, with a rising number of Arabs moving to Saudi Arabia due to rising political and economic difficulties in neighbouring countries, including Syria and Egypt. This in turn created increased demand for housing, which resulted in a greater number of construction projects taking place, and pushed sales of home laundry appliances.

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 Production, Collection and Distribution of Electricity 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.

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 Accumulators, Primary Cells and Primary Batteries 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.

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

In 2014, the main story in mixed retailers was the attempt of Hamashbir to remain relevant in the market and deal with the online shopping trend. It made significant efforts, especially in beauty and apparel. It also brought new apparel brands to the market; for example it brought in two new Spanish apparel brands, Trucco and Punt Roma.

The Future of the Suncare Market in Belgium to 2018 is the result of Canadean's extensive market research. The report presents detailed analysis on the Suncare consumption trends in Belgium, historic and forecast Suncare consumption volumes and values at market and category level, brand share and distribution channel data. 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 Suncare sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

"Clothing & Footwear Retailing in Brazil - Market Summary & Forecasts", report, published by Conlumino, provides a detailed analysis of both the historic and forecast market data of clothing and footwear retail sales across key channels in Brazil. In addition, it provides an overview of changing shopping trends, government policies towards business, the influence of various economic variables on the retail industry, the competitive landscape and detail of key retailers.

Following the cancellations of the Al Sejeel and Al Karaana petrochemicals projects, Qatar's drive towards petrochemicals development over the medium term has been severely slowed, undermining its stake in global production growth and preventing the country from realising multi-billion dollar revenues from downstream diversification.

Portuguese consumers propensity to avoid superfluous expenses has been evident in home audio and cinema. In 2014 the category dropped by 6% in volume terms. The use of other products enabling consumers to listen to music has been dictating this negative result. In fact, currently, it is possible for consumers to listen to music through their smartphones, their tablets and computers, and their television, among many others. As result, home audio and cinema systems have been losing popularity.

Meal replacement is expected to continue to decrease in both volume and current value sales in 2014 as Czech consumers will remain restrained with their expenditure, especially in terms of purchases of more expensive and non-essential products. It is expected that meal replacement will see a drop of 2% in volume sales and a fall of 1% in current value sales in 2014. This negative development will be driven mainly by meal replacement slimming, which is expected to see a further reduction in...

In 2014, more than 11 million tourists came to discover Dubai's massive man-made islands and attractions, and shop at the largest malls on the planet. The city's winning bid for World Expo 2020 is also a game changer, with a plethora of new developments set to take place in the five years to 2020. 140 hotels are expected to be completed by 2016, and yet another gigantic mall is in the works. The largest airport in the world is also set to have a capacity of 200 million passengers upon completion...

There remains some growth potential Bahrain's mobile market, but the key opportunities in the country's telecoms market now lie in the advanced mobile and wireline data market, such as LTE and fibre services. Operators will need to start focusing on increasing postpaid penetration through the introduction of services which drives usage and bring further revenue. Operators should also be looking at the enterprise segment to diversify from an increasingly competitive consumer market . . The outlook, supported by healthy GDP and private consumption growth forecasts to 201 9, is positive for the telecoms market, but we note that strong competition in the mobile and wireline sectors will continue to weigh on the pace of revenue growth as we expect growth to slow down until 2019 .

In order to prepare for the upcoming championship, the government implemented a number of projects targeted at developing tourism infrastructure and increasing the level of service in the country. These included the construction of new hotels, reconstruction of existing accommodation and catering facilities, managing the busiest road networks in Minsk City (the venue for the championship) and the reconstruction of Minsk National Airport. The championship changed the previous unfavourable image...

Football fans have always something to look forward to at this years' Premier League. Millions of fans from different parts of the world march their way to the nearest ticketing office to buy Premier League tickets to show their love and support to the biggest club they are rooting for and witness the live action in the home stadiums. And despite the chilly season that embraces February, football lovers will keep cheering on their clubs up to the finals.

Coming off a successful showing at the 2015 PGA Merchandise show in Orlando in January, J.R. Mats Inc. would like to thank visitors to the company's booth there. The annual PGA Merchandise show helps to put a spotlight on some of the most innovative and worthwhile products in the world of golf, making J.R. Mats' natural-feeling Country Club Elite golf mats and other products a perfect fit. Having held down booth #1952 from January 21 through 23, J.R. Mats representatives were happy and excited to show off the company's compelling products to impressed crowds throughout the show's run.

J.R. Mats Inc. announces their presence at the 2015 PGA Merchandise show held January 21 to January 23, 2015, in Orlando, Florida. Featured in booth #1952, the Real Feel Golf Mats (realfeelgolfmats.com) continue to be the preferred choice of country clubs and facilities wishing to have golf mats or artificial turf on their practice range. The mats simulate natural turf so closely individuals won't know they aren't using a natural surface.

In 2014, frozen processed food recorded a current growth rate of 14% in value terms, reaching R$6.2 billion in 2014. Despite of the leadership that Brf Brasil Food has in this category, the competition between Brf Brasil Foods and Seara, a brand from JBS SA continued to increase sharply in 2014.

The volume and value growth of noodles in Nigeria continues to be strong, despite an already strong range of brands and relative maturity. Apart from population growth and the convenience trend, stiff competition between the makers of the traditionally dominant brand, Indomie, and other players, helped continue to drive strong growth in noodles. Most companies engage in aggressive marketing of brands through advertisement, promotional sales, introduction of new flavours, brand repackaging, and strong distribution efforts. Newer brands continue to enter the market, including now regional or small local brands, indicating that there is a possibility that given the strong sales, there is scope for many more brands in the market. New, expensive, types of noodles, such as cups/bowl instant noodles, are also more prevalent, particularly in modern retail channels.

"Global Executives Survey: Craft Products - Consumer Expectations and Organizations Strategic Approach" is a new report by Canadean that analyzes key attributes associated with craft products, opinion about capability of major brands/ multinational businesses to launch "craft" products. The report also examines executive opinion about the projected change in number of craft product launches in the industry over the next three years, and analyzes budget expectations for craft production over the next twelve months. Furthermore, the report analyzes the significance of craft production from consumer, industry, and company points of view.

The Future of the Italy Defense Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2020, published by Strategic Defense Intelligence, provides readers with a detailed analysis of both historic and forecast defense industry values, factors influencing demand, the challenges faced by industry participants, analysis of industry leading companies, and key news.

Vietnam's Travel and Tourism sector performed well during the historic period (2010-2014), driven by growth in both the domestic and inbound tourism markets. Government initiatives that focused on promoting tourism during the national holidays contributed to the growth in domestic tourism. In 2014, Thua Thien Hue registered the largest annual growth of 8.1% in the number of domestic trips, driven by various discount offers on tour packages. The tourism industry of Thua Thien Hue also held road shows in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to attract more domestic tourists. Infrastructural development and tourism investment in emerging source countries such as Russia, Japan, and South Korea contributed to the growth in inbound tourism. Although China remains the leading tourist inbound country in 2014, the growth in tourist arrivals from China was significantly slow in the months of May and June, due to anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam in May 2014.

Dried processed food is a fast-growing market in Nigeria as it comprises products that are staples in Nigeria, such as rice, or that have become almost staples, such as noodles. Apart from bread, rice is Nigeria's major staple food; although it has been losing out to the strong growth of noodles, packaged rice in smaller packets has started to grow well in Nigeria. The range of brands within packaged rice has increased well in 2013 and 2014 as manufacturers try to exploit the growing potential...

PersonalInjuryPA.org or Pennsylvania Personal Injury Attorneys Directory (PAPIAD) is a new website that has been developed as a dedicated directory for Pennsylvania Personal Injury Attorneys. Attorneys and their firms from over 200 cities and townships in Pennsylvania (PA) are listed free of charge on this web directory. The website aims to replace phone listings and directories by providing a more convenient and less time consuming alternative.

The central theme of Dean Whitney's upcoming movie 'Aberrant' revolves around a rapidly-moving global pandemic that is turning people into flesh-eating abominations capable of infecting the living with just one bite. The film's prime characters, Brad and Leslie, take shelter in a semi-isolated and uninhabited house. However, it turns out that a renegade female vampire named Nicoleta has also taken refuge in the house.

We live in a world that appears to be highly connected through the internet. Yet most of us feel alone, isolated and lonely. How would you feel if you really knew that your individual mind was part of a greater consciousness--if you knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we are all connected and that this is not just new age hype or wishful thinking? What if you felt loved, cared for and were able to give and receive compassion with ease? And, beyond that, what if you knew that you were limitless, that your mind could communicate with animals and with individuals around the world and even with those in the spiritual realm? And what if miraculous healing is really possible for all of us? In Dr. Dossey's words, "People who tune in to the One Mind are more likely to be happier, healthier, more creative, and wiser than those who do not."