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Price increases during the month of October 2011 and the supply disturbance were the most factors impacting the category. Due to the economic crisis and the increase in the cost of raw materials and logistics, the government decided to increase the price of cigarettes in October. This displeased many smokers who became unable to afford some brands like 20 Mars International and Cristal.

The health and wellness trend was increasingly evident within sugar confectionery at the end of the review period. Consumers are more interested in composition and nutritive value of products that they eat and this is seen in rising demand for sugar confectionery that offers some added value or functional benefits such as products with high content of fruit juice, products with natural ingredients or products which contain vitamins.

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After the prolonged negative performance over the recent years, home care saw a positive growth in 2012, accounting for 2% increase of current retail value. Reflecting a more optimistic consumer perspective in 2012, the growth currently owes to the gradual stabilisation of Latvia's economy after the financial crisis, whilst the disposable income tends to grow slightly. Nevertheless, the optimism about the purchases of Latvian consumers is currently somewhat in front of the real improvement of...

This quarter BMI has revised and restructured its tourism reports, incorporating a greater range of data and focusing on the hotel industry, the value of the tourism industry itself, and the impact of macroeconomic factors.

Although Iraq is set to lead oil production growth in the Middle East region, a number of above ground risks and uncertainty about projects in the pipeline results in widely varied forecasts. Although Iraq benefits from large reserve s of both oil and gas, political, security, regulatory and infrastructure challenges undermine the country's below-ground potential and contribute to uncertainty in forecasting. With exports from the KRG offline at the time of writing, unattractive fiscal terms and a perceived better operating environment in the north better operating environment continue to support an exodus of foreign oil companies from fields in the south.

Our relatively bearish view on Venezuela's power sector remains unchanged on account of macroeconomic, political and sector-specific dynamics. Imbalances between supply and demand in Venezuela's National Electricity System (SEN) continue to plague the country's electricity market. In addition, a devaluation of the Venezuelan bolivar in February 2013, is likely to erode consumers' purchasing power and thus real GDP growth, impacting power consumption. That said, the current administration is expected to continue to pursue Chavez's expansionary policies, with a focus on social spending as a main strategy to retain the ruling party's popularity, leaving room for investment in the power sector.

The Vietnam Insurance Report considers the prospects for both life and non-life insurers in the country. There was a time when Vietnam was one of the new frontiers of insurance in the Asia Pacific, but the sector has moved into a more exciting phase of its development. Foreign insurance companies (particularly in the life segment) are present, and see Vietnam as a natural extension of their regional or global footprints. In 2012, Sun Life Financial (through a JV with PVI) is a newcomer to the life segment, as is Generali. In the non-life segment, Australia's IAG has taken a strategic stake in AAA, while Talanx has increased its shareholding in PVI. New products are being developed. Agency networks are being built. As in the rest of South East Asia, bancassurance is being seen as an opportunity by some of the players. In the non-life segment, the local companies have generally shown more pricing discipline than have their counterparts elsewhere in the region. Motor insurance - so often a thankless and profitless line in emerging markets - accounts for only about one third of the premiums written in the non-life segment in Vietnam.

There is a rapidly growing demand for broadband-enabled data applications within certain vertical market segments including public safety, oil, gas and energy production, defense and others. Wireless infrastructure and support service providers are optimizing LTE as the technology of choice for general communications and various applications including remote data acquisition, video surveillance, multimedia PTT, and others for private LTE network deployments. Mind Commerce expects LTE services in these key vertical market segments to grow at a CAGR of nearly 63% and eventually account for nearly $23 Billion in service revenue by the end of 2018.

Biomaterials Market [By Products (Polymers, Metals, Ceramics, Natural Biomaterials) & Applications (Cardiovascular, Orthopedic, Dental, Plastic Surgery, Wound Healing, Tissue Engineering, Ophthalmology, Neurology Disorders)] - Global Forecasts to 2017

GlobalData has released its new Country report, "PharmaPoint: Epilepsy - UK Drug Forecast and Market Analysis to 2022". Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by spontaneously occurring and recurrent seizures. The market is heavily driven by the sales of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) targeted at seizure reduction. The AED market is currently dominated by UCB's Keppra and GlaxoSmithKline's Lamictal. Although both drugs have experienced significant generic erosion, they form the mainstay of epilepsy treatment in the nine markets and will continue to have significant market share during the forecast period. Other key drugs include older generation AEDs such as Pfizer's Dilantin, Abbott's Depakote, and Novartis' Tegretol and Trileptal which still have significant usage due to their longevity in the market. However, the AED dominance landscape will continue to shift towards newer generation drugs particularly following the recent market entry of GlaxoSmithKline's Trobalt/Potiga and Eisai's Fycompa which both offer first-in-class mechanisms of action.

The "Renewable Policy Analysis" provides in depth study of the major renewable policy developments across the globe. It gives regulatory and other associated updates for the global renewable energy market which can help the individual/company to frame their business strategies while minimizing regulatory risks. For the February 2013 issue, it covers two featured articles " US Extend Production Tax Credit for a Year: a Short-Term Relief for the Wind Industry "and "Long-term Renewable Energy Development Plan: Bulgarian Government Sets 21% of Electricity to be from Renewables ", providing excellent analysis on these development.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Acoustech Berhad provides you an in-depth strategic analysis of the company's businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company's key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The 2013 Eastern Division National Spring Meet car show will be held from Thursday, May 30 through Saturday, June 1, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the Trailer Superstore is proud to be the perfect partner to assist with protecting all of the antique cars and vintage vehicles coming to and from the meet.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Advanced Microelectronic Products Inc. provides you an in-depth strategic analysis of the company's businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company's key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

This comprehensive SWOT profile of Advanced Systems Automation Limited provides you an in-depth strategic analysis of the company's businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company's key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The report presents detailed data on consumption trends in the Make-up Remover category in Russia, analyzing consumption volumes and values at segment level. It also provides indispensable data on distribution channels and latest industry news.

Sound City was home to many Recording Artists like Tom Petty, Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Cheap Trick, Johnny Cash, Pat Benatar, Nirvana, Guns & Roses, Nine Inch Nails and Metallica to name only a very few of the artists who captured history by making tunes in the unassuming recording studio. Known as the “place where real men went to make records” the studio has recorded and produced more than 100 Gold and Platinum Albums during 42 years of operation, before it was closed, when the digital sound took over the music business. Dave Grohl purchased the legendary studio’s Neve 8028 Recording Console, one of only four like it in the world, and went on to produce the movie entitled “Sound City” in which the studio is further immortalized.

Fifth Amendment Charters, a deep sea fishing company in Destin, Florida is pleased to announce the success of its first offshore fishing adventure of the 2013 fishing season.

Florida-Real-Estate-Broker.com, today launched a new website that is expected to cause a stir in the real estate business in Florida, especially for buyers looking to capitalize on the ever-expanding Miami market. The new website will showcase real-time market trends and statistics from the real estate market, catering to a new crop of clients, who are driven by information and data delivered in real-time that is compatible with mobile devices.

The Performance racing Industry Show (PRI), which annually attracts over 55,000 members of the racing industry from 65 countries will have over 1,300 companies exhibiting in 3,200 booths this year. The PRI show is the world’s largest auto racing trade show and a gateway to the worldwide racing marketplace. The show provides a professional business atmosphere where racing retailers, race engine builders, race car fabricators, race engineers and WDs can conduct business face to face with suppliers, preview next year’s hottest new racing products, make buying decisions, and have new lines in inventory for the start of the next racing season.

Almost everyone crave for the latest smart phone having latest features and designs. However, not everyone is comfortable with the use of touch screens and the small buttons. Hence, for these kinds of people, handsets like Big Button Mobile Phone are appropriate for their use. Big Button Mobile Phone is a simple handset which does not have complex designs and features that seem complicated to understand for the user.

IRSMedic: Parent and Parent LLP has always been devoted to sharing the latest and most in-depth information about tax resolution in its user-friendly blog. As the latest figures show, the word is definitely out about the firm’s popular online resource—within the past 10 months, over 100,000 unique viewers have visited the blog to read articles about tax resolution.

Empire Pest Control (EPC), a pest control London area company that is dedicated to helping eradicate a variety of insects and other pests from their clients’ homes and offices, has just launched its completely redesigned website. The updated site is now easier than ever for customers to use, and features an incredibly handy “pest identification” feature that can help people determine what sort of creature or critter may be crawling around their home or business.

Weno Exchange LLC (“WEX”), a new e-Prescribing switch, announced today the company is routing e-Prescriptions from NewCrop’s large US prescriber base to pharmacies who have never before participated in e-Prescribing. Weno Exchange enters a heavily dominated e-Prescribing switch market with patent pending methods to deliver e-Prescriptions to virtually any US pharmacy, including those desiring to accept e-Prescriptions from prescribers but formerly frustrated by high costs or cumbersome connectivity methods. The new switch has proven to be a game changer in the market by dissolving previous prescriber and pharmacy dependencies on the other dominant e-Prescribing network. More specifically the new switch uniquely offers pharmacies the option to simply sign up for their stand-alone connection to begin receiving e-Prescriptions for only 12 cents per transaction. Pharmacies can also use a software system which has been certified on the new switch.