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Based on Verdict's proprietary market data and insight into key fuel retailers, this brief provides you with an up-to-date picture of the fuel retailing market in the Czech Republic. As well as outlining service station numbers, fuel sales, competitor shares, and fuel and site forecasts, it details retailers' c-store, car wash, and unmanned site numbers with an overview of their product offerings.

The trend for purchasing value-added products remains strong in biscuits in 2012. Manufacturers continue to trust the good economic conditions still prevailing in the country by offering more expensive products. As a direct result, average unit prices increased in constant terms across all categories, boosting value sales as volume growth has only a small decline compared to the CAGRs of the review period.

Grocery Retailing in UK by Mintel Global Market Navigator provides you with annual year-end market size data, most recently updated in 2012. This market covers supermarkets, discounters, specialists and traditional stores where groceries, drink and tobacco account for the largest share of sales. It excludes on-line specilaists. Supermarkets are grocery based self-service stores; hypermarkets are large stores but where groceries account for the largest sector. Market volume is number of stores; market value is at total sales including sales tax. Market size for Grocery Retailing in UK is given in GBP and store with a minimum of five years' historical data. Market Forecast is provided for five years. Included with this snapshot is socio-economic data for UK. Population, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rates.

The Future of the Haircare Market in Romania to 2017 is the result of Canadean's extensive market research. The report presents detailed analysis on the Haircare consumption trends in Romania, historic and forecast Haircare 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 Haircare sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

Between 2011 and 2012, Belarus continued to suffer from a deep economic crisis. According to official statistics, Belarus ended 2011 with a rate of inflation as high as 120%. The inflation forecast for 2012 is much lower, between 19% and 22%. Strong price inflation supported rising value sales of packaged food during 2011, with a current value increase of 123% recorded, a rate which is expected to have declined to 37% in 2012. Nevertheless, high price inflation led to declining purchasing power...

Pasta in US by Mintel Global Market Navigator provides you with annual year-end market size data, most recently updated in 2012. This market covers all pasta consumption including fresh, dry, frozen, canned and other. Market size comprises sales through all retail and non-retail sales. Market size for Pasta in US is given in tonne and USD with a minimum of five years' historical data. Market Forecast is provided for five years. Included with this snapshot is socio-economic data for US. Population, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rates.

Biscuits, including wafers, were in demand because of their lower prices. As consumer purchasing power declined in 2012, people switched from more expensive chocolate confectionery to cheaper alternatives. As biscuits and wafers are the most popular products, manufacturers invested more in these products. Also, more companies tried to tap into the good growth potential in biscuits. For example, Roshen Kondyterska Korporatsia introduced a line of cupcakes, which is still an underdeveloped...

The Future of the Fragrances Market in Ireland to 2017 is the result of Canadean's extensive market research. The report presents detailed analysis on the Fragrances consumption trends in Ireland, historic and forecast Fragrances 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 Fragrances sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

In 2012, sales of refrigeration appliance were boosted by the IPI (Tax on Manufactured Products) reduction, launched in December 2011 and valid until the end of 2012. The government's decision to reduce the tax led to a decrease in tax rates for fridges, fridge freezers and freezers from 15% to 5%. The intention was to reproduce the boom in consumption seen in 2009 that was made possible by similar measures, but the success was not repeated in 2012, as many middle class consumers had already...

The main driver of sauces, dressings and condiments in 2012 was changing consumer preferences. The increasing popularity of international cuisines, a willingness to try new ways of cooking and the use of new flavours in daily meals impacted sales of various cooking sauces, such as dry sauces/powder mixes. Moreover, these products are very easy and fast to prepare at home.

The tradition for noodles in Georgia by 2012 was still underdeveloped, with noodles rarely eaten by most Georgians and per capita consumption thus remaining low. Noodles faces strong competition from pasta, which offers considerably lower prices. Pasta also benefits from wider distribution and from a well-established role in Georgian cuisine. However, instant noodles appeared to be a good alternative for a fast and convenient lunch in the office, so the increase of business activity by the end...

The Colombian population has nutritional deficiencies in essential micronutrients, such as vitamin A, zinc and iron, which is considered as a public health concern that needs strong measures to be addressed. Although in Colombia it is not mandatory to fortify staple products like pasta, leading manufacturer Productos Alimenticios Doria is going one step further and reformulating its Doria brand with Nutrivit; a mix of essential micronutrients that are based on the nutritional deficiencies of...

Sales of mobile phones continued to boom in Saudi Arabia in 2011. According to the Saudi Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC), the total number of mobile subscriptions grew to around 56.1 million by the end of Q3 2011, with the penetration rate standing at 198%. Growth in 2011 was sustained by the proliferation of smartphones that are becoming indispensable among Saudi consumers. Furthermore, mobile phone ownership and usage is very important in the Kingdom, and Saudis...

In Lithuania, toilet care continued to show a recovering trend and performed relatively well in volume and value terms in 2012. Producers were more active in introduction of new products and formats. Customers also were more willing to experiment and purchase better-quality products. The number of eco-friendly brands continued to increase in 2012; the range of these products significantly increased after the 2009-2010 crisis. Nevertheless, their sales remain rather limited, as usually their...

Growth in retail volume sales of sweet and savoury snacks in 2012 was down on 2011, and also slower than the CAGR for the entire review period. This was mainly due to increasing maturity, though it is also likely that rising health awareness impacted negatively on demand for certain product types. However, a number of factors ensured that retail volume growth remained reasonably robust overall. For example, rising disposable incomes encouraged some consumers to increase spending on...

Air care saw growth in 2012 as the consumer purchasing power of Latvian consumers started to stabilise and people, sometimes being too optimistic about the economic situation, started in turn spending more on non-essential products. However, the value growth of the category owed mainly not to the value growth of sales, but to the increase of average unit price within air care, owing to the popularisation of more sophisticated product formats, such as concentrated sprays and gel air fresheners.

Local company Homecenters Peruanos SA entered home improvement and gardening stores in October 2011, being the second chained local retailer to participate in the channel. The company is progressively attracting customers through its good range of products at attractive prices. In addition, in its initial stages, it is expected to focus on expanding through the high and middle-income districts in Lima to gain penetration. As a result, the company obtained the highest share increase in 2012, of...

The rise of private label, especially in cream, marks the importance of economising for Croatian buyers. This can be marked as the main trend in overall other dairy. Private label is set to gain value share in chilled and shelf stable desserts, cream and fromage frais and quark categories in 2012.

Although the category is already mature and per capita consumption of yerba mate is by far the highest in the world, Uruguayan consumers' preference for this hot drink continues to drive volume growth, despite important price increases.

Whilst showing a small improvement over 2011, total RTD volume growth of soft drinks remained significantly lower than earlier in the review period. The decline was more evident in off-trade value sales as the slower rise in unit price in current terms, especially in the large carbonates category, had an additional negative impact.

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Discounted prices are boosting sales of women's outerwear, particularly the more fashionable clothing lines in department stores. Consumers can purchase several products for the same price as they buy one or two items in the non-discount season. This favours the development of a more "fashionable style" within social groups, using outerwear as a way of differentiating themselves from other groups. This trend has been positive for companies which offer discount sales seasons, providing consumers...

Philippines packaged food value sales are expected to grow modestly in 2012 thanks to stronger economic growth, improved disposable income and the trends of convenience and health and wellness. The value performance will be an improvement on the previous year but is among the lowest of the review period. This was due to slowing volume consumption as a result of slower population growth, low average unit price growth and higher spending on non-food consumer goods.

A key factor for the incontinence category in 2012 was its dependence on imports, and thus its vulnerability to currency fluctuations. A new factory manufacturing nappies/diapers and incontinence products from 2012 in the Free Economic Zone in Mogilev may prove decisive for the category. The first production (nappies/diapers) happened in the second half of 2012, while incontinence products are planned to be produces in the short-term forecast. This will be the first in factory in Belarus to...

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 Steam Generators 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.