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The continuous influence of the health and wellness trend in Austria positively impacted Austrians' purchasing decisions in 2013. Thus, the number of Austrians who demonstrate growing concern about their health, opting for healthier lifestyles, is rising. While consumers focus on products that can improve their health, they remain cautious and, whenever possible, choose products that are marketed and certified as "natural". Herbal/traditional products registered a 4% increase in value sales in...

Summary "Poland Smartphone Market to 2015: Mobile Handset Sales by Vendor" report provides a top-level overview and detailed insights into the operating environment for mobile operators. It is an essential tool for companies active across the telecom value chain in Poland and for new companies that may be considering entering the market.

Although there is increasing sensitivity with regard to personal care in Turkey, in 2013 cotton wool/buds/pads registered slower growth in than 2012. The increasing popularity of wipes negatively affected volume sales of cotton wool/buds/pads, as cosmetic wipes are considered to be more practical and effective for facial cleansing than regular cotton pads. Unit price increases in 2013 also pulled volume growth downwards.

GlobalData's clinical trial report, "Verrucous Carcinoma Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2014" provides data on the Verrucous Carcinoma clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Verrucous Carcinoma. It includes an overview of the trial numbers and their recruitment status as per the site of trial conduction across the globe. The databook offers a preliminary coverage of disease clinical trials by their phase, trial status, prominence of the sponsors and also provides briefing pertaining to the number of trials for the key drugs for treating Verrucous Carcinoma. This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's team of industry experts.

MarketLines' Essar Global Limited 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 Essar Global Limited 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.

Demand for incontinence remained very limited in 2013, with retail volume sales reaching 1.6 million units and registering 3% growth. The limited availability of these products was one the reasons behind the low sales as they are primarily found in hospitals. They also remain unaffordable for the majority of the population on limited incomes. Nevertheless, sales grew in 2013, driven mainly by the rising awareness of these products, especially among higher-income consumers who are able to afford...

Trends that drove the sale of dishwashers continued to centre around design features such as stainless steel interiors and interior third racks, primarily for cutlery, and on technical specifications such as noise reduction and water/energy efficiency. While smart appliance trends are beginning to be integrated into dishwashers, this remains at the formative stages, with no significant game changers introduced to Canada in 2013.

Parkinson's disease is a progressive condition that is characterized by bradykinesia, muscular rigidity, tremor, and postural instability. As the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, Parkinson's disease may affect individuals of any age but prevalence is increased with age and it is most common in the elderly. Dopaminergic therapies have been fairly effective in treating bradykinesia, but several unmet needs remain. Some needs will be met during the forecast period from 2012-2022, while others, such as the need for disease-modifying drugs, will remain. GlobalData expects that advancements will be made in levodopa administration and that four new molecular entities will be introduced to the market by 2022, these factors along with increased patient numbers from an aging population will drive the market during the forecast period.

The outlook for the Russian consumer electronics market has weakened due to a worsening domestic economic environment, rouble depreciation and political uncertainty surrounding the situation in Crimea. We still expect the consumer electronics market to record growth every year in our forecast period to 2018, but there is increased downside. We now expect spending to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 2.9% 2014-2018, to reach a value of US$35.446bn in 2018. Growth will be driven by the growing popularity of digital lifestyle products like smartphones, Smart-TVs, tablets, and hybrids/ultra-thin notebooks. The market should receive an additional medium term boost from Russia's WTO entry, confirmed in August 2012, with import taxes of 5-15% expected to be lowered within three years.

Summary "Russia Fixed Communications Market to 2015: Access Lines by Technology" report provides a top-level overview and detailed insights into the operating environment for mobile operators. It is an essential tool for companies active across the telecom value chain in Russia and for new companies that may be considering entering the market.

GlobalData's new report, "Italy Electrophysiology Market Outlook to 2020", provides key market data on the Italy Electrophysiology market. The report provides value, in millions of US dollars, and volume (in units) and average price data (in US dollars), within market categories - Electrophysiology Diagnostic Catheters, Electrophysiology Ablation Catheters and Electrophysiology Lab Systems.

The Future of the Confectionery Market in Spain to 2018 is the result of Canadean's extensive market research. The report presents detailed analysis on the Confectionery consumption trends in Spain, historic and forecast Confectionery 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 Confectionery sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

DBV Technologies - Product Pipeline Review - 2014

Coffee remained Austria's favourite hot drink in 2013, although the methods used to prepare coffee continued to diverge, making it more difficult than ever to identify a typical preparation method for coffee. The trend towards coffee pod machines and fully automatic coffee machines which grind fresh coffee beans and then prepare coffee from the resultant fresh coffee continued to build. In addition, traditional filter coffee machines which prepare fresh ground coffee remain very common in...

Charge cards remained in the shadow of debit and credit cards in the Czech Republic over the review period. Charge cards continued to be perceived as exclusive cards and many consumers remained unaware of the concept behind these cards and the benefits they offered. Operators struggled to find the best distribution method to increase the popularity of the charge cards, while issuers only kept charge cards in their portfolio as an addition to other products and to offer customers a complete...

Further economic difficulties in Ireland led to consumer confidence remaining very low at the end of the review period. Away-from-home tissue suffered as Irish consumers reduced spending further on consumer foodservice and travel and tourism. Ireland's restaurants, bars and hotels have also been hit by falling numbers of inbound tourists as well as plummeting demand among local consumers faced with rising unemployment and falling income levels. As a result, demand for away-from-home tissue...

MarketLines' Manila Electric Company 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 Manila Electric Company 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.

Non-life insurance was the largest segment in the Slovenian insurance industry in 2012, contributing 42.3% of the overall industry's written premium share. The segment registered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.1% during the review period (2008-2012), representative of an annual decline of -3.7%. The decline was primarily due to the fall in demand for automobiles as a result of the eurozone crisis. However, the segment received a stimulus due to the growing awareness for property insurance and the absence of natural disasters during the review period. Over the forecast period (2012-2017), government measures, such as privatization and labor reforms to provide easy and cheap labor to companies, aim to increase employment and support businesses. Recovery from the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis, reduced real estate prices and further measures by the government to support the country's economy are all expected to encourage the segment to post a forecast-period CAGR of 3.8% over the forecast period.

Summary 'Capex Optimization Strategies: Operator Best Practices for Making the Most of 3G Network Capex,' a Telecom Insider Report by Pyramid Research, presents a selection of 17 techniques for managing 3G networks in a capex-efficient way. These techniques have resulted from the application of the MASI, PYR's proprietary framework for analyzing and optimizing capex, to the capex profiles of a wide variety of operators. In this report, we explain each of these capex-effective techniques for managing networks. Examples from the Middle East and Africa as well as from some developed-market players are also provided. Operators can already harness these best practices to control and reduce their 3G capex.

Despite high unemployment and inflation both hurting spending at the moment, South Africa's retail sector is expected to grow steadily over the next few years as the country's increasingly sophisticated urban population and expanding black middle class continue to spend on non-essential items such as clothing and furnishings. This will result in a strong rise in household spending across all retail subsectors. We are particularly bullish about the future growth prospects for restaurants & hotel spending, as well as education and personal care. However, we expect housing & utilities expenditure to remain by far the highest throughout our forecast period.

Confectionery Market in Benin: Databook to 2017" is the result of Canadean's extensive market research covering the Confectionery market in Benin.

In 2013 relative economic stabilisation continued in Ukraine but still-low income levels meant non-essentials such as air treatment products remained unaffordable. Retail volume sales declined by 3% to 1 million units.

Confectionery Market in Ethiopia: Databook to 2017" is the result of Canadean's extensive market research covering the Confectionery market in Ethiopia.

Small Cell Backhaul Market by Access Technology Generation (2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE), by Backhaul Technology (Copper, Fiber, Millimeter wave, Microwave, Sub-6 GHz, and Satellite) - Worldwide Market Forecasts and Analysis (2014 - 2019)

South Africa is the best investment opportunity for multinational drugmakers seeking to enter the African market - boasting the largest medicines market on the continent and poised for high single-digit growth over the next decade. This quarter highlighted issues surrounding intellectual property protection, in which the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association SA (IPASA) was implicated in the leakage of draft response campaigning against proposed changes to South Africa's intellectual property, and the impact of local currency depreciation - positive for local drugmakers export revenues but negatively impacting production costs and profits under the current pricing system.